Jeong Chung-geun (born 1 March 1995) is a South Korean professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays for

K League 1 The K League 1 () is a professional association football league in South Korea and the highest level of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. It is one of the most successful leagues in the Asian Foo ...

club

Gyeongnam South Gyeongsang Province (, ) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World Heritage Site Haeinsa, a Buddhist temple that ...

Career

After playing for various youth teams in his native South Korea, Jeong moved to the

Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...

academy in France in 2010. Between 2013 and 2016, he would compete for the reserve team in the fourth-tier

Championnat National 2 The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a Association football, football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of French football league system be ...

. Jeong Chung-geun joined

J2 League The or simply J2 is the second division of the and the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The top tier is represented by the J1 League. It (along with the rest of the J.League) is currently sponsored by Meiji Yasud ...

club

Yokohama FC is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club was formed by fans of Yokohama Flügels as a protest against Flügels' merger with Yokohama Marinos in 1999, becoming th ...

on 20 December 2016. He made 52 appearances for the club, scoring three goals. From July 2018 to December 2018, he was loaned to league rivals

Fagiano Okayama is a Japanese football club based in Okayama, the capital of Okayama Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Name origin ''Fagiano'' in Italian means "pheasant", and it is a reference t ...

. In 2019, he signed with

Machida Zelvia commonly known as is a Japanese professional football club based in Machida, Tokyo. They currently play in the J1 League, following promotion as J2 League champions in 2023. History Formation and election to the Prefectural League (1989–2 ...

, who also competed in the second division. After 52 second division games, he returned to South Korea in early 2021. There, he signed a contract with

Suwon Suwon (; ) is the largest city and capital of Gyeonggi Province, South Korea's most populous province. The city lies approximately south of the national capital, Seoul. With a population of 1.2 million, Suwon has more inhabitants than Ulsan, tho ...

in the

. Ahead of the 2022 season, Jeong joined

after being part of a swap deal involving Chang Hyuk-jin.

Club statistics

''Updated as of 2022 season''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社
"J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeong, Chung-geun 1995 births Living people Footballers from Pohang South Korean men's footballers Pohang Steelers players FC Nantes players Championnat National 2 players J2 League players K League 1 players K League 2 players Yokohama FC players Fagiano Okayama players FC Machida Zelvia players Suwon FC players Gyeongnam FC players Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in France South Korean expatriates in France South Korean expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Japan South Korean expatriates in Japan South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan 21st-century South Korean sportsmen