Kim Dong-jin (born 29 January 1982) is a former South Korean footballer who played as a full-back or a wing-back. He is currently the assistant coach of

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club

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Club career

Kim started his professional career in Anyang LG Cheetahs ( FC Seoul before 2004) in 2000, and spent his prime with them before joining

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. On 28 June 2006, he transferred to Zenit, following coach

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and Korean teammate Lee Ho. During his second season in Zenit, he helped his team to achieve their first

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title by showing outstanding performance, and was named the second best left-back of the Russian Football Union. However, he couldn't show his ability after suffering a leg injury in the middle of the next season. Furthermore, he had a sudden problem with the blood circulation of his brain, and Zenit finally terminated his contract on 26 January 2010. He moved to

Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan Hyundai FC ( ko, 울산 현대 축구단) is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League ...

and FC Seoul after other medical check-ups that found he was healthy enough to play, but he couldn't settle there. On 24 July 2019, Kim played

's friendly against Manchester City until being substituted in the 15th minute, and was handed a City shirt by Man City manager Pep Guardiola as strolling off the pitch. After the match, Kim retired from playing career, and became a coach of Kitchee.

International career

He was South Korea's

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in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and helped Korea finish second in Group A by scoring one goal (against

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) and two assists (both against

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), consequently advancing to the next round. However, they were stopped by the silver medalist

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. In 2004, Kim's performance against

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while under

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secured him the left-back or left midfield position (depending on the formation that was usually 4–3–3 or 3–4–3), which originally belonged to

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. However, as Advocaat became the new manager of South Korea in November 2005, both Lee and Kim had to compete for the position. Since the two players proved to be highly influential to the national team, both players were rotated for the left back position during

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. During the 2008 Summer Olympics, he was summoned to join South Korean under-23 squad as an over-aged player. Despite his solid performance and a winning goal scored in the last game against Honduras, his team was eliminated in the first round.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''

Honours

FC Seoul *

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: 2006 *

Korean Super Cup The Korean Super Cup was the annual curtain-raiser to the South Korean football season from 1999 to 2006, and was contested between the champions of K League and Korean FA Cup. It was dropped from the South Korean football calendar in 2007. Afte ...

: 2001 Zenit Saint Petersburg *

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: 2007–08 *

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: 2007 *

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Muangthong United *

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runner-up: 2015 Kitchee *

: 2016–17, 2017–18 *

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: 2016–17, 2017–18 *

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: 2016–17 *

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: 2017–18 *

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: 2017 South Korea U23 * Asian Games bronze medal: 2002 South Korea * AFC Asian Cup third place: 2007 * EAFF Championship: 2003 Individual * K League 1 Best XI: 2004

Notes

References

External links

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Kim Dong-jin – National Team Stats
at KFA * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Dong-jin 1982 births Living people Association football defenders South Korean footballers South Korean expatriate footballers South Korea under-17 international footballers South Korea under-20 international footballers South Korea under-23 international footballers South Korea international footballers Zhejiang Professional F.C. players FC Seoul players Ulsan Hyundai FC players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players UEFA Cup winning players Kim Dong-jin Seoul E-Land FC players Kitchee SC players Hoi King SA players K League 1 players K League 2 players Russian Premier League players Chinese Super League players Kim Dong-jin Expatriate footballers in China Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Thailand 2006 FIFA World Cup players 2007 AFC Asian Cup players 2010 FIFA World Cup players Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of South Korea Sportspeople from Gyeonggi Province South Korean expatriate sportspeople in China South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Russia South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Thailand South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Footballers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games South Korean football managers Expatriate football managers in Hong Kong Kitchee SC managers