Jeong Tae-wook

Jeong Tae-wook
Personal information
Full name Jeong Tae-wook
Date of birth (1997-05-16) 16 May 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Seongnam, South Korea
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Western Sydney Wanderers
Number 8
Youth career
2013–2016 Jeju Jeil High School
2016–2018 Ajou University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Jeju United 5 (0)
2019–2023 Daegu FC 140 (6)
2023– Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 45 (1)
2024– → Western Sydney Wanderers (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2015–2017 South Korea U-20 22 (5)
2017–2021 South Korea U-23 23[α] (2)
2017[2] South Korea Universiade 4 (1)
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's football
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
AFC U-23 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2020 Thailand
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 3, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of July 31, 2021
Jeong Tae-wook
Hangul
정태욱
Hanja
鄭泰旭
Revised RomanizationJeong Taeuk
McCune–ReischauerChŏng T'aeuk
In this Korean name, the family name is Jeong.

Jeong Tae-wook (Korean: 정태욱; born 16 May 1997) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a defender for Australian A-league club Western Sydney Wanderers on loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

Career

Jeong started his career with Jeju United.[3] Jeong Taewook then transferred into Daegu FC after spending a year with Jeju United After a successful run at Daegu FC for 4 years, Jeong was sold to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in January 2023. Jeong has since had 39 appearances and 1 goal for the club

Club career statistics

As of 7 December 2023
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
South Korea League KFA Cup Asia Total
2018 Jeju United K League 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
2019 Daegu FC 27 1 0 0 3 1 30 2
2020 27 1 1 0 — 28 1
2021 33 1 4 0 1 0 38 1
2022 36 1 2 1 6 0 44 2
2023 Jeonbuk Hyundai

Motors FC

31 1 3 0 4 0 39 1
Career total 144 5 11 1 15 1 186 7

Honours

International

Jeong made his international debut during the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in South Korea.

Jeong was then selected to represent South Korea for the 2018 Asian Games. South Korea had emerged as champions in the 2018 Asian Games after beating arch-rivals Japan 2-1 in extra time during the finals winning them the gold medal.

Jeong was also named in the AFC U-23 Championship Thailand 2020 squad. South Korea had won the championship after beating Saudi Arabia in the finals. Jeong was named Man Of the Match after scoring the winning goal during the finals. He was selected as the Best 11 for the tournament.

In 2021, Jeong Taewook was named in the 22-man squad for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Jeong Taewook was selected as captain for the tournament and help led the team to the quarter finals of the competition. However South Korea's journey ended there as they had lost 6-3 to Mexico.

Notes

  1. ^ Includes two appearances against another KFA team.

References

  1. ^ Daegu FC Profile Archived 2020-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 2017년 8월 1일 2017 하계유니버시아드 남자 (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. ^ “아 진짜라니까요, 상민이랑 입 맞춘 거 아니에요” m.post.naver.com


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