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 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | |||||||||||||||
| Playing 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 | 94 | (12) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | South Korea U-20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2019– | South Korea U-23 | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
| ||||||||||||||||
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 January 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
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 21 December 2019
| Club performance | League | Cup | Play-offs | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Career total | 94 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 106 | 15 | ||
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)
