Kim Jin-hyeon (; ;In isolation, Jin-hyeon is pronounced born 6 July 1987) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Tochigi City on loan from Cerezo Osaka.
International career Kim made 3 appearances for South Korea U-20 in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He made his national team debut on 30 May 2012 in a friendly match against Spain.
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.
In May 2018 he was named in South Korea's preliminary 28 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Career statistics Club Updated to the start from 2026-27 season.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, (p. 26 out of 289)Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社(in Korean), "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, (p. 146 out of 289)
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCerezo Osaka2009J2 League50010———5102010J1 League1901050——2502011340301090—47020123400050——39020133402080——4402014310400080—4302015J2 League24000——20260201639010——204202017J1 League3102040——37020183401000401040020193400000——3402020340—30——3702021380405050—52020223301070——41020232000030——23020243800010——3902025903050——1702026J1 10030————30 Career total5390230470260506400 1Includes Japanese Super Cup and J1/J2 Playoffs.
International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsSouth Korea201100201210201300201430201560201620201720201820201900202100Total160
International clean sheets
Results list South Korea's goal tally first. Kim Jin-hyeon international clean sheets # Date Venue Opponent Result Competition 1 10 October 2014 Cheonan 2–0 Friendly match 2 10 January 2015 Canberra 1–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup 3 17 January 2015 Brisbane 1–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup 4 22 January 2015 Melbourne 2–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup 5 26 January 2015 Sydney 2–0 2015 AFC Asian Cup 6 31 March 2015 Seoul 1–0 Friendly match 7 24 March 2016 Ansan 1–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 8 11 September 2018 Suwon 0–0 Friendly match
Honours Club Cerezo Osaka J. League Cup: 2017 Emperor's Cup: 2017 Japanese Super Cup: 2018
International South Korea EAFF East Asian Cup: 2017 AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 2015
References
External links
Profile at Cerezo Osaka Kim Jin-hyeon at yahoo.co.jp