Jeong Chung-geun

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Jeong Chung-geun
정충근
Personal information
Full name Jeong Chung-geun
Date of birth (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Pohang, South Korea
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Gyeongnam
Number 7
Youth career
2005 Cheongrim Elementary School
2006–2008 Pohang Steelers
2009–2010 Ganggu Middle School
2010–2013 Nantes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 Nantes II 36 (2)
2016–2018 Yokohama 51 (7)
2018Fagiano Okayama (loan) 16 (2)
2019–2020 Machida Zelvia 52 (3)
2021 Suwon 14 (0)
2022– Gyeongnam 4 (1)
International career
2017 South Korea U-23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 March 2022

Jeong Chung-geun (born 1 March 1995) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays for K League 1 club Gyeongnam. [2]

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Career

After playing for various youth teams in his native South Korea, Jeong moved to the Nantes academy in France in 2010. Between 2013 and 2016, he would compete for the reserve team in the fourth-tier Championnat National 2. [1]

Jeong Chung-geun joined J2 League club Yokohama FC on 20 December 2016. [3] He made 52 appearances for the club, scoring three goals. [4] From July 2018 to December 2018, he was loaned to league rivals Fagiano Okayama. In 2019, he signed with Machida Zelvia, who also competed in the second division. [5] After 52 second division games, he returned to South Korea in early 2021. There, he signed a contract with Suwon in the K League 1. [6]

Ahead of the 2022 season, Jeong joined Gyeongnam after being part of a swap deal involving Chang Hyuk-jin. [7]

Club statistics

Updated as of 2022 season. [8]

Club performanceLeagueCupTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FranceLeague Cup Total
2013–14 FC Nantes II CFA2 7070
2014–15 181181
2015–16 111111
JapanLeague Cup Total
2017 Yokohama FC J2 League 37700377
2018 14020160
Fagiano Okayama 162162
2019 FC Machida Zelvia 27110281
2020 25200252
South KoreaLeague Cup Total
2021 Suwon FC K League 1 14000140
2022 Gyeongnam FC K League 2 210021
Total171153017415

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References

  1. 1 2 "Footballer Jeong Chung-geun signs with Nantes FC in France". Yonhap News Agency . 13 June 2013.
  2. Jeong Chung-geun at J.League ( archive ) (in Japanese)
  3. "L'ancien Nantais Chung-geun Jeong au Japon". Ouest-France (in French). 20 December 2016.
  4. "Jeong Chung-geun: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. "ジョン チュングン選手 加入のお知らせ". FC町田ゼルビア オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). 31 December 2018.
  6. "수원FC,해외파 공격형 미드필더 정충근 영입[공식발표]". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 15 January 2021.
  7. "[오피셜] 경남, '프랑스·일본 리그 출신 MF' 정충근 영입...No.7". Naver Sports (in Korean). 25 February 2022.
  8. 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, ISBN   978-4905411529 (p. 192 out of 289)