Kim Tae-hwan (; born 24 July 1989) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a defender for K League 1 side Ulsan Hyundai.

Club career

FC Seoul

Kim practiced football at University of Ulsan. He was selected by Seoul in 2009 K-League Draft. He made his K-League debut match against Ulsan Hyundai on 18 April 2010. and he scored his league first goal on 23 October 2011 against Seongnam Ilwha. He played 55 games and scored 2 goals at Seoul in 2010–2012.

Kim Tae-hwan (footballer, born 1989)

Seongnam Ilwha

On 21 December 2012, Kim transferred to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma for £264 thousand. He played 74 games and scored 8 goals at Seongnam FC in 2013–14.

Kim Tae-hwan (footballer, born 1989)

Ulsan Hyundai

On 1 February 2015, Kim transferred to Ulsan Hyundai for unknown fee.

Kim Tae-hwan (footballer, born 1989)

International career

15 March 2011, Kim Tae-hwan received his first call up for South Korea national football team.

Career statistics

Club

1Includes K League Cup and K League Promotion-Relegation Playoffs.

International

Honours

Club

FC Seoul

K League 1 (2): 2010, 2012

K-League Cup (1): 2010

Seongnam FC

FA Cup (1): 2014

Ulsan Hyundai

AFC Champions League (1): 2020

K League 1 (2): 2022, 2023

International

South Korea

EAFF E-1 Football Championship (1): 2019

Individual

K League 1 Best XI (3): 2019, 2020, 2022

References

External links

https://web.archive.org/web/20150215083043/https://www.football.com/en/tae-hwan-kim/ football.com Kim's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/holichwan/

1989 births

Living people

Men's association football midfielders

South Korean men's footballers

FC Seoul players

Seongnam FC players

Ulsan Hyundai FC players

Gimcheon Sangmu FC players

K League 1 players

Sportspeople from Gwangju

2022 FIFA World Cup players