Kim Jung-woo


Kim Jung-woo, is a South Korean football player.

Club 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 J1 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.
In 2016 Kim signed for Thai club BEC Tero Sasana on a free transfer for the 2016 season. However, in only the fourth match of the season in a game against Muangthong United Kim suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury which ruled him out for the next 6 months.

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.
On March 22, 2019, Kim Jung-woo retired through an official retirement ceremony before the match between South Korea and Bolivia at Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium.

Career statistics

Club

International

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.18 July 2007Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia1–01–02007 AFC Asian Cup
2.4 February 2009Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates1–12–2Friendly match
3.9 January 2010Rand Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa1–22–4Friendly match
4.7 February 2010National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan1–05–02010 EAFF Championship
5.25 March 2011Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea2–04–0Friendly match
6.2 September 2011Goyang Stadium, Goyang, South Korea5–06–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification