Kim Jin-kyu (footballer, born 1997)

Kim Jin-kyu
	Kim in December 2019
Personal information
Full name	Kim Jin-kyu
Date of birth	24 February 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth	Pohang, South Korea
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Central midfielder
Club information
Current team	Busan IPark
Number	23
Youth career
2012–2015	Busan IPark
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–	Busan IPark
National team‡
2015	South Korea U-20
2019–2021	South Korea U-23
2022–	South Korea
Honours
Representing South Korea
Men's football
AFC U-23 Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 January 2022

Kim Jin-kyu (Korean: 김진규; 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, Kim featured for Korea in the AFC U23 Championship. Korea won the tournament to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.

In July 2021, Kim was named in the final Korea U23 squad for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Kim made three appearances in Korea's run to the quarter finals.

Club career statistics[]

As of 6 November 2021

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
2021		K League 2	27	4	0	0	0	0	27	4
Career total			129	17	8	3	5	1	142	21

International goals[]

Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kim goal.^[3]

List of international goals scored by Kim Jin-kyu
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 January 2022	Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey	Iceland	4–1	5–1	Friendly
2	21 January 2022	Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey	Moldova	1–0	4–0	Friendly

Honours[]

International[]

South Korea U23

AFC U-23 Championship: 2020

References[]

^ Kim Jin-kyu at Soccerway
^ "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)
^ "Kim, Jin-kyu" (in Korean). Retrieved 15 January 2022.

External links[]

Kim Jin-kyu – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)

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[1] Kim Jin-kyu 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)

[NFT-3] "Kim, Jin-kyu" (in Korean). Retrieved 15 January 2022.

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