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 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.[1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Jin-kyu
Kim in December 2019
Personal information
Full name Kim Jin-kyu
Date of birth (1997-02-24) 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
 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Number 97
Youth career
2012–2015 Busan IPark
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2022 Busan IPark 130 (17)
2022– Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 4 (1)
National team‡
2015 South Korea U-20 3 (0)
2019–2021 South Korea U-23 13 (1)
2022– South Korea 3 (2)
Honours
Representing  South Korea
Men's football
AFC U-23 Championship
2020 Thailand
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 April 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 February 2022
Kim Jin-kyu
Hangul
Hanja
金鎮圭

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, Kim featured for Korea in the AFC U23 Championship. Korea won the tournament to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.

In July 2021, Kim was named in the final Korea U23 squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Kim made three appearances in Korea's run to the quarter finals.

On 17 March 2022, Jeonbuk Hyundai announced the official signing of Kim. He made his debut game for Jeonbuk Hyundai on 19 March 2022 versus Gimcheon Sangmu and the game was ended at 1:1.

Club career statistics

As of 1 May 2022

Club performance League Cup Other1 Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
2015Busan IParkK League 1141001[lower-alpha 1]0151
2016K League 2 6010—70
2017 10021—121
2018 327312[lower-alpha 2]1379
2019 324102[lower-alpha 3]0354
2020K League 1 8111—92
2021K League 2 27400—274
2022 1010—20
2022Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsK League 1 41006[lower-alpha 4]0101
Career total 134189311115422

1Includes K League Promotion-Relegation Playoffs and AFC Champions League.

  1. K League Promotion-Relegation Playoffs
  2. K League Promotion-Relegation Playoffs
  3. K League Promotion-Relegation Playoffs
  4. AFC Champions League

International goals
Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kim goal.[3]
List of international goals scored by Kim Jin-kyu
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
115 January 2022Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey Iceland4–15–1Friendly
221 January 2022Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey Moldova1–04–0Friendly

Honours

International

South Korea U23

References
  1. Kim Jin-kyu at Soccerway
  2. "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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Kim, Jin-kyu" (in Korean). Retrieved 15 January 2022.


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