Ju Se-jong (; ; born 30 October 1990) is a South Korean

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player who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Busan IPark

Ju made his league debut for Busan IPark as a substitute in 6–0 defeat away to

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on 21 July 2012. His first full start came almost two years later in a league match against

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on 4 May 2014. Ju scored his first goal for the club in an FA Cup game against Suwon City on 16 July 2014, which IPark went on to win 3–2 after extra time. His first league goal came a month later in a 4–2 victory over

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. Ju became a regular starter and key player for IPark in the second half of the 2014 K League 1 season. He finished the season with five assists, the most at the club, and was named in the weekly

'Best Eleven' on three occasions. Ju continued to be a regular starter in the 2015 season, as IPark were relegated into the

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FC Seoul

Ju joined

on 8 January 2016. On 2 January 2021 Se-Jong was released following his contract running out.

International career

Ju made his debut for the Korean national team on 11 June 2015, appearing as a substitute in a 3–0 victory over UAE. He was later selected in the squad for the

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. He made one appearance, starting in the 1–1 draw with Japan, as Korea won the tournament. In May 2018 he was named in South Korea's preliminary 28 man

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for the

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in Russia. Ju started in Korea's second group game against Mexico, and appeared as a substitute in the final group game against

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. In the sixth minute of injury time, Ju dispossessed Germany goalkeeper

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inside Korea's half and launched a 75-yard ball forward, which

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converted to ensure a famous victory for Korea. Ju's assist was recorded as the second longest in World Cup history, behind Manuel Neuer himself, whose assist for

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against

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in 2010 measured at 85-90 yards.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''As of match played 1 June 2016. South Korea score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ju Se-jong goal.''

Honours

Club

;

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

;

Asan Mugunghwa Asan Mugunghwa Football Club () was a South Korean football club based in Asan. The club's players were South Korean professional footballers who were serving their two-year military duty. History Founding and Police FC era Founded as Nationa ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

International

;South Korea *

EAFF East Asian Cup EAFF E-1 Football Championship, known as the East Asian Football Championship from 2003 to 2010, and the EAFF East Asian Cup for the 2013 and 2015 editions, is a men's international football competition in East Asia for member nations of the East ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

References

External links

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Ju Se-jong – National Team stats at KFA
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ju, Se-jong 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Anyang, Gyeonggi South Korean men's footballers Men's association football midfielders K League 1 players K League 2 players Busan IPark players FC Seoul players Gamba Osaka players Asan Mugunghwa FC players 2018 FIFA World Cup players South Korea men's international footballers 2019 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers from Gyeonggi Province 21st-century South Korean sportsmen