Ki Sung-yueng

Ki Sung-yueng
Ki in 2024
Personal information
Full name Ki Sung-yueng[1]
Date of birth (1989-01-24) 24 January 1989 (age 35)[2]
Place of birth Gwangju, South Korea
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Seoul
Number 6
Youth career
2001–2005 John Paul College
2005 Kumho High School [ko]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2009 FC Seoul 64 (7)
2010–2012 Celtic 66 (9)
2012–2018 Swansea City 139 (12)
2013–2014 → Sunderland (loan) 27 (3)
2018–2020 Newcastle United 21 (0)
2020 Mallorca 1 (0)
2020– FC Seoul 110 (5)
National team
2004 South Korea U17 6 (3)
2006–2007 South Korea U20 16 (2)
2007–2012 South Korea U23 22 (1)
2008–2019 South Korea 110 (10)
Honours
Representing  South Korea
Men's football
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
AFC Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Australia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Qatar Team
AFC Youth Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2006 India Team[4]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 December 2023
In this Korean name, the family name is Ki.
Ki Sung-yueng
Hangul
기성용
Hanja
奇誠庸[5]
Revised RomanizationGi Seong-yong
McCune–ReischauerKi Sŏng'yong

Ki Sung-yueng (Korean: 기성용) is a Korean national soccer player, and Premier League player.

Early life[change | change source]

His soccer career cannot be explained without his father. His father was always with Ki. He said he found Ki's talent in elementary school and wanted to continue soccer career. Therefore, his father started to train Ki and he can now use both feet. His father also wanted to develop more to study about soccer. Therefore, Ki moved to Australia at twelve years old to study English and started to playing soccer. Because of this experience in Australia, he could speak in English fluently and it is easy to communicate with other soccer players.[6]

Club career[change | change source]

He joined Premier League club Swansea City A.F.C in August 2012. In terms of attacking, he appeared 29 matches, shots 27 times but no goals. However, he succeeded in assisting 2 times and 17 times crosses. Among 29 matches which he played, Swansea City A.F.C won 7 games, drew 12 games and lost 10 games. In 13-14 season, he was loaned to Sunderland A.F.C and he did pretty well in Sunderland A.F.C. He appeared 27 games among 38 games and he got scored 3 times among 30 shots and succeeded in one assists and 21 crosses. He did well in 29 games he played but the results of games were not good. Just 6 wins and 6 draw matches and 15 times lost among 29 matches.[7]

South Korea National Team career[change | change source]

Ki also did well in Korean National Team. He joined Korean National football Team from 2007. Also, he joined 2012 London Olympics, and he and his teammates did well so they finally got bronze medal in Olympics and got benefit from Korean Government to pass military service.[8]

Career statistics[change | change source]

Club[change | change source]

As of match played 25 November 2023[9][10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Seoul 2006 K League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2007 K League 16 0 3 0 6 0 — 25 0
2008 K League 21 4 1 0 6 0 — 28 4
2009 K League 27 3 1 0 4 1 8 1 40 5
Total 64 7 5 0 16 1 8 1 93 9
Celtic 2009–10 Scottish Premier League 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2010–11 Scottish Premier League 26 3 4 1 3 0 2 0 35 4
2011–12 Scottish Premier League 30 6 2 0 3 0 7 1 42 7
Total 66 9 6 1 6 0 9 1 87 11
Swansea City 2012–13 Premier League 29 0 2 0 7 0 — 38 0
2013–14 Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0
2014–15 Premier League 33 8 0 0 1 0 — 34 8
2015–16 Premier League 28 2 0 0 2 0 — 30 2
2016–17 Premier League 23 0 1 0 1 0 — 25 0
2017–18 Premier League 25 2 6 0 1 0 — 32 2
Total 139 12 9 0 12 0 2 0 162 12
Sunderland (loan) 2013–14 Premier League 27 3 1 0 6 1 — 34 4
Newcastle United 2018–19 Premier League 18 0 0 0 1 0 — 19 0
2019–20 Premier League 3 0 1 0 0 0 — 4 0
Total 21 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 23 0
Mallorca 2019–20 La Liga 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
FC Seoul 2020 K League 1 5 0 0 0 — 0 0 5 0
2021 K League 1 35 3 0 0 — — 35 3
2022 K League 1 35 0 4 1 — — 39 1
2023 K League 1 35 2 0 0 — — 35 2
Total 110 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 114 6
Career total 428 36 26 2 41 2 19 2 514 42

