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

Koh Myong-jin
고명진
Personal information
Date of birth	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
2003–2015	FC Seoul
2015–2019	Al Rayyan
2019	Slaven Belupo
2020-	Ulsan Hyundai
International career‡
2003–2004	South Korea U17
2007	South Korea U23
2011–	South Korea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 July 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 April 2022

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]

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
Club	Season	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