Kim Jae-woong (; born 1 January 1988) is a South Korean

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Club career

Kim, having spent his youth career with

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, was selected by

Incheon United Incheon United FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in Incheon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in 2003, the club is a so-called "community club", with the government of the ...

from the 2011 K-League draft intake. His first game for Incheon was as a starter in the first round match of the 2011 K-League Cup against

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. His made his

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debut on 20 March 2011. In just his third match in the K League, he scored his first league goal against

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, before scoring two more to become joint top scorer for Incheon by the tenth week of the league. Kim went on loan to the

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side

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in 2014.

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* * 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Wonju Men's association football midfielders South Korean men's footballers Incheon United FC players FC Anyang players Suwon FC players Seoul E-Land FC players Asan Mugunghwa FC players Korea National League players K League 1 players K League 2 players Footballers from Gangwon Province, South Korea 21st-century South Korean sportsmen {{SouthKorea-footy-forward-stub