Kim Jung-woo

Kim Jung-woo

Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-05-09) 9 May 1982 (age 32)
Place of birth	Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre Midfielder/Striker
Club information
Current team	Al Sharjah
Number	6
Youth career
2000–2002	Korea University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2005	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	75	(1)
2006–2007	Nagoya Grampus Eight	52	(7)
2008–2011	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	52	(7)
2010–2011	→ Sangju Sangmu (army)	40	(18)
2012–	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	41	(5)
2013–	→ Al Sharjah (loan)	0	(0)
National team‡
2003–2004	South Korea U-23	33	(1)
2008	South Korea U-23	7	(1)
2003–	South Korea	68	(6)
Honours[show] Competitor for South Korea Men's football Asian Games Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 August 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 August 2012

Kim Jung-woo (Hangul: 김정우, born 9 May 1982), is a South Korean football player who currently plays for the Emirati club Al Sharjah on loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

Career

He started off his career playing for Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, and then had a spell playing with at Nagoya Grampus Eight of the Japanese J-League.

Kim joined Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma of the K-League in March 2008. In November 2009, he joined Sangju Sangmu Phoenix for military duty. On 22 September 2011, he returned to his former club Seongnam on being discharged from military service.

In January 2012, Kim moved to the league rivals Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on a three-year deal for a domestic record fee. He was loaned out to the UAE Arabian Gulf League side Al Sharjah in August 2013.^[1]

International career

He was part of the South Korea football team in 2004 Summer Olympics, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners Paraguay.

He represented South Korea in the 2007 Asian Cup. He scored Korea's winning goal against Indonesia and converted the decisive spot-kick in Korea's quarter-final penalty shootout victory over Iran. However, his penalty miss in the shootout against Iraq meant that South Korea went out in the semi-finals stage.

In the 2010 World Cup, Kim Jung Woo played a pivotal role as a holding midfielder for the South Korean team's advance to the round of sixteen. Despite rising interests from European clubs, he left to continue serving his country in Gwangju Sangmu.

Club career statistics

As of 2 May 2013

International career statistics

^[2]

International goals

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

References

External links

• Kim Jung-woo at kleague.com
• National Team Player Record (Korean)
• FIFA Player Statistics
• Kim Jung-woo at National-Football-Teams.com