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Jung Woo-young (; born 14 December 1989) is a South Korean professional
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who plays as a defensive midfielder or a
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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 Ulsan HD and the South Korea national team. He was part of the South Korean team that won bronze at the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
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Career

In May 2018 he was named in South Korea's preliminary 28-man
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for the
2018 FIFA World Cup The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded t ...
in Russia. In December 2022 he was named for South Korea’s World Cup squad, starting all 4 of their games. On 20 July 2023, Jung Woo-young joined Saudi Professional League side Al-Khaleej on a free transfer.


Career statistics


Club

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)"
7 February 2018, Japan, (p. 72 out of 289)


International

:''Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first.''


Honours

Al-Sadd * Qatar Stars League: 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 *
Emir of Qatar Cup Emir of Qatar Cup (), also known as the Emir Cup, but changed to Amir Cup starting in 2019, is an association football tournament played every season by all first and second division teams in Qatar. The tournament is played in a knockout system, ...
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2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
* Sheikh Jassem Cup:
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 ...
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Qatar Cup The Qatar Cup (formerly known as Qatar Crown Prince Cup) is a tournament in men's football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), go ...
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2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
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2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...
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Qatari Stars Cup The Qatari Stars Cup is a Qatari football competition known as Ooredoo Cup due to sponsorship reasons. The knockout competition, which involves a round-robin structure, was first started in 2009 when the Qatar Stars League structure was amen ...
: 2019-20 Ulsan HD *
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 ...
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2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
;South Korea U23 * Olympic Bronze Medal:
2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
;South Korea * EAFF East Asian Cup:
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 ...
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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 ...


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* * * * 1989 births Living people Men's association football midfielders South Korean men's footballers South Korea men's under-23 international footballers South Korea men's international footballers South Korean expatriate men's footballers Kyoto Sanga FC players Júbilo Iwata players Vissel Kobe players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Al Sadd SC players Al-Khaleej FC players J1 League players J2 League players Qatar Stars League players Chinese Super League players Saudi Pro League players Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan South Korean expatriate sportspeople in China South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Qatar South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for South Korea Olympic medalists in football Olympic bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Footballers from Ulsan 2018 FIFA World Cup players 2019 AFC Asian Cup players 2022 FIFA World Cup players 21st-century South Korean sportsmen Ulsan HD FC players {{SouthKorea-footy-midfielder-stub