Jung In-Whan

Jung In-Whan
정인환

Personal information
Full name	Jung In-Whan
Date of birth	(1986-12-15) December 15, 1986
Place of birth	Republic of Korea
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Youth career
2005	Yonsei University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2006–2007	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	23	(1)
2008–2010	Chunnam Dragons	51	(3)
2011–2012	Incheon United	64	(6)
2013–	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	25	(4)
National team‡
2003	South Korea U-17
2004–2005	South Korea U-20	24	(0)
2007	South Korea U-23	1	(0)
2011–	South Korea	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 December 2012 General Profile is from Incheon United homepage.[1] The stats are from K-League Records.[2]

Jung In-Whan (Hangul: 정인환 born December 15, 1986) is a one of the National South Korean football player. He has played for Incheon United since 2011 as the main center defender and became the captain from the season 2012. Per his performance, Incheon United could make 'the Best Defense Team' by the record of 40 lost goals in the season 2012, even though the team could just made 'the Second Least Scoring Team' by the record of 46 scores. (He contributed 4 goals!) Now, he is one of the best defender in K-League and could be a leadership material for Korean Soccer. Currently, he is the center defender of South Korea, which made his re-debut game at the friendly match versus Zambia and played also in the Brazil World cup Qualification game versus Iran.

Career

Youth career

He started his youth career as the football player in Baeam Highschool placed in Yongin city. From the high school time, he selected for the U-20 team and appeared in AFC U-19 Championship in 2004 versus Thailand. He went to Yonsei University and was chosen to South Korea U-20 Worldcup team.

K League Classic Career

In Year 2006, he was drafted first to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, and he got many spotlights from the media as the leadership material for the future soccer of Korea following Hong Myung-Bo or Choi Jin-Cheul who distinguished himself in 2002 FIFA World Cup. However, He checked by the opponent team intensively and major or minor injuries followed him. And then, he traded to Chunnam Dragons in order that Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors wanted to scout Kang Min-Soo.

He became the main defender of Chunnam Dragons from year 2010.

However, he once again traded to Incheon United in order that Incheon United needed to fortify the defense line. He inherited Number 20 from Lim Joong-Yong,the former legend defender and also the captain. He got many spotlights from the media and the fans, and started his growth to select as the national team center defender.

In year 2012, he got in bloom and prove it by receiving the award 'the Best Defender' in K-League. You could find him here, K-League Best XI. He is the only one who got the award from the low split(B) teams and by this fact, the award prove his value very well. Despite the inferior squad power, he made his success to defend the Incheon United's goalpost. In Aug, he was selected South Korea national football team and played well in the friendly match versus Zambia. After that, he led the defense line of the team and the team succeeded to raise its ranking from the degradation to the middle rank.

Club career statistics

Club	Year	Apps	Sub	Goal	Assist
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2006	10	4	0	0
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2007	13	2	1	1
Chunnam Dragons	2008	21	2	0	2
Chunnam Dragons	2009	9	5	0	0
Chunnam Dragons	2010	21	2	3	0
Incheon United	2011	24	2	2	1
Incheon United	2012	38	0	4	1
Total (K-League)	-	136	17	10	5

K-League records include K-League Cup records as of the end of Yr 2012.

Playing style

He is very competitive in air ball control based his physical and natural born sense. He is also good at man-to-man defense and pretty aggressive in the set piece situation. In 2012 in particular, he improved his passing skills.

References

1. ↑ Incheon united Homepage
2. ↑ K-League homepage

• Jung In-Whan at kleague.com (Korean)
• Incheon United Player Profile Page
• K-League 2012 Award
• K-League Team Record in Korean
• Mr. Jung In-Whan's Interview after the match versus Zambia