Kim Jin-hyeon
South Korean footballer
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Kim Jin-hyeon (Korean: 김진현; Hanja: 金鎭鉉; Korean pronunciation: [kim.dʑin.ɦjʌn];[2] born 6 July 1987) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Tochigi City on loan from Cerezo Osaka.
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Kim with South Korea in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kim Jin-hyeon | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 July 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Suwon, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Tochigi City (on loan from Cerezo Osaka) | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 97 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Dongguk University College of Education High School | ||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Dongguk University | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009– | Cerezo Osaka | 539 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | → Tochigi City (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | South Korea U-20 | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011– | South Korea | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 August 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 11 September 2018 | |||||||||||||||||
International career
Kim made 3 appearances for South Korea U-20 in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[3] He made his national team debut on 30 May 2012 in a friendly match against Spain.[4]
Kim became the starting goalkeeper for the national team in the 2015 Asian Cup with the exception of the match against Kuwait. He kept a clean sheet throughout the tournament until the final against Australia, where he conceded two goals in a 2–1 defeat. He was later nominated for the Best Goalkeeper award in the tournament.
Kim has been the main goal keeper for Cerezo Osaka since 2009. In the 2017 J-League season, Cerezo Osaka won two cups and a third in the league and won the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League qualification.[5]
In May 2018 he was named in South Korea's preliminary 28 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[6]
Career statistics
Club
Updated to the start from 2026-27 season.[7][8][9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cerezo Osaka | 2009 | J2 League | 50 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 51 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | J1 League | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9[a] | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 44 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[a] | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | J2 League | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2[b] | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | J1 League | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 2019 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | ||||
| 2020 | 34 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||||
| 2021 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | — | 52 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
| 2024 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 0 | ||||
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 2026 | J1 100 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| Career total | 539 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 640 | 0 | ||
1Includes Japanese Super Cup and J1/J2 Playoffs.
International
- As of match played 11 September 2018[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| South Korea | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 0 | |
International clean sheets
- As of 11 September 2018[11]
- Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
| Kim Jin-hyeon international clean sheets | |||||
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| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 10 October 2014 | Cheonan |  Paraguay | 2–0 | Friendly match |
| 2 | 10 January 2015 | Canberra |  Oman | 1–0 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup |
| 3 | 17 January 2015 | Brisbane |  Australia | 1–0 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup |
| 4 | 22 January 2015 | Melbourne |  Uzbekistan | 2–0 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup |
| 5 | 26 January 2015 | Sydney |  Iraq | 2–0 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup |
| 6 | 31 March 2015 | Seoul |  New Zealand | 1–0 | Friendly match |
| 7 | 24 March 2016 | Ansan |  Lebanon | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 11 September 2018 | Suwon |  Chile | 0–0 | Friendly match |
Honours
Club
- Cerezo Osaka
International
- South Korea
- EAFF East Asian Cup: 2017
- AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 2015
