Jang Jo-yoon (; born 1 January 1988), alternatively spelt as Chang Jo-yoon, is a retired

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who plays as a

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. While he started out initially as a

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while playing in his youth for

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, he started playing as a

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after he moved to S.League side, Super Reds FC in

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Club career

Jang spent his first two seasons as a professional player with K.League side

in his native

, the first club he signed for when he was fresh out of high school. In

, he was given an opportunity to move to Singapore to play for the all- Korean team, Super Reds FC, in the S.League. When the Super Reds were denied a place in the

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, Jang headed west with compatriot Park Kang-jin to join

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where he would feature prominently for the Bulls, scoring a total of fourteen goals in the S.League and one each in the Singapore Cup and Singapore League Cup. He was then transferred to

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but found little playing time under Tigers coach,

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. In December 2012, it was noted that Jang was on trial with Woodlands Wellington when he was featured in the Rams' lineup against

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in a pre-season friendly. Jang scored a goal in that match and set up another goal for fellow Korean Moon Soon-ho in a subsequent friendly game against SAFFC. On 11 January 2013, it was announced that Jang had been confirmed by the club for the 2013 season. He made his debut for Woodlands Wellington on 21 February 2013 in a 2–2 draw against Warriors F.C., assisting in Khalid Hamdaoui's 72nd-minute goal. Jang scored his first Woodlands Wellington goal by firing home the winning goal off

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's corner kick a S.League match against Albirex Niigata (S) on 27 March 2013, helping the

Rams In engineering, RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability and safety)White Swans with a 2–1 scoreline. He also created a goal for Khalid Hamdaoui in the same match. He joined Hougang United in July 2018. He scored his first goal for Hougang in a 3-1 win against Geylang International on 5 August 2018. On 19 July 2019, He announced his retirement from football on his Facebook. Ending his 22 years career in football.https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2479062745477066&id=100001200935141

Club career statistics

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jang, Jo-yoon 1988 births Living people South Korean footballers South Korean expatriate footballers Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors players Gombak United FC players Balestier Khalsa FC players Woodlands Wellington FC players Chungju Hummel FC players K League 1 players K League 2 players Korea National League players Singapore Premier League players Expatriate footballers in Singapore South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Association football forwards