Yoon Jong-hwan

Yoon Jong-hwan^[1][2][3] (born 16 February 1973) is a South Korean manager and former football player. who is the head coach of K League 2 club Incheon United.

Yoon Jong-hwan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1973-02-16) 16 February 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth	Gwangju, South Korea
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1994	Dong-A University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1999	Yukong Elephants / Bucheon SK	68	(8)
2000–2002	Cerezo Osaka	81	(9)
2003	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	30	(1)
2004–2005	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	42	(3)
2006–2007	Sagan Tosu	67	(3)
Total		288	(24)
International career
1994–1996	South Korea U23	29	(6)
1994–2002	South Korea	40	(3)
Managerial career
2011–2014	Sagan Tosu
2015–2016	Ulsan Hyundai
2017–2018	Cerezo Osaka
2019	Muangthong United
2020–2023	JEF United Chiba
2023–2024	Gangwon FC
2025–	Incheon United
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yoon Jong-hwan
Hangul	윤정환
Hanja	尹晶煥
Revised Romanization	Yun Jeong-hwan
McCune–Reischauer	Yun Chŏng-hwan

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon.

Club career

In Korea, Yoon started his professional football career at Yukong Elephants and played at Bucheon SK and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors for two seasons (2004–2005 : 13 goals, 4 assists). He played most notably for Cerezo Osaka in Japan. His last club was Sagan Tosu in Japan.^[4]

After the 2007 J2 League season, he announced his retirement from professional football as a player.

International career

He was the member of South Korea U-23 in 1996 Atlanta Olympic.

He also played for the South Korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Yoon did not play in any of the seven games.

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Korea Republic			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
1995	Yukong Elephants	K League 1	19	3	-		5	0	-		24	3
1996	Bucheon SK		15	0	3	2	7	2	-		25	4
1997			7	2	2	0	9	1	-		18	3
1998			16	1	2	0	12	3	-		30	4
1999			11	2	0	0	7	1	-		18	3
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2000	Cerezo Osaka	J1 League	29	3	3	3	3	0	-		35	6
2001			26	4	5	6	1	0	-		32	10
2002		J2 League	26	2	3	0	-		-		29	2
Korea Republic			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2003	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	K League 1	30	1	0	0	-		?	?
2004	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors		23	2	2	0	11	0	?	?
2005			19	1	5	0	12	1	-		36	2
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2006	Sagan Tosu	J2 League	41	2	2	0	-		-		43	2
2007			26	1	0	0	-		-		26	1
Country	Korea Republic		140	12			63	8
	Japan		148	12	13	9	4	0	-		165	21
Total			288	24			67	8

National team statistics

^[5]

Korea Republic national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1994	1	0
1995	4	0
1996	0	0
1997	5	0
1998	13	2
1999	3	0
2000	7	0
2001	2	0
2002	5	1
Total	40	3

International goals

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
4 December 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	Vietnam	1 goal	4–0	1998 Asian Games
9 December 1998	Bangkok, Thailand	United Arab Emirates	1 goal	2–1	1998 Asian Games
16 May 2002	Busan, South Korea	Scotland	1 goal	4–1	Friendly match

Managerial statistics

As of match played 27 July 2025

^[6]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Sagan Tosu		1 February 2011	7 August 2014	149	71	29	49	047.65
Ulsan Hyundai		1 January 2015	13 November 2016	80	33	23	24	041.25
Cerezo Osaka		1 February 2017	31 December 2018	100	51	25	24	051.00
Muangthong United		8 April 2019	12 June 2019	8	2	2	4	025.00
JEF United Chiba		1 February 2020	31 December 2022	129	50	34	45	038.76
Gangwon FC		15 June 2023	5 December 2024	63	25	19	19	039.68
Incheon United		22 December 2024	Present	25	19	3	3	076.00
Total				554	251	135	168	045.31

Honours

Player

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

• K League 1: 2003

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

• Korean FA Cup: 2005

Manager

Cerezo Osaka

• J.League Cup: 2017
• Emperor's Cup: 2017
• Japanese Super Cup: 2018

Individual

• J.League Manager of the Year: 2017