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Jo Yun Mi, Best Football Player of Asia
Pyongyang, June 14 (KCNA) -- Jo Yun Mi, 23, is the top seed of the women's football team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which earned a berth for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

She was named the best player at the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2010 held in China some time ago.

She greatly contributed to the Korean team winning the 3rd FIFA U-20 Women's World Championships held in Russia in 2006.

She, who began playing football at the sports group of her secondary school, was considered an up-and-coming footballer with good physical fitness and scoring sense already in her teens.

She, belonging to the April 25 Sports Team, is crowned with the titles of Labor Hero and People's Athlete.

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