Jung Sung-Ryong
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Jung Sung-Ryong is a South Korea
n football
goalkeeper, who currently plays for the South Korean national team and Suwon Bluewings
in the K-League
. He is known for his quick reflexes, his ability to intercept crosses,and his very effective shot-stopping. He also has extremely good kicking and distribution skills.
He is praised for the way he keeps extremely calm under massive pressure. He also has a very commanding presence. Jung used to be the understudy to South Korean legend Lee Woon Jae, but Lee's retirement made Jung South Korea's first choice goalkeeper. In the 2010 World Cup, he played in all four of South Korea's games and conceded eight goals in four matches. He has been criticized for not communicating with his defenders well and his seemingly inability to save penalties, but since then Jung has greatly improved his goalkeeping skills and has arguably blossomed into Asia's best goalkeeper.
In the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, Jung played in all six of South Korea's games and conceded seven goals in six matches. He has become even better since then.
On 28 January 2011, it was announced that Jung had joined Suwon Bluewings
on a five year deal for undisclosed fee.
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
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South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
goalkeeper, who currently plays for the South Korean national team and Suwon Bluewings
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Suwon Samsung Bluewings is a South Korean football club based in the city of Suwon, South Korea, that plays in the K-League. Founded in December 1995, they have become one of Asian football's most famous clubs with a host of domestic and continental honours...
in the K-League
K-League
The Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...
. He is known for his quick reflexes, his ability to intercept crosses,and his very effective shot-stopping. He also has extremely good kicking and distribution skills.
He is praised for the way he keeps extremely calm under massive pressure. He also has a very commanding presence. Jung used to be the understudy to South Korean legend Lee Woon Jae, but Lee's retirement made Jung South Korea's first choice goalkeeper. In the 2010 World Cup, he played in all four of South Korea's games and conceded eight goals in four matches. He has been criticized for not communicating with his defenders well and his seemingly inability to save penalties, but since then Jung has greatly improved his goalkeeping skills and has arguably blossomed into Asia's best goalkeeper.
In the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, Jung played in all six of South Korea's games and conceded seven goals in six matches. He has become even better since then.
On 28 January 2011, it was announced that Jung had joined Suwon Bluewings
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Suwon Samsung Bluewings is a South Korean football club based in the city of Suwon, South Korea, that plays in the K-League. Founded in December 1995, they have become one of Asian football's most famous clubs with a host of domestic and continental honours...
on a five year deal for undisclosed fee.
Club
Pohang Steelers- K-LeagueK-LeagueThe Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...
Champion : 2007 - Korean FA CupKorean FA CupThe Korean FA Cup is a national cup knockout competition involving K-League, National League, and various amateur and university-level clubs which is held by KFA....
Runner-up : 2007
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
- AFC Champions LeagueAFC Champions LeagueThe AFC Champions League is the premier Asian club football competition hosted annually by Asian Football Confederation . The tournament is contested among the top thirty-two clubs from the top 10 Asian leagues, two of which must qualify through the playoffs...
Champion : 2010 - K-LeagueK-LeagueThe Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...
Runner-up : 2009 - Korean FA CupKorean FA CupThe Korean FA Cup is a national cup knockout competition involving K-League, National League, and various amateur and university-level clubs which is held by KFA....
Runner-up : 2009
Club career statistics
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K-League 2003
The 2003 season of the K-League kicked off on March 23.-League table:-Top scorers:...
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Pohang Steelers
Pohang Steelers are a South Korean professional football club based in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do. They were originally called POSCO, after the Pohang Iron and Steel Company that owned it...
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K-League
The Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...
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K-League 2004
The 2004 season of the K-League kicked off on April 3. The league's previous single-season format was replaced by a separated twice 12-game split-season schedule. Each team will play 12 matches consisting of a home or away fixture against every other team in each stage...
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K-League 2005
The 2005 season of the K-League kicked off on May 15. The season and playoff format will be the same as the one used in the 2004 season. The playoff fixtures are set to take place in late November and early December....
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K-League 2006
The 2006 season of the K-League kicked off on March 12. The season and playoff format will be the same as the one used in the 2005 season. The playoff fixtures are set to take place in early November, with the Final being played on two legs in late November....
