Kim Jung-woo

Kim in the national jersey South Korea (2010)

Kim Jung -woo ( born May 9, 1982 in Seoul) is a South Korean football player.

Career

Kim Jung -woo began his professional career in 2003 at the club Ulsan Hyundai Horangi, with the midfielder two years later won the championship of the K -League. In connection Kim spent two seasons in the Japanese League with Nagoya Grampus, before he returned in 2008 in the K-League and Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma joined.

At the same time, Kim Jung -woo, who made his international debut on 19 October 2003 compared Vietnam and had participated in the Olympic football tournaments in Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, an integral part of the national team of his country. The Kim initially mostly used only as a substitute, secured by strong performances and the absence of Kim Do - heon and Kim Nam- il a regular place. In February 2010, he was captain of the team who finished in the East Asia Championship at the end of the Second place behind the People's Republic of China.

From 2010 to 2011, Kim Jung -woo makes his two-year military service in Gwangju Sangmu, an athletic department of the South Korean military from. In summer 2010, he participated in the Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa with South Korea.

Following his military service he returned to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, but was there a substitute only twice. That's why he moved to the following transfer period 2012 to reigning champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, with whom he took 2nd place in the AFC Champions League in the same year.