Jeong Shung-hoon (; born 4 July 1979) is a South Korean

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who most recently played for Bucheon FC as striker. He has also represented

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Career

He started his career at Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i in 2002. He was a promising striker and was selected for the South Korean national team for the 2001 Universiade game, but didn't play very well. He said in an interview that "I was under stress that I had to play well to make something impressive, so I think it is the main reason I couldn't make many goals or contributions to team." Then, finally, he transferred to

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, making a turning point in his career. However, he did not fulfil his role in

, and could not impress fans of the club. He seemed to have disappeared in

's sight. Despite this, he seemed revived at Purple Arena (Nickname of

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) after the mid-2006 season. He created a fantastic goal in the first league game after the

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against Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, and continuously played a pivotal role in the attacking line and managed to score 8 goals in the remainder of the season. Then he moved to

Busan I'Park Busan IPark FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Busan that competes in K League 2, the second tier of the South Korean football pyramid. They play their home games at the Busan Gudeok Stadium. Busan IPark was founded as ...

, in an exchange with Park Sung-Ho, in 2008. Since then, he has impressed the fans with great ability as a target man, and has made his debut for the

on 15 October 2008. At the match against

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, he clapped at a referee's decision to give a red card at

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, FC Seoul player. His bad performance whilst playing for

disappointed Korean soccer fans and

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, and resulted in the return of

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in the national team. On 11 January 2011, he was transferred from

to the

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Jeonbuk have won the K League a record nine times, including ...

with Lee Seung-Hyun for Lee Yo-Han and Lim Sang-Hyub. He made his Jeonbuk debut on 2 March in a 1–0 Champions League group stage win over

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. On 31 July 2012, during the 2012 summer transfer windows, Jeong was transferred to

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for forward

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Club statistics

References

External links

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National Team Player Record
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeong, Shung-hoon 1979 births Living people Men's association football forwards South Korean men's footballers South Korean expatriate men's footballers South Korea men's international footballers Ulsan HD FC players Daejeon Hana Citizen players Busan IPark players Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors players Jeonnam Dragons players Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players Bucheon FC 1995 players K League 1 players K League 2 players J2 League players Korea National League players Expatriate men's footballers in Japan South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan Footballers from Changwon