Club Career
A midfielder with great technical skills, West Brom's manager Tony Mowbray compared Kim's accurate passing skill with that of a gridiron quarterback. Kim Do-Heon turned professional with Suwon Bluewings in 2001, where he won the 2004 Korean Championship before a move to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma in June 2005. Due to his impressive game reading and consistent performances, he is widely known in Asia as the "Asian Paul Scholes", due to comparisons between him and the Manchester United and former England international midfielder.
Kim spent a few days on trial at West Bromwich Albion during December 2007, and at the end of the January transfer window moved to the club on loan for the rest of the season, with a view to a permanent deal. He scored his first goal for West Brom in the final match of the season against QPR, eight minutes after coming on as a second half substitute. Albion went on to win 2–0, securing them the Football League Championship title and promotion to the Premier League. On May 28, he completed the move to West Brom for £550,000. Kim made his Premier League debut on August 16, 2008 against Arsenal, where they lost the match 1–0. He scored once after the permanent move, in a 2–2 draw with Burnley in the FA Cup on 24 January 2009.
On 27 July 2009 Suwon Bluewings have signed the South Korean midfielder from West Bromwich Albion for £ 360,000, he has already played for Suwon from 2001 to 2005.
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