Jeon Jin-woo
.jpg) Jeon in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Jeon Se-jin[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 September 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guri, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Oxford United | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buyang Elementary School | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings[note 1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2024 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 102 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | → Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 48 | (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Oxford United | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | South Korea U17 | 5[α] | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | South Korea U20 | 20 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | South Korea U23 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | South Korea | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Jeon Jin-woo (Korean: 전진우; Hanja: 全晉旴; born 9 September 1999), formerly known as Jeon Se-jin (Korean: 전세진; Hanja: 全世珍),[1] is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Oxford United and the South Korea national team.[3]
Club career
Jeon won all three divisions of the Korean National School League, namely elementary,[4] middle and high school divisions. He was also named the top goalscorer at the middle school division,[5] and the Most Valuable Player at the high school division.[6] He tried to participate in a tryout for Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven prior to his graduation from Maetan High School, which had a youth football club of Suwon Samsung Bluewings, but withdrew his plan after being criticised by Suwon fans.[7][8]
Jeon made his professional debut in an AFC Champions League qualifier against Thanh Hóa on 30 January 2018,[9] and scored his first professional goal in a K League 1 match against Incheon United on 22 April.[10] He helped Suwon win the 2019 Korean FA Cup before enlisting in military football club Sangju Sangmu (renamed Gimcheon Sangmu in 2021) to fulfill his military duty for one and a half years.[11] He played in only two league matches for Sangmu due to a car accident.[12] His long-term injury was followed by the stagnation of his development,[13] and Suwon was relegated to the K League 2 after the 2023 season.[14] On 9 July 2024, he transferred to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors to mark a turning point in his career.[15]
During the 2025 season, Jeon scored 15 goals in 24 appearances until June, and scored 4 goals in 20 appearances since July.[16] He showed overwhelming performances in the first half of the season, which underlay Jeonbuk's Double, but was not able to receive any individual awards due to his slump in the second half.[17]
On 20 January 2026, Jeon signed for EFL Championship club Oxford United.[18]
International career
Jeon led South Korea to a second-place finish by scoring five goals in six matches at the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship. He also participated in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where South Korea finished second. He performed a key role at the AFC U-19 Championship, whereas he usually played as a substitute at the U-20 World Cup.[19]
In a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Iraq on 5 June 2025, which ended in a 2–0 win, Jeon made his senior international debut and provided an assist.[20]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 15 February 2026[3]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 2018 | K League 1 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 16 | 3 | |
| 2019 | K League 1 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | K League 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | K League 1 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 30 | 6 | ||
| 2023 | K League 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 2 | |||
| 2024 | K League 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 2 | |||
| Total | 102 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 13 | ||
| Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 2020 | K League 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | K League 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2024 | K League 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 1[d] | 1 | 2[c] | 1 | 15 | 4 | |
| 2025 | K League 1 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3[d] | 2 | — | 44 | 19 | ||
| Total | 48 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 59 | 23 | ||
| Oxford United | 2025–26 | Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 153 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 184 | 36 | ||
- ^ Includes Korean FA Cup, FA Cup
- ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ a b Appearances in K League promotion-relegation play-offs
- ^ a b Appearances in AFC Champions League Two
International
- As of match played 10 June 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | |
Honours
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
South Korea U20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2019[21]
- AFC U-19 Championship runner-up: 2018[22]
Individual
- Korean FA Young Player of the Year: 2018[23]
- K League Player of the Month: April 2025, May 2025[24][25]
- K League Goal of the Month: May 2025[25]
- K League All-Star: 2025[26]
Notes
- ^ Played for Maetan Middle School from 2012 to 2014, and Maetan High School from 2015 to 2017, which were academies of Suwon Samsung Bluewings.
References
- ^ a b Jang, Bo-in (2 January 2022). K리그1 수원 전세진, 전진우로 개명... "더 좋은 선수 되기 위해" [K League 1 Suwon's Jeon Se-jin changes name to Jeon Jin-woo "to become a better player"] (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Jeon Jin-woo" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d e Jeon Jin-woo at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
- ^ <초등리그> 부양초, 王中王 주인공 되다!! (in Korean). Korean Football Newspaper. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ [축구소식]수원 U-15팀 매탄중, 전국중등리그 왕중왕전 우승. Nate (in Korean). Newsis. 19 October 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ [수원] 수원삼성 U-18 매탄고, 왕중왕전 챔피언 등극! (in Korean). K League. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ (단독인터뷰) 전세진 수원 삼성 제주 전훈 전격 합류!. Korean Sports News Agency. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ 고교축구 최대어 전세진, 우선지명으로 수원 삼성 입단. Yonhap News Agency. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ Lee, Jae-ho (30 January 2018). 눈 덮인 수원, 이적생들이 모든골 만들어 추위 덜했다 [The snow-covered Suwon, transferred students made all the goals and made it less cold.]. Sports Hankook. Archived from the original on 23 June 2019. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ 19세 전세진 데뷔골·'유스 파워' 수원 K리그 롤모델 되고 있다 (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ [SPO 현장] "어릴 때 다녀오겠다" 상무 입대 신청한 '수원 미래' 전세진. Nate (in Korean). SPOTV News. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ 수원 전세진 → 전진우로 개명… 새 도약 꿈꾼다. Goal.com (in Korean). 2 January 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ 유럽파 '젊은 피' 빠진 자리에 '물오른 국내파' 전진우 (in Korean). MediaDale. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ 1995년 창단 후 첫 2부 강등, ‘명가’ 수원삼성은 결국 추락했다…2024년은 K리그2에서 (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspapaer. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ 같은 날 수원 삼성 떠나 전북 현대로, 그리고 이튿날 데뷔전까지 함께···전진우-유제호 “개인적으로 변화 필요한 시점, 경쟁 이겨내야죠” (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 11 July 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
- ^ "Jin-Woo Jeon's matches". BeSoccer. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ '전반기 하드캐리' 전진우, 충격적 개인상 무관! 왜? [K리그1 대상] (in Korean). Footballist. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ "Jin Woo Jeon Signs For Oxford United". Oxford United F.C. 20 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ^ ‘지독한 부상’ 극복 전진우의 눈물 “미치도록 뛰고 싶었다” [이근승의 킥앤러시] (in Korean). Spochoo. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ "South Korea books 11th straight World Cup berth with 2-0 win over Iraq". The Chosun Ilbo. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
- ^ "Spirited comeback earns Ukraine first U-20 title". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019.
- ^ Di Maggio, Roberto; Garin, Erik; Jönsson, Mikael; Morrison, Neil; Stokkermans, Karel (22 November 2018). "Asian U-19/U-20 Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ 황의조-장슬기, 2018 KFA 올해의 선수 영예 (in Korean). KFA. 18 December 2018.
- ^ ‘4경기 4골’ 전진우, 4월 K리그 이달의 선수상 수상. Goal.com (in Korean). 27 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ a b 지금은 '전진우의 시간'···'이달의 선수'에 '이달의 골'까지 독식[오피셜]. Nate (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 17 June 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
- ^ "K-League XI v Newcastle lineups & squad list". Soccerway. 30 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
External links
- Jeon Jin-woo – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean and English)