Kim Jung-Woo
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Kim Jung-Woo | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Kim Jung-Woo | |
Date of birth | May 9, 1982 | |
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) 1 (1) |
National team2 | ||
2003-present | Korea Republic | 34 (1) |
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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- 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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