International[change | change source]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[12]
National team Year Apps Goals
South Korea 2008 6 2
2009 11 2
2010 13 0
2011 14 1
2012 5 0
2013 6 0
2014 11 0
2015 14 3
2016 9 1
2017 8 1
2018 12 0
2019 1 0
Career total 110 10
Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ki goal.[12]
List of international goals scored by Ki Sung-yueng
No. Date Venue Caps Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 September 2008 Hongkou Football Stadium, Shanghai, China 2  North Korea 1–1 1–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 11 October 2008 Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea 3  Uzbekistan 1–0 3–0 Friendly
3 6 June 2009 Al Maktoum Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 11  United Arab Emirates 2–0 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 14 October 2009 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 16  Senegal 1–0 2–0 Friendly
5 25 January 2011 Thani bin Jassim Stadium, Doha, Qatar 35  Japan 1–0 2–2 (aet)
(0–3 p)		 2011 AFC Asian Cup
6 13 October 2015 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 78  Jamaica 2–0 3–0 Friendly
7 17 November 2015 New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane, Laos 80  Laos 1–0 5–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 2–0
9 6 October 2016 Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea 87  Qatar 1–0 3–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 13 June 2017 Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar 93  Qatar 1–2 2–3 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[change | change source]

Celtic

Swansea City

Sunderland

FC Seoul

South Korea U20

South Korea U23

South Korea

Individual

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Barclays Premier League Squad Numbers 2013/14". Premier League. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup: List of players: Korea Republic" (PDF). FIFA. 15 July 2018. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ki Sung-Yueng: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. ↑ 2006년 10월 20일 아시아 청소년대회 본선 명단 (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
  5. ↑ 월드컵 허정무호 젊은 '쌍룡', 이란 격파 선봉에 [World Cup Heo Jung Mu-ho's young 'Double Dragon's to lead against Iran] (in Korean). Newsis. 20 January 2009.
  6. ↑ "기성용 父 "어린 시절 성용이는 늘 축구와 함께 했다"". isplus.live.joins.com. 15 February 2019.
  7. ↑ "Ki Sung-Yueng honours, awards & transfer info | Barclays Premier League". Archived from the original on 2014-07-17. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  8. ↑ "기성용 :: 네이버 인물검색". people.search.naver.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  9. ↑ "기성용". portal.kleague.com (in Korean). Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  10. ↑ "Korea Republic – Ki Sung-Yeung – Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  11. ↑ "Ki Sung-Yueng | Soccer Base". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Ki Sung-yueng's official record of the national team" (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  13. ↑ "Koo Ja-Cheol, Park Ji-Sung & the top five South Koreans in Europe for the 2011–12 season". Goal. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  14. ↑ "Celtic lift the 2011 Scottish Cup". Scottish FA. 21 May 2011.
  15. ↑ "Scotland – List of League Cup Finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  16. ↑ "Ki enjoys League Cup glory as gamble pays off". football.co.uk. 24 February 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  17. ↑ Winter, Henry (2 March 2014). "Manchester City 3 Sunderland 1: City win Capital One Cup final at Wembley – match report". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ "2012 Olympics – Soccer (Mens) – Bronze medal game". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  20. ↑ Gatt, Ray (31 January 2015). "Asian Cup 2015: Australia v South Korea in final". The Australian. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  21. ↑ K리그 베스트11, 수원 최다인 4명 배출 [K League Best XI, Suwon had most with 4] (in Korean). MBC Sports+. 9 December 2008.
  22. ↑ [K-리그 대상] 2009 K-리그 베스트11 확정…이동국, 데닐손 투톱 [[K-League Grand Prize] 2009 K-League Best 11 confirmed… Lee Dong-guk, Denilson Top Two] (in Korean). Sportalkorea. 22 December 2009.
  23. ↑ 기성용, K-리거들이 뽑은 최고의 K-리거 [Ki Sung-yeung, Best K-Leaguer's K-Leaguer] (in Korean). Newsis. 22 May 2009.
  24. ↑ "Ki to make Celtic move in January". BBC Sport. 28 August 2009.
  25. ↑ "Celtic's Ki Sung Yueng wins October young player prize". BBC Sport. 9 November 2010.
  26. ↑ 기성용•지소연, 축구협회 '올해의 선수'(종합) [Ki Sung-yeung and Ji So-yeon, Korean Football Association 'M/F Players of the Year' (General)]. Naver (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 20 December 2011.
  27. ↑ Ji-ho, Yoo (21 December 2012). "Midfielder Ki Sung-yueng wins second straight player of the year award". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  28. ↑ 기성용, 손흥민 제치고 올해의 선수…역대 최다 수상 [Ki Sung-yong and Son Heung-min wins Player of the Year… Most ever won] (in Korean). JTBC. 21 December 2016.
  29. ↑ 기성용, 2011 팬들이 뽑은 '올해의 선수'. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Osen. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  30. ↑ 기성용, 축구팬들이 뽑은 '2012년 올해의 선수' 선정. JTBC.joins.com (in Korean). Ilgan Sports. 27 December 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  31. ↑ "Asian Cup 'Dream Team' Includes Four Koreans". The Chosun Ilbo. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  32. ↑ "Ki named Player of the Season". Swansea City. 20 May 2015.
  33. ↑ "[EA 3월 이달의 선수상] FC서울 기성용⚫🔴 – EA Player Of The Month March. Ki Sung-Yueng" (in Korean). K League. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2023 – via YouTube.
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