Koh Myong-jin

In this Korean name, the family name is Koh.

Koh Myong-jin (Korean: 고명진; Korean pronunciation: [ko.mjʌŋ.dʑin]; born 9 January 1988) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ulsan Hyundai in K League 1.^[1]

Koh Myong-jin
고명진

Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-01-09) 9 January 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth	Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Ulsan Hyundai
Number	22
Youth career
	Seokgwan Middle School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2015	FC Seoul	192	(13)
2015–2019	Al Rayyan	82	(9)
2019	Slaven Belupo	4	(0)
2020-	Ulsan Hyundai	36	(0)
International career‡
2003–2004	South Korea U17	6	(7)
2007	South Korea U23	1	(0)
2011–	South Korea	5	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 July 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 April 2022

Koh Myong-jin
Hangul	고명진
Hanja	高明桭
Revised Romanization	Go Myeong-jin
McCune–Reischauer	Ko Myŏng-jin

Club career

Koh joined FC Seoul, then known as the Anyang LG Cheetahs, in 2003. In 2015 he moved to Al-Rayyan. In September 2019, he moved to Slaven Belupo in Croatia, but left the club two months later.^[2]

He moved back to South Korea to join Ulsan Hyundai FC ahead of the 2020 K League 1 season. In his first season with Ulsan, he helped them win the 2020 AFC Champions League for the second time in the club's history.^[3]

International career

On 23 May 2011, Koh was called up to the South Korea national team for the friendly matches against Serbia and Ghana, though he did not play.^[4] He made his national team debut in a friendly match against Australia on 14 November 2012 in a 2–1 loss.

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 July 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FC Seoul	2004	K League 1	0	0	0	0	2	0	—		2	0
	2005		1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2006		0	0	0	0	6	0	—		6	0
	2007		10	1	2	0	2	0	—		14	1
	2008		9	1	0	0	5	0	—		14	1
	2009		21	2	2	0	3	0	4	0	29	2
	2010		7	0	1	0	2	0	—		10	0
	2011		24	2	3	0	0	0	4	1	31	3
	2012		29	1	1	0	—		—		40	1
	2013		30	3	3	0	—		13	2	46	5
	2014		31	2	3	0	—		10	0	44	2
	2015		20	1	1	0	—		8	1	29	2
	Total		192	13	16	0	20	0	39	4	267	17
Al-Rayann	2015–16	Qatar Stars League	23	2	0	0	0	0	—		23	2
	2016–17		23	5	0	0	0	0	6	0	29	5
	2017–18		18	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	24	1
	2018–19		18	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	23	1
	Total		82	9	0	0	0	0	17	0	99	9
Slaven Belupo	2019-20	1.HNL	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
Ulsan Hyundai	2020	K League 1	14	0	2	0	—		8	0	24	0
	2021		15	0	0	0	—		6	0	21	0
	2022		7	0	1	0	—		5	0	13	0
	Total		36	0	3	0	0	0	19	0	58	0
Career total			314	22	19	0	20	0	75	4	428	26

Honours

FC Seoul

• K League 1: 2010, 2012
• League Cup: 2006, 2010
• AFC Champions League runner-up: 2013
• FA Cup runner-up: 2014

Al-Rayyan

• Qatar Stars League: 2015–16^[5]

Ulsan Hyundai

• AFC Champions League: 2020

Individual

• K League Best XI : 2014