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K-League 2007
The 2007 season of the K-League kicked off on March 3. The league's previous split-season format was replaced by a combined 26-game single-season schedule. Each team will play 26 matches consisting of a home and away fixture against every other team. After all games have been played, the top 6...
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K-League 2008
The 2008 season of the K-League kicked off on March 8. The season and playoff format will be the same as the one used in the 2007 season. The playoff fixtures are set to take place in late November, with the Final being played on two legs in early December....
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Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma is a South Korean professional football club, based in Seongnam, South Korea, that plays in the K-League...
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K-League 2009
The 2009 edition of the K-League is the twenty-seventh since its establishment in 1983. Suwon Samsung Bluewings are the defending champions, having won their fourth title. The season began on March 7, 2009...
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Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Suwon Samsung Bluewings is a South Korean football club based in the city of Suwon, South Korea, that plays in the K-League. Founded in December 1995, they have become one of Asian football's most famous clubs with a host of domestic and continental honours...
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International clean sheets
- Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Result Competition 1 February 6, 2008 
SeoulSeoulSeoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
4-0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four assured qualifying berths for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and one place in a play-off. 43 teams were in the running for these spots; Laos, Brunei and the Philippines did not attempt to qualify...2 March 26, 2008 
ShanghaiShanghaiShanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
0-0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four assured qualifying berths for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and one place in a play-off. 43 teams were in the running for these spots; Laos, Brunei and the Philippines did not attempt to qualify...3 June 7, 2008 
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1-0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four assured qualifying berths for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and one place in a play-off. 43 teams were in the running for these spots; Laos, Brunei and the Philippines did not attempt to qualify...4 June 22, 2008 SeoulSeoulSeoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
0-0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)The Asian Football Confederation was allocated four assured qualifying berths for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and one place in a play-off. 43 teams were in the running for these spots; Laos, Brunei and the Philippines did not attempt to qualify...5 September 5, 2008 SeoulSeoulSeoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
1-0 Friendly match 6 October 11, 2008 SuwonSuwonSuwon is the provincial capital of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. A major city of over a million inhabitants, Suwon lies approximately south of Seoul. It is traditionally known as "The City of Filial Piety"....
3-0 Friendly match 7 January 22, 2010 
MalagaMálagaMálaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...
1-0 Friendly match 8 May 16, 2010 SeoulSeoulSeoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
2-0 Friendly match 9 May 24, 2010 
SaitamaSaitama, Saitama' is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture in Japan, situated in the south-east of the prefecture. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance...
2-0 Friendly match 10 June 12, 2010 
Port Elizabeth 2-0 2010 FIFA World Cup Group B 2010 FIFA World Cup Group BGroup B of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 12 June and ended on 22 June 2010. The group consisted of Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic and Greece....11 October 12, 2010 SeoulSeoulSeoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
0-0 Friendly match 12 December 30, 2010 
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1-0 Friendly match 13 January 22, 2011 
DohaDohaDoha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar...
1-0 2011 AFC Asian Cup 2011 AFC Asian CupThe 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup...14 February 9, 2011 
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0-0 Friendly match 15 March 25, 2011 SeoulSeoul World Cup StadiumThe Seoul World Cup Stadium, also known as Sangam Stadium, is located in Seongsan, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It was built for the 2002 FIFA World Cup and opened in 2001. It was designed to represent the image of a traditional Korean kite...
4-0 Friendly match 16 September 2, 2011 GoyangGoyang StadiumGoyang Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Goyang, South Korea. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Goyang KB and Daekyo Kangaroos. The stadium holds 41,311 people. It was built in 2003.-External links:* * *...
6-0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)The Asian Football Confederation section of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification sees teams competing for berths in the final tournament in Brazil...17 November 11, 2011 DubaiDSC Multi-Purpose StadiumDSC Multi-Purpose Stadium is a description of a new multi-use stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates that is currently under construction. It can be used for football, cricket, rugby union, and athletics. It was due to open in late 2009, but the financial crisis in Dubai has put its construction...
2-0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)The Asian Football Confederation section of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification sees teams competing for berths in the final tournament in Brazil...