Song Ju-hun (Korean: 송주훈; born 13 January 1994) is a South Korean football player who currently plays as a defender for Jeju United[1] in K League 1.[2]
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Song Ju-hun | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | January 13, 1994 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Gumi, North Gyeongsang, South Korea | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Jeju United | |||||||||||||
| Number | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Konkuk University | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Albirex Niigata | 52 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Mito HollyHock (loan) | 27 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | Gyeongnam | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Tianjin Tianhai | 14 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2020 | Shenzhen | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2021– | Jeju United | 25 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 21 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | South Korea U-17 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | South Korea U-20 | 17 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | South Korea U-23 | 23 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2017– | South Korea | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 November 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2017 | ||||||||||||||
Club career
Song Ju-hun would play College football for Konkuk University in South Korea before joining Japanese football club Albirex Niigata on 16 January 2014.[3] Song would make his debut on 30 August 2014 in a league game against Gamba Osaka that ended in a 5–0 defeat.[4] After that game he was used sparingly and was sent on loan to second-tier club Mito HollyHock.[5] Upon his return he would establish himself as a regular within the team, however he was part of the squad that was relegated to the second tier at the end of the 2017 J1 League season.[6]
On 10 January 2019, Song returned to South Korea to join top-tier club Gyeongnam on a free transfer after his contract finished with Albirex Niigata.[7] On 9 July 2019 he joined Chinese top-tier club Tianjin Tianhai.[8] In July 2020, Song signed with Shenzhen FC on a six-month contract.[9] On 11 January 2021, Song returned to South Korean, joining K League 1 club Jeju United.[10] On 28 June 2021, he joined Gimcheon Sangmu, as part of the draft.[11]
International career
Song Ju-hun would represent the South Korean U-20 team in the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup where he played in five games and scored one goal as his team were knocked out in the quarter-finals to Iraq in a penalty shoot-out.[12]
He would go on to make his senior international debut on 10 October 2017 in a friendly match against Morocco that ended in a 3–1 defeat.[13]
Career statistics
Club statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Albirex Niigata | 2014 | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 6 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | J2 League | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 23 | 0 | |||
| Total | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | ||
| Mito HollyHock (loan) | 2015 | J2 League | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| Gyeongnam | 2019 | K League 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Tianjin Tianhai | 2019 | Chinese Super League | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 15 | 2 | ||
| Shenzhen | 2020 | Chinese Super League | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||
| Jeju United | 2021 | K League 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | K League 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 1 | |||
| Total | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 2021 | K League 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | K League 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 146 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 164 | 4 | ||
International statistics
| National team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
Honours
International
South Korea U-20
South Korea U-23
References
External links
- Song Ju-hun – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Song Ju-hun at Soccerway
- Song Ju-hun at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Song Ju-hun at ESPN FC
- Profile at Albirex Niigata
- Profile at Mito HollyHock at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-10-27)
