Kim Jin-hyeon

Kim Jin-hyeon (; ; 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.

1Includes Japanese Super Cup and J1/J2 Playoffs.

International

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