KIM JUNG-WOO (KIM JUNG WOO) ~ Center of World Reference

This article is about a footballer. For the singer Cheonji-yuseong, see Kim Jung-woo (singer).

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

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

Sporting positionsPreceded by

Choi Won-kwon

Sangju Sangmu Phoenix captain
2011Succeeded by

Kim Chi-gon