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The Korea Football Association was reinstated in 1948, following the establishment of the Republic of Korea. The KFA became a member of FIFA, the international football governing body, in 1948. The same year, the South Korea national football team made its international debut at the Olympic Games in London. The KFA joined the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1954. The first Korean player to earn international recognition was Cha Bum-kun, who played in the German Bundesliga in the 1980s. The other stars were Hong Myung-bo who is the Bronze ball winner of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Park Ji-sung who played for PSV Eindhoven and Manchester United during the 2000s, and Son Heung-min who scored a total of three-digit goals in Bundesliga and Premier League.