Kwak Tae-hwi
Kwak with South Korea at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Kwak Tae-hwi
Date of birth (1981-07-08) 8 July 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Chilgok, Gyeongbuk, South Korea
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 Chung-Ang University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 FC Seoul 28 (1)
2007–2009 Jeonnam Dragons 33 (1)
2010 Kyoto Sanga FC 24 (2)
2011–2012 Ulsan Hyundai 66 (12)
2013 Al-Shabab 16 (2)
2013–2016 Al-Hilal 42 (2)
2016–2018 FC Seoul 49 (3)
2019 Gyeongnam FC 16 (0)
Total 274 (23)
International career
2003[1] South Korea Universiade
2008–2017 South Korea 58 (5)
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's football
AFC Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Australia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Qatar Team
EAFF Championship
Gold medal – first place 2008 China Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Japan Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2020
Kwak Tae-hwi
Hangul
곽태휘
Hanja
郭泰輝
Revised RomanizationGwak Tae(-)Hwi
McCune–ReischauerKwak T'aehwi

Kwak Tae-hwi (Korean: 곽태휘; [kwak̚.tʰεçy] or [kwak̚.tʰεɦwi]; born 8 July 1981) is a former South Korean football player. He was blind in his left eye since his youth,[2] but became a centre-back of the South Korea national football team.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Seoul 2005 K League 11 1 2 0 8 0 — — 21 1
2006 K League 12 0 1 0 11 1 — — 24 1
2007 K League 5 0 1 0 7 0 — — 13 0
Total 28 1 4 0 26 1 — — 58 2
Jeonnam Dragons 2007 K League 13 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 — 18 2
2008 K League 10 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 — 13 2
2009 K League 10 0 0 0 0 0 — — 10 0
Total 33 1 5 1 3 2 0 0 — 41 4
Kyoto Sanga 2010 J1 League 24 2 1 0 2 0 — — 27 2
Ulsan Hyundai 2011 K League 34 9 4 0 7 0 — — 45 9
2012 K League 32 3 3 0 — 12 2 2[a] 0 49 5
Total 66 12 7 0 7 0 12 2 2 0 94 14
Al-Shabab 2012–13 Saudi Professional League 6 1 5 0 0 0 9 0 — 20 1
2013–14 Saudi Professional League 10 1 0 0 1 0 — — 11 1
Total 16 2 5 0 1 0 9 0 — 31 2
Al-Hilal 2013–14 Saudi Professional League 2 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 — 12 1
2014–15 Saudi Professional League 21 1 4 1 3 0 12 0 — 40 2
2015–16 Saudi Professional League 19 0 3 0 3 0 6 0 1[b] 0 32 0
Total 42 2 7 1 6 0 28 0 1 0 84 3
FC Seoul 2016 K League 1 11 0 2 0 — 4 0 — 17 0
2017 K League 1 24 2 1 0 — 2 0 — 27 2
2018 K League 1 14 1 2 0 — — — 16 1
Total 49 3 5 0 — 6 0 — 60 3
Gyeongnam FC 2019 K League 1 16 0 1 1 — 1 1 — 18 2
Career total 274 23 35 3 45 3 56 3 3 0 413 32
  1. ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in Saudi Super Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[3]
National team !Year Apps Goals
South Korea 2008 7 3
2009 1 0
2010 8 1
2011 5 0
2012 7 1
2013 5 0
2014 4 0
2015 13 0
2016 6 0
2017 2 0
Total 58 5
Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Kwak Tae-hwi
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 February 2008 Seoul, South Korea  Turkmenistan 1–0 4–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 17 February 2008 Chongqing, China  China 3–2 3–2 2008 EAFF Championship
3 15 October 2008 Seoul, South Korea  United Arab Emirates 4–1 4–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 3 March 2010 London, England  Ivory Coast 2–0 2–0 Friendly
5 8 June 2012 Doha, Qatar  Qatar 2–1 4–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

FC Seoul

Jeonnam Dragons

Ulsan Hyundai

Al–Shabab

Al-Hilal

South Korea

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Men's Universiade team - 5 August 2003" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  2. ^ '허정무 황태자' 곽태휘 실명 (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ^ Kwak Tae-hwi at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ [K리그]전북 이동국 2년 만에 MVP…신인왕은 이승기. Naver.com (in Korean). Newsis. 6 December 2011.
  5. ^ 데얀, K리그 MVP..감독상은 최용수 '서울 천하'. Naver.com (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 3 December 2012.
  6. ^ "The #ACL2014 Dream Team". Twitter.com. AFC Champions League. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  7. ^ "AC2015 DREAM TEAM". Twitter.com. AFC Asian Cup. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  8. ^ "TSG Report: AFC