Kim Kyong-il

Athletes · Soccer · milestone at age 22 ·T4 Specialist-known

Milestone (age 22)

Selected to North Korea's 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup at age 22, and represented North Korea at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship and 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Kim Kyong-il joined Rimyongsu Sports Club in Pyongyang in 2005 at age 17 and represented North Korea at youth level (U-17, U-20, U-23). He made his senior national team debut on October 21, 2007 at age 18 in a World Cup qualifier against Mongolia, and was included in North Korea's 2010 FIFA World Cup squad, though he did not appear in any matches at the tournament.

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Starting point

Born in 1988 in Pyongyang, North Korea; he grew up in the North Korean football system, joining Rimyongsu club in the DPR Korea League from a young age.

Current position (2025)

North Korean international footballer; plays for Rimyongsu in the DPR Korea League; current status not widely documented in international media.

How this path compounded

01 Starting advantages

5/24 starting-position score

Strongest documented signals: Elite institution pipeline, Frontier geography, Direct domain exposure.

Describes the starting position, not what the person later made of it.

Cohort percentile: 15

02 Built or converted leverage

10/25 multiplying-capacity score

Strongest observed levers:Domain proximity, Started serious reps before 20, Prior reps.

Measures what was present, not whether it was inherited, earned, self-built, external, or mixed.

Cohort percentile: 23

03 Compounding trajectory

5 documented steps

The timeline below shows the sequence of work and transitions around the selected early milestone. It is evidence of a path, not proof that every step was necessary.

Milestone at age 22

04 Observed career standing

T4 · Specialist-known

Notable, but primarily known within a niche. The tier summarizes documented career recognition through the data cutoff—not Kim Kyong-il's worth or future potential.

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Question four · where did the leverage come from?

Kim Kyong-il's leverage provenance

Each non-zero lever gets a best-supported origin, evidence signals, and confidence. Unresolved is the honest default when the biography cannot distinguish self-built, advantage-enabled, earned, external, or mixed.

Started serious reps before 201/1

Advantage-enabledmedium confidence

One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.

Elite institution pipeline (1/2)

Domain proximity2/2

Advantage-enabledmedium confidence

One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.

Direct domain exposure (1/2)Frontier geography (1/2)Elite institution pipeline (1/2)

Prior reps2/3

Advantage-enabledmedium confidence

One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.

Elite institution pipeline (1/2)

Complementary team1/2

Advantage-enabledmedium confidence

One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.

Elite institution pipeline (1/2)

Scarce skill depth1/3

Advantage-enabledmedium confidence

One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.

Elite institution pipeline (1/2)

Elite ecosystem network1/3

Advantage-enabledmedium confidence

One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.

Elite institution pipeline (1/2)Frontier geography (1/2)

Structural wave / timing1/3

Externalmedium confidence

A structural wave is external to the person, even when their position improved access to it.

Frontier geography (1/2)

Concentration intensity1/3

Advantage-enabledmedium confidence

One or more documented starting advantages plausibly enabled this lever.

Adversity / constraint catalyst (1/2)

This is a bounded inference from the current annotations—not a claim about private effort, merit, or the percentage of Kim Kyong-il's outcome attributable to any origin.

Luck is not a leftover score.

Structural luck, Encounter luck, Event luck, Outcome variance can change every arrow in the path. This successful-only dataset cannot observe the near-identical paths that did not break through, so luck stays visible and unscored.

Within Athletes, Kim Kyong-il's starting-advantage total is at the 15th percentile. Separately, their built or converted leverage total is at the 23th percentile. Other T4 profiles average 5.7 / 24 starting advantage and 10.3 / 25 leverage. Similar scores appear in other tiers, so these figures describe positioning—not a cause.

Trajectory

1988 · age 0
Birth in Pyongyang
Born December 11, 1988, in Pyongyang, North Korea; developed through the North Korean football system.
2005 · age 17
FIFA U-17 World Championship
Represented North Korea at the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru, scoring two goals in four matches and showcasing his talent on the youth international stage.
2007 · age 19
FIFA U-20 World Cup and senior debut
Played in three matches at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and made his senior national team debut on October 21, 2007, in a World Cup qualification match against Mongolia.
2008 · age 20
AFC Challenge Cup
Represented North Korea at the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup, appearing in five matches as part of the national team's buildup to World Cup qualification.
2010 · age 22
2010 FIFA World Cup squad
Selected to North Korea's 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the country's first World Cup appearance since 1966, though he did not play in the tournament.

Primary leverage engine

Early specialization in national sports system

Early specialization / prior reps

Secondary engine

Elite performance pipeline

Built/converted leverage

10 / 25

evidence: Medium

Built or converted leverage

Multiplying capacity documented later in the path. Measures what was present, not whether it was inherited, earned, self-built, external, or mixed.

Started serious reps before 20

1/1

Prior reps

2/3

Scarce skill depth

1/3

Native distribution

0/3

Elite ecosystem network

1/3

Complementary team

1/2

Structural wave / timing

1/3

Concentration intensity

1/3

Capital safety

0/2

Domain proximity

2/2

Starting-advantage scores (0–2 each)

Access or conditions documented near the beginning of the path. Zero means "no clear evidence in reviewed sources," not "advantage was absent."

Family financial platform

0/2

Parent / family domain

0/2

Inherited audience / network

0/2

Elite institution pipeline

1/2

Frontier geography

1/2

Rare early tools

0/2

Dedicated mentor / coach

0/2

Exceptional peer / cofounder

0/2

Early online platform

0/2

Direct domain exposure

1/2

Prodigy / innate ability

1/2

Adversity / constraint catalyst

1/2

Family context

Not documented in reviewed sources.

Parent / family domain

Not documented in reviewed sources.

Archetype & tags

Elite performance pipelineRimyongsu SCNorth Korean football systemU-17 World CupU-20 World Cup2010 World Cup squad

Evidence summary

Kim Kyong-il's career was shaped by the North Korean state sports system. He joined Rimyongsu SC at 17, progressed through national youth teams (U-17 World Cup 2005, U-20 World Cup 2007), and earned senior national team caps from age 18. His selection to North Korea's 2010 World Cup squad at 22 — the nation's first World Cup appearance since 1966 — is the defining milestone of his career. No family background information was available in reviewed sources. The North Korean sports pipeline provided structured early specialization and international competition access.

advantage confidence: Low · source count: 4 · audit: not_independently_audited · status: subagent_researched_beta

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