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Hwang Dong-il

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Hwang Dong-il
Personal information
NationalitySouth Korean
Born (1986-04-14) 14 April 1986 (age 38)
Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Spike327 cm (10 ft 9 in)
Block320 cm (10 ft 6 in)
College / UniversityKyonggi University
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubDaejeon Samsung Bluefangs
Number6
Career
YearsTeams
2008
2008–11
2011–14
2014–
Woori Capital Dream Six
LIG Greaters
Korean Air Jumbos
Samsung Fire Bluefangs
National team
2006–09South Korea South Korea
Medal record
AVC Cup
Silver medal – second place 2008 Nakhon Ratchasima
Asian Junior Championship
Gold medal – first place 2004 Doha
Last updated: 18 December 2017

Hwang Dong-il (Korean황동일; born (1986-04-14)14 April 1986) is a South Korean male volleyball player. On club level he plays for the Daejeon Samsung Fire Bluefangs.

Career

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Hwang first garnered attention in 2004 when he won the gold medal at the Asian Junior Volleyball Championship as part of the South Korean junior national team. While attending Kyonggi University in 2005, Hwang was called-up to the South Korean U21 national team for the 2005 Junior World Volleyball Championship where his team finished sixth.

As a sophomore at Kyonggi University in June 2006, Hwang got called up to the South Korean senior national team and debuted with the national team at the 2006 Asia Challenge Cup, which South Korea won.

Hwang was selected fourth overall by the Woori Capital Dream Six in the 2008 V-League Draft and traded to the LIG Greaters in ten days. Hwang became the starting setter for the Greaters in his rookie season, and was named Rookie of the Year after the 2008–09 season.

In the beginning of the 2011–12 season, Hwang was traded to the Korean Air Jumbos but served as the backup to starting setter Han Sun-soo for the Jumbos between 2011 and 2014.

In 2014, Hwang was once again traded to the Samsung Fire Bluefangs. He was mostly on the bench to serve as a backup setter to You Kwang-woo or to play as the opposite spiker sporadically before franchise setter You Kwang-woo left the Bluefangs as a free agent to sign with the Woori Card Wibee after the 2016–17 season.

The following season, Hwang returned as the Bluefangs' starting setter under new coach Shin Jin-sik.

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