Ji Dong-won

Ji Dong-won
in national jersey (2013)
Personnel
birthday	May 28, 1991
place of birth	Jeju-si ,  South Korea
size	188 cm
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
2007	Jeonnam Dragons
2007-2008	Reading FC
2009	Jeonnam Dragons
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2010-2011	Jeonnam Dragons	33 (10)
2011-2014	Sunderland AFC	24 0(2)
2012	Sunderland Reserve AFC	5 0(1)
2013	→  FC Augsburg  (loan)	17 0(5)
2014	FC Augsburg	12 0(1)
2014	Borussia Dortmund	0 0(0)
2014	Borussia Dortmund II	10 0(0)
2015-2019	FC Augsburg	84 0(7)
2018	→  SV Darmstadt 98  (loan)	16 0(2)
2019–	1. FSV Mainz 05	4 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2009-2010	South Korea U20	9 0(6)
2010–2012	South Korea U23	15 0(3)
2010–	South Korea	48 (11)
2012	Olympic team	6 0(1)
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of season 2019/20 2 As of October 10, 2017

Korean spelling
Hangeul	지 동원
Hanja	池 東 沅
Revised Romanization	Ji Dong-weon
McCune- Reischauer	Chi Tongwon
See also : Korean name

Ji Dong-won (born May 28, 1991 in Jeju-si ) is a South Korean football player . He is under contract with 1. FSV Mainz 05 .

Career

societies

Ji Dong-won was trained by Jeonnam Dragons at Gwangyang Jecheol High School. Between 2007 and 2008 he interrupted this training and played in England for the youth of Reading FC . In 2010 he made his professional debut for the Jeonnam Dragons. In July 2011 he moved to the English Premier League for AFC Sunderland . For the second half of the 2012/13 season , Ji was awarded to the German first division club FC Augsburg . On January 20, 2013 (18th matchday), he made his debut in the Bundesliga, when his club won 3-2 against Fortuna Düsseldorf . He scored his first Bundesliga goal on February 23, 2013 (23rd matchday) in a 2-1 win at home against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim with the goal to lead them 1-0 in the 45th minute.

For the 2013/14 season Ji returned to Sunderland. However, by mid-January 2014 he only made five appearances in the league and one in the FA Cup and one in the League Cup . On January 16, 2014 Ji returned to FC Augsburg. He signed a contract that ran until the end of the season. At the same time, Ji signed a four-year contract with Borussia Dortmund , which was valid from the 2014/15 season . Also due to injuries, Ji only made five appearances in the second team in the third division at BVB .

On January 1, 2015, Ji moved to FC Augsburg for the third time. At the end of January 2018, FC Augsburg awarded him to SV Darmstadt 98 until the end of the season .

For the 2019/20 season, the Korean made a free transfer to 1. FSV Mainz 05 , with whom he signed a contract that ran until June 2022.

National team

Ji Dong-won made his debut for the senior national team on December 30, 2010 in a test international against the selection of Syria . He scored the only goal of the game. In the Asian Cup in 2011 scoring four goals Ji Dong-won and reached with South Korea to third place .

In 2012 he was part of the roster for the Olympic Games and was used in all six games. In the game for third place , he and his team were able to win the first medal for South Korean football players with the bronze medal.

On May 9, 2014, he was appointed to the South Korean national team for the 2014 World Cup by national coach Hong Myung-bo .

successes

• Third in the 2011 Asian Cup
• Olympic bronze medal 2012

Web links

• Ji Dong-won in the soccerbase.com database
• Ji Dong-won in the weltfussball.de database
• Ji Dong-won in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ fcaugsburg.de: FCA commits Dong-Won Ji , January 1, 2013, accessed on January 1, 2013
2. ↑ Dong-Won Ji is returning to the FCA , fcaugsburg.de, January 16, 2014
3. ↑ BVB signs Dong-Won Ji , bvb.de from January 17, 2014
4. ↑ FC Augsburg: FCA commit Ji long-term , December 22, 2014, accessed on December 22, 2014.
5. ↑ Ji on loan to Darmstadt. (No longer available online.) In: fcaugsburg.de. FC Augsburg, archived from the original on January 26, 2018 ; accessed on January 26, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ FSV presents the first new entry on the website of 1. FSV Mainz 05 on May 6, 2019, accessed on May 6, 2019
7. ↑ Bundesliga stars of the 2014 World Cup - Part 3: South Korea with Heung-Min Son to Brazil fussballnationalmannschaft.net, accessed on May 12, 2014

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Ji is the family name here, Dong-won is the first name.