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Name
  
Kim Eun-jung

Position
  
Forward

1997–2003
  
Daejeon Citizen

Weight
  
78 kg


Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.84 m

1994–1996
  
Dongbuk High School

Role
  
Footballer

Date joined
  
2014

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Date of birth
  
(1979-04-08) 8 April 1979 (age 36)

Playing position
  
Retired (former striker)

Number
  
18 (Daejeon Citizen FC / Forward), 18 (Gangwon FC / Forward), 10 (Pohang Steelers / Forward)

Place of birth
  
Seoul, South Korea

Kim Eun-jung (Hangul: 김은중; born 8 April 1979) is a South Korean retired footballer who played as a striker. He is currently a coach at Tubize after joining the team in 2015 as a youth scout.

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He played in the South Korea national team at 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok and 2004 AFC Asian Cup in China. He was also a member of South Korea under-23 team at 2002 Asian Games in Busan.

He was a member of 30–30 Club since 3 May 2008 at K League. He is now a member of 50–50 club members.

Club career

He started his pro football career with the newly formed team Daejeon Citizen in 1997. He won the 2001 Korean FA Cup, the club's first major title. He went through the Japanese club Vegalta Sendai in 2003; one year after he returned to South Korea he nested at FC Seoul in Seoul.

In 2009, he moved to the Chinese Super League on the side of Changsha Ginde. In 2010, he returned to K League with moving to Jeju United. After a two-year stint with Jeju, he was traded to Gangwon FC for Seo Dong-hyeon on 21 November 2011. He was on loan to Pohang Steelers for the 2013 season.

International goals

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

Club

Daejeon Citizen
  • Korean FA Cup winner (1): 2001
  • Korean Super Cup runner-up (1): 2002
  • FC Seoul
  • K League runner-up (1): 2008
  • Korean League Cup
  • Winner (1): 2006
  • Runner-up (1): 2007
  • Jeju United
  • K League runner-up (1): 2010
  • Pohang Steelers
  • K League winner (1): 2013
  • Individual

  • 2001 Korean FA Cup Top scorer
  • 2001 Korean FA Cup Most Valuable Player
  • 2002 Order of Sport Merit – Fierce Tager (Hangul: 맹호장))
  • 2004 K League All-Star Game Most Valuable Player
  • 2006 K League Best XI (forward)
  • 2010 K League Best XI (forward)
  • 2010 K League Most Valuable Player
  • National team

  • Asian Games Bronze medalist : 2002
  • References

    Kim Eun-jung (footballer) Wikipedia