Kwon Chang-hoon

Kwon Chang-hoon
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-06-30) 30 June 1994
Place of birth Seoul, South Korea
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8 12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Suwon Bluewings
Number 22
Youth career
2010–2012 Suwon Bluewings
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Suwon Bluewings 77 (16)
National team
2009–2010 South Korea U-17 10 (2)
2011–2013 South Korea U-20 18 (6)
2015–2016 South Korea U-23 19 (10)
2015– South Korea 8 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 January 2015.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 September 2016
This is a Korean name; the family name is Kwon.
Kwon Chang-hoon
Hangul 권창훈
Hanja 權昶勳
Revised Romanization Gwon Changhun
McCune–Reischauer Kwŏn Ch'anghun

Kwon Chang-hoon (Hangul: 권창훈; born 30 June 1994) is a South Korean footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for the Suwon Bluewings in the K League Classic and the South Korea national team.

Club Career

Early career

Kwon started playing soccer when he was in YangJeon Elementary School in Seoul. After he graduated from Joongdong Middle School, he went to Maetan High School to join Suwon Bluewings U-18.

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Suwon Samsung Bluewings signed Kwon in the 2012 draft under K League homegrown player rule. He made his senior debut on 3 April against Kashiwa Reysol in a 2013 AFC Champions League group stage game as a substitute in 79 minutes. He made his K League debut on 6 April against Daegu FC as a substitute for Oh Jang-eun in 65 mins.


Club statistics

As of 14 September 2015
Club Season League FA Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Suwon Bluewings 2013 8 0 0 0 8 0
2014 20 1 0 0 20 1
2015 35 10 1 0 7 1 43 11
2016 14 5 0 0 3 1 17 6
Career Total 77 16 1 0 10 2 88 18

International career

Youth

Kwon was named in South Korean U-19 squad for the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship in UAE. [1] After winning the AFC Championship, Kwon was called up to U-20 team for the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Senior

In 2015 East Asian Cup, Kwon was called up to the senior national team. He made his international debut in a match against China.

On 3 September 2015 at the Hwaseong Stadium, he scored his first senior goals, a brace, in an 8–0 home win over Laos in the second round of qualification for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[2]

International goals

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 September 2015 Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea  Laos 3–0 8–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 6–0
3. 8 September 2015 Saida International Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon  Lebanon 3–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. KFA. "남자 U-20 대표팀". http://www.kfa.or.kr/. KFA. Retrieved 16 August 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  2. "Son Heung-Min nets hat trick for South Korea, Shinji Kagawa seals Japan win". ESPN. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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