Kwak Hee-Ju (born 5 October 1981) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a defender who last played for Suwon Samsung Bluewings. At first, he did not enjoy much success with the team, but since early of 2004, he has become one of the key players of defence of Suwon Samsung Bluewings. He was member of

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that parted

East Asian Cup 2008 The 2008 EAFF East Asian Football Championship was held between 17 February and 23 February 2008. The preliminary competitions were held from 25 March to 24 June 2007. Participating teams Preliminary Stage One * * Stage Two * * - Winner of P ...

and

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qualifier of 2006 and 2010.

Club statistics

Honours

Club

;Suwon Samsung Bluewings *

K-League K League (Hangul: K리그) is South Korea's professional football league. It includes first division K League 1 and second division K League 2. History Until the 1970s, South Korean football operated two major football leagues, the National ...

(2): 2004,

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runner-up: 2006 *

Korean FA Cup The Korean FA Cup is a national football cup knockout competition of South Korea, held annually by the Korea Football Association (KFA). Before the FA Cup was established in 1996, two predecessor competitions named All Joseon Football Tournament ...

(2): 2009, 2010 *

runner-up (2): 2006, 2011 *

K-League Cup The Korean League Cup was a professional football competition in South Korean football. It was held by the K League Federation from 1986 to 2012. Sponsorship Champions List of finals Titles by club K League's principle of official statist ...

(2): 2005,

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 ...

: 2005 *

A3 Champions Cup A3 Champions Cup (also known as East Asian Champions Cup) was an annual football (soccer) tournament jointly organized by the China PR, Japan and Korea Republic football Association. It began in 2003, involving the league champions of China, Japan ...

: 2005 *

Pan-Pacific Championship The Pan-Pacific Football Championship was an inter-confederation football tournament between teams from A-League (Australia and New Zealand), Chinese Super League (China), J. League (Japan), K-League (Korea), and Major League Soccer (United State ...

: 2009

National team

;South Korea *

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Individual

* 2004

Yearly Best 11 (Defender) * 2008 Windsor Awards Korean Football Best 11 (Defender)

External links

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National Team Player Record
* * * 1981 births Living people Men's association football defenders South Korean footballers South Korean expatriate footballers South Korea men's international footballers Suwon Samsung Bluewings players FC Tokyo players Al-Wakrah SC players K League 1 players J1 League players Qatar Stars League players Expatriate footballers in Japan South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan South Korean Buddhists People from Gangneung {{SouthKorea-footy-defender-stub