Jo Hyeon-woo

Jo Hyeon-woo (Hangul: 조현우; Hanja: 趙賢祐; born 25 September 1991) is a South Korean footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Ulsan Hyundai and the South Korean national team.[2][3]

In this Korean name, the family name is Jo.
Jo Hyeon-woo
Personal information
Full name Jo Hyeon-woo
Date of birth (1991-09-25) 25 September 1991
Place of birth Seoul, South Korea
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Ulsan Hyundai
Number 21
Youth career
2010–2012 Sun Moon University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 Daegu FC 210 (0)
2020– Ulsan Hyundai 27 (0)
National team‡
2010 South Korea U20 2 (0)
2013–2014 South Korea U23 2 (0)
2018 South Korea U23 (WC) 5 (0)
2015– South Korea 16 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 December 2019
Jo Hyeon-woo
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJo Hyeon-u
McCune–ReischauerCho Hyŏnu

Early life

Jo Hyeon-woo was raised by his mother and father who was a gymnast in Seoul. Jo decided to become a goalkeeper when he saw Kim Byung-ji's lead while watching 1998 France in elementary.[4] He later said, "I was excited about playing soccer after watching the World Cup as I could be someone else's dream."[5] In his fifth grade, the football coach of Shinjeong Elementary School Ham Sang-heon asked for the best goalkeeper in the schoolyard as he was worried he would not have a goalkeeper. The children pointed to Jo. The coach tested Jo by making him save several shots. This would be the beginning of his career. He has been the main goalkeeper and has played in national tournaments ever since. In response, his old coach said "It was not once or twice that teams won because of Jo's success in the penalty shoot-out".[6]

Club career

He was selected by Daegu FC in the 2013 K League 1 draft.[7]

Cho Hyun-woo, who became an FA after the 2019 season, completed basic military training and moved to Ulsan Hyundai on 20 January 2020. Ulsan held the bench in the first group match of the AFC Champions League against FC Tokyo on 11 February 2020, the first game of the season.[8]

International career

Early career

In November 2015, Jo was called up for South Korea's national team by manager Uli Stielike to play in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Laos and Myanmar.[9] He was selected as the national representative for the EAFF E-1 Football Championship in 2017 winning the competition's best goalkeeper award.[10]

2018 FIFA World Cup

In May 2018 Jo Hyeon-Woo was named in South Korea’s preliminary 28-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[11] Originally chosen as the third-choice keeper, he ended up in the starting line-up due to the fact that he was taller than the other two keepers, thus making his debut for the first time ever in a major competition.[12][13] His performances in the first two matches against Sweden and Mexico were impressive, despite both ending in defeats for South Korea. He was lauded particularly for his point-blank save against Swedish striker Marcus Berg which put him in the spotlight. Jo then played a prominent role in Germany's historic elimination from the first round of a World Cup for the first time since 1938 with a stellar performance, earning him the Man of the Match award.[14] Cho made seven saves without conceding any goals.[3] Unbeknownst to Jo or his teammates until the match was over,[15] South Korea was also eliminated from the tournament despite their win (due to Sweden beating Mexico 0–3). South Korea finished ahead of Germany in Group F, placing third.

2018 Asian Games

Jo was named in the South Korea national under-23 football team squad for the 2018 Asian Games by wild card. He appeared in two matches against Bahrain and Kyrgyzstan in the group stage and finalized them with clean sheets. He also appeared in the round of 16 against Iran, but he was injured in the match. He was replaced by Song Bum-keun at the second half and he was named in the quarter-final starting line-up, but Song conceded 3 goals against Uzbekistan. Song received criticism for his poor performance, so Jo appeared in the semi-final and final. Jo contributed to the U-23 South Korean team’s gold medal by conceding only 2 goals in the tournament and was subsequently exempt from mandatory military service.

Career statistics

Club
As of 1 November 2020[2][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Daegu FC 2013K League 1 14000—140
2014K League 2 15000—150
2015K League 2 41020—430
2016K League 2 39020—410
2017K League 1 35010—360
2018K League 1 28040—320
2019K League 1 3800060440
Total 210090602250
Ulsan Hyundai 2020K League 1 2703000300
Career total 2370120602550

International clean sheets
As of 15 December 2019
Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

Honours

Club

Daegu FC

Ulsan Hyundai

International

South Korea U23

South Korea

Individual

References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. Jo Hyeon-woo at Soccerway
  3. "'San Zusi' Has Been Replaced By 'San Cho,' South Korea's Godly Keeper". The18. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  4. 2013년 새로운 친구를 소개합니다 (in Korean). Daegu FC. 17 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018.
  5. [월드컵] 월드컵 보고 꿈 키운 조현우 "나도 누군가의 꿈이 되도록" (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 16 June 2018. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  6. Park, Jae-rim (15 November 2017). 깜짝스타 조현우, 선수 시작은 ‘땜질용’이었다 (in Korean). Football Journal. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  7. 대구FC 신인 보강 마무리 (in Korean). Youngnam Ilbo. 11 December 2012.
  8. 조현우 국가대표 골키퍼 울산 현대 이적 (in Korean). The Kookje Daily News. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  9. "Roster for 2nd World Cup Qualifier Announced". KBS World. 2 November 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  10. Kim, Ui-gi (16 December 2017). 이재성 동아시안컵 MVP, 조현우 베스트 GK 등극 [Lee Jae-sung Dong-A San Cup MVP, Jo Hyun-woo best GK] (in Korean). Hankook Ilbo. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  11. "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad – 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced?". Goal. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  12. Wilson, Jonathan (27 June 2018). "Germany crash out of World Cup group stage after defeat to South Korea". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  13. "FIFA World Cup 2018: South Korea's Cho Hyun-woo, once considered too short to be a keeper, stands tall against Germany - Firstpost". Firstpost. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  14. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches - Korea Republic - Germany - FIFA.com". FIFA. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  15. "World Cup 2018: Germany out of tournament after losing to South Korea". BBC Sport. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  16. Jo Hyeon-woo – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
  17. [2017 K리그 어워즈] 표심 분석…과반수 'MVP' 이재성, 90% 지지 '영플' 김민재 (in Korean). SPOTVNEWS. 20 November 2017.
  18. [포토] 조현우, K리그1 K리그1베스트11 골키퍼 선정! (in Korean). Sports Chosun. 3 December 2018.
  19. [포토] 조현우, K리그1 베스트11 골키퍼 (in Korean). Sports Donga. 2 December 2019.
  20. [포토] 울산 조현우, 베스트11 골키퍼 수상 (in Korean). Sports Seoul. 5 November 2020.
  21. "[K리그 어워즈] '킬러' 조나탄-주민규, 챌린지 베스트 11 선정" (in Korean). InterFootball. 1 December 2015.
  22. "패트리엇, 별을 쏘다" (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. 8 November 2016.
  23. "EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Final Japan". EAFF.
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