Kim Jung-Woo

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Kim Jung-Woo
Personal information
Full name Kim Jung-Woo
Date of birth May 9, 1982 (1982-05-09) (age 26)
Place of birth    Korea Republic
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Number 18
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2003-2005
2006-2007
2008-present
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Nagoya Grampus
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
75 (1)
52 (7)
01 (1)   
National team2
2003-present Korea Republic 34 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of April 6, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of May 31, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Kim Jung-Woo
Hangul 김정우
Hanja 金正友
Revised Romanization Gim Jung-u
McCune-Reischauer Kim Chung-u
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.

Kim Jung-Woo (born May 9, 1982) ,from Korea University, is a South Korean football player who, as of 2008 plays for Seongnam Ilhwa.

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

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

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.

After an unsuccessful trial with Wigan Athletic of the English Premier League, Kim joined Seongnam Ilhwa of the K-League in March 2008.

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