Koo Ji-won
Appearance
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Date of birth | 20 July 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 122 kg (269 lb; 19 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Koo Ji-won (具智元, Gu Chigan, born 20 July 1994) is a Korean-Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Japan Rugby League One club Kobelco Kobe Steelers. Born in South Korea, he represents Japan at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.[1][2][3][4]
He also changed nationality to Japan after the 2019 World Cup
International career
After only two Super Rugby appearances for the Sunwolves, which included one start, Koo received his first call-up to his adopted country, Japan's senior squad ahead of the 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[5]
References
- ^ "Ji-won Koo ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Koo Jiwon". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Koo Ji-won itsrugby Profile". itsrugby. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Koo Ji-Won". Japan Rugby Club. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ "Tighthead prop Koo Ji-won set to earn first cap for Japan against Tonga". The Japan Times Online. 17 November 2017. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
External links
- Koo Ji-won at ESPNscrum
- Koo Ji-won at ItsRugby.co.uk
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Mie Honda Heat players
- Japan international rugby union players
- Rugby union props
- South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- South Korean rugby union players
- Sunwolves players
- Kobelco Kobe Steelers players
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- Sportspeople from Seoul
- South Korean expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in Japan
- Naturalized citizens of Japan
- Naturalised rugby union players
- Japanese rugby union biography stubs
- South Korean sportspeople stubs
- Asian rugby union biography stubs