Park Dong-jin (; born 10 December 1994) is a South Korean

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Gwangju FC

After graduating

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, Dong-jin joined

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FC Seoul

He joined

for the 2018 season. He changed his position to

since 2019.

International career

In 2014, he was selected for South Korea national under-23 football team made his debut at a match against Brazil. In 2015, he participated in

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and helped the team win the tournament. In the same year, he participated in

2015 Summer Universiade ) , Nations participating = 143 , Athletes participating = 12,885 , Events = 272 in 21 sports , Opening ceremony = , Closing ceremony = , Officially opened by = Park Geun-hye , Athlete's Oath = Kim Seong-yeon and Kim Kuk-young , Judge's Oath = K ...

and scored two goals against

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, leading the team to the silver medal. In 2016, he joined

2016 AFC U-23 Championship The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the 2016 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) was the second edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) fo ...

and led the team to

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He was also played for the tournament.

Career Statistics

Club

Honours

International

South Korea U23 *

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References

External links

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Park Dong-jin – National Team stats
at KFA * 1994 births Living people South Korean men's footballers Gwangju FC players FC Seoul players Gimcheon Sangmu FC players K League 1 players K League 2 players South Korea men's under-23 international footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football forwards Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for South Korea Universiade silver medalists for South Korea Universiade medalists in football {{SouthKorea-footy-defender-stub