Goh Young-jun (; born 9 July 2001) is a South Korean professional

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who plays as an

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or a winger for

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club

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Club career

Partizan

On 23 January 2024,

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club Partizan announced that Goh had signed on a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee. Goh made his debut in a convincing triumph against IMT (5–2) and crowned it with a goal in the 90th minute. On 9 March 2024, in the 172nd Eternal derby, Partizan and

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drew 2–2. Goh started the counter attack for his team's second goal when he did a

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then cut into the opponent's half and passed the ball to

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who assisted

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for the goal.

Górnik Zabrze

On 18 June 2025, Goh moved to Polish

club

for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year contract.

International career

Goh made his debut for the

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in 2022.Young-joon Goh profile
at National-Football-Teams.com

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Pohang Steelers *

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runner-up:

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South Korea U23 *

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* 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Jinju Footballers from South Gyeongsang Province South Korean men's footballers South Korea men's youth international footballers South Korea men's under-20 international footballers South Korea men's under-23 international footballers South Korea men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders K League 1 players Serbian SuperLiga players Pohang Steelers players FK Partizan players Górnik Zabrze players Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games footballers for South Korea Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games South Korean expatriate men's footballers South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland 21st-century South Korean sportsmen Asian Games gold medalists in football {{SouthKorea-footy-bio-stub