Kim Dong-hyeon (footballer, born 1994)

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Kim Dong-hyeon
Personal information
Full name Kim Dong-hyeon
Date of birth (1994-07-14) 14 July 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth South Korea
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Chennai City
Number 5
Youth career
2010–2012 Pohang Steelers
2013–2015 Dong-a University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Pohang Steelers 16 (0)
2017 →Gangneung City FC(loan) 14 (0)
2018 Chennai City 5 (0)
2018 Siheung Citizen 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 March 2018

Kim Dong-hyeon (Korean: 김동현; born 14 July 1994) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as midfielder. He last played for Siheung Citizen FC in the 2018 K3 League Basic.[1]

Career[]

Born in 1994, Kim is a Pohang Steelers youth product and played there from 2010 to 2012 before moving to Dong-a University team 2013.

Pohang Steelers[]

He began his professional club career at the K League Classic side Pohang Steelers in January 2016.[2] The South Korean midfielder has represented Steelers in the 2016 AFC Champions League where he faced teams such as Sydney FC, Guangzhou Evergrande and the Japanese powerhouse Urawa Red Diamonds.[3]

Gangneung City[]

In 2017 he signed with Gangneung City FC on loan from Pohang Steelers. He appeared in 14 K3 League matches with Gangneung until his end of loan.

Chennai City[]

In February 2018 he joined I-League club Chennai City as a replacement for Uzbek recruit Aman Talantbekov.[4]

"My AFC Champions League stint has made me want to experience football outside of South Korea. It will be interesting for me to play alongside new teammates and pit my skills against the foreign players of other clubs. Chennai City FC deserves to be in a higher position and I am here to help the club achieve that”

—Kim on joining Chennai City[5]

He made his debut in a 0–0 draw against Mohun Bagan.

With Chennai City, He also appeared in the Hero Super Cup in 2018[6] and the continental tournament 2018 AFC Cup.[7]

Siheung Citizen[]

In 2018, he returned to Korea and signed with K4 League outfit Siheung Citizen FC, with which he appeared in 12 league matches and emerged as the champions of the 2018 K3 League Basic.

Honours[]

Siheung Citizen
  • K3 League Basic Gold Champions (1): 2018[8]

References[]

  1. ^ Kim Dong-hyeon at Soccerway
  2. ^ 포항스틸러스의 미래, 루키 6인방 입단! (in Korean). Pohang Steelers. 2015-12-23.
  3. ^ Kim Dong-hyeon with Pohang Steelers in the AFC Champions League 777score.mu. Retrieved 20 March 2021
  4. ^ "Chennai City sign Kim Dong Hyeon and Aleksandar Rakic". reddit.com.
  5. ^ "I-League 2017-18: Chennai City sign Kim Dong Hyeon and Aleksandar Rakic". goal.com.
  6. ^ "Super Cup 2018: List of foreigners registered by teams for qualifiers". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  7. ^ "I-League 2017-18: Chennai City sign Kim Dong Hyeon and Aleksandar Rakic". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  8. ^ "K3 2018 play-off". joinka.com. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

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