Song Jin-hyung (; born 13 August 1987) is a South Korean

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player who plays as a midfielder.

Club career

Song started his professional career at Brazilian club Internacional, before moving back to his homeland South Korea to play for one of the powerhouses of Korean and Asian football

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. After a stint with FC Seoul, Song went to Australia in the hope of securing an

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contract. After trialling with

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, he impressed coach Gary van Egmond enough to earn a contract with the club. Newcastle's management immediately secured his visa and arranged his contract, a two-year deal signed on 18 January 2008. Song made his debut for the club in the away leg of their semi-final clash with rivals, Central Coast Mariners, which Newcastle lost 3–0. He played a starring role in their subsequent grand final victory over Central Coast, constantly proving a menacing threat for the Mariners' defence. Song's first senior career goal came on 19 December 2008 against Melbourne Victory. Song threaded through a sublime ball through to Jets' striker Joel Griffiths, who squared the ball back to Song to fire into the bottom corner of the net, securing three points for the Jets. Song made it clear that his preference was to play in Europe, although he didn't ruled out the possibility of re-signing with the Jets. On 29 March 2010, it was announced that he would trial at PSV Eindhoven, the former club of fellow Koreans Park Ji-Sung and Lee Young-Pyo. On 28 June 2010 the 22-year-old Korean attacking midfielder signed a two-year contract with Tours FC of the French

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. In January 2012, he returned to South Korea from the French side for K-League outfit Jeju United. On 31 January 2012, Song signed a three-year contract with Jeju on a free transfer. In September 2016, he transferred to Al-Sharjah SCC.

International career

Song played for South Korea U-20 at the

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and at the subsequent

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. He scored two goals against

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to knock them out of the

Career statistics

Club

Honours

* Korean League Cup: 2006 Newcastle Jets *

Championship: 2007–2008

References

External links

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Song Jin-hyung – National Team Stats
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