Kwon Chang-hoon ( ko, 권창훈; born 30 June 1994) is a South Korean professional

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who plays as an

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for

Gimcheon Sangmu Gimcheon Sangmu FC (Hangul: 김천 상무 프로축구단; Hanja: 金泉尚武 프로蹴球團) is a South Korean professional association football club based in Gimcheon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. ...

and the South Korea national team.

Early life

Kwon started playing football when he was in YangJeon Elementary School in Seoul. After he graduated from Joongdong Middle School, he went to Maetan High School to join the under-18 team of

Suwon Samsung Bluewings ''(The Blue, White and Reds)''Tricolor'' , short name = SSB , image = , caption = , founded = , ground = Suwon World Cup Stadium , capacity = 44,031 , owner = Cheil Worldwide(Samsung's subsidiary) , chairma ...

Club career

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Suwon Samsung Bluewings signed Kwon under homegrown player rule during the 2012 K League draft. He made his senior debut as a substitute in the 79th minute in an

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match against

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on 3 April 2013. He also made his K League debut against

Daegu FC Daegu FC ( Korean: 대구 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Daegu. The club was founded as a community club at the end of 2002, and made their K League 1 debut in 2003. Daegu has played mostly in the K League 1 but was rel ...

on 6 April, playing as a substitute for 25 minutes. He was selected for the K League 1 Best XI in 2015 and 2016 while playing for Suwon. He challenged France's

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after growing as one of the top midfielders in the K League.

Dijon

In January 2017, Kwon joined

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on a 3.5-year deal. The transfer fee paid to Suwon was estimated at €1.5 million. In the

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, Kwon quickly established himself as an ace player for Dijon, finishing joint Dijon's top scorer with 11 goals in 34 league appearances. However, he injured his Achilles tendon during the last league match, and failed to show his former performance since then.

SC Freiburg

On 28 June 2019, Kwon joined

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side

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for the 2019–20 season.

International career

Kwon was named in South Korean under-19 squad for the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship in the

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. After winning the AFC Championship, Kwon was called up to under-20 team for the

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. Kwon was called up to the senior national team for the 2015 East Asian Cup. He made his international debut in an East Asian Cup match against

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. On 3 September 2015, at the

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, he scored his first senior goals, a brace, in an 8–0 home win over

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in the second round of

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for the

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. Kwon paticipated in the

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, and scored a crucial goal in a 1–0 win over Mexico to advance to the quarter-finals. Kwon was named in South Korea's preliminary 28-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. In the last game of the 2017–18 French season, however, Kwon injured his Achilles tendon and was ruled out for the World Cup through injury.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kwon goal.''

Honours

Suwon Samsung Bluewings *

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South Korea U20 * AFC U-19 Championship:

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South Korea U23 *

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runner-up:

South Korea * EAFF Championship:

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Individual * K League 1 Best XI:

Notes

References

External links

Kwon Chang-hoon
at KFA * *
Official page of Kwon Chang-hoon
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