Jeong Woo-yeong ( ko, 정우영; born 20 September 1999) is a South Korean professional

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who plays as a winger or an

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for

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club

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and the South Korea national team.

Club career

On 30 June 2017, Jeong signed for Bayern Munich from South Korean club

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. The contract runs until 30 June 2022. Jeong officially joined Bayern on 1 January 2018. Jeong made his first team debut for Bayern Munich in the

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on 27 November 2018, coming on as a substitute in the 81st minute for

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against Benfica. On 3 May 2019, he started as right winger and won the final of the season's

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for Bayern Munich's under-23 team, earning the first club international trophy of his career. He was substituted by Jannik Rochelt in the 68th minute. On 19 June 2019,

announced the signing of Jeong on a four-year deal with the option for Bayern Munich to buy him back. On 10 August 2019, he made his Freiburg debut against

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in the

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. However, he didn't appear in the field after his debut, and returned to Bayern on a loan deal. He contributed to reserve team's title by showing outstanding performances including one goal and eight assists during 15 appearances in the 2019–20 3. Liga. On 12 December 2020 Jeong scored his first

goal against

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after replacing

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in the 86th minute.

International career

He made his debut for South Korea national team on 25 March 2021 in a friendly against Japan. Because he shares the same with

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(정우영 in Korean, but both chose a different Romanization), who is also playing for the South Korean football national team, but 10 years older, he is also called "Jageun Jung Woo-young" ("little Jung Woo-young"; 작은 정우영). On 16 November 2021, Woo-yeong scored his first goal for the national team in a

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against

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Jeong goal''.

Honours

Bayern Munich II *

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: 2019–20 *

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: 2018–19 Bayern Munich *

: 2018–19 *

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: 2018–19 SC Freiburg *

runner-up: 2021–22 South Korea U14 *

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South Korea U17 *

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silver medal:

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South Korea U23 *

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Jeong Woo-yeong
at KFA * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeong, Woo-yeong 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Incheon South Korean footballers South Korea youth international footballers South Korea under-17 international footballers South Korea under-20 international footballers South Korea under-23 international footballers South Korea international footballers South Korean expatriate footballers South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Association football forwards Association football wingers Association football midfielders FC Bayern Munich II players FC Bayern Munich footballers SC Freiburg players Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Footballers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics 2022 FIFA World Cup players