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Kim Jin-kyu
Personal information
Full name Kim Jin-kyu
Date of birth (1997-02-24) 24 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Pohang, South Korea
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Busan IPark
Number 23
Youth career
2012–2014 Busan IPark
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– Busan IPark 102 (13)
International career
2015 South Korea U-20 3 (0)
2019– South Korea U-23 8 (1)
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's football
AFC U-23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2020 Thailand
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 January 2020

Kim Jin-kyu (Korean김진규; born 24 February 1997) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Busan IPark.[1]

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
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

International

South Korea U23

References

  1. ^ Kim Jin-gyu 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)