Kim Jin-kyu (footballer, born 1997)
Kim Jin-kyu (Korean: 김진규; born 24 February 1997) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Busan IPark.[1]
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kim Jin-kyu | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 24 February 1997 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pohang, South Korea | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Busan IPark | |||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Busan IPark | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2015– | Busan IPark | 102 | (13) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | South Korea U-20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2019– | South Korea U-23 | 8 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 January 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
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Career
Kim signed a professional contract with Busan IPark in January 2015. Kim made his debut for Busan IPark on 4 July 2015 in a 1–0 defeat to Seongnam, and scored his professional debut goal on 27 July against Daejeon to become the youngest goal scorer in K League 1.[2]
Under Choi Yun-kyum in 2018, Kim featured regularly on the left side of a front three. However, Choi's replacement Cho Deok-je preferred to utilize Kim in central midfield. Under Cho, Kim was a regular for the side that went on to gain promotion to the K League 1.
In January 2020, featured for Korea in the AFC U23 Championship. Korea won the tournament to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.
Club career statistics
As of 8 November 2020
| Club performance | League | Cup | Play-offs | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2015 | Busan IPark | K League 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 2016 | K League 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2018 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 9 | ||
| 2019 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 4 | ||
| 2020 | K League 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | |
| Career total | 102 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 115 | 17 | ||
Honours
References
- Kim Jin-kyu at Soccerway
- "Archived copy" 'K리그 최연소 골' 부산 김진규 "JS컵 큰 교훈됐다" (in Korean). Sports Seoul. 2015-07-28. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Kim Jin-kyu – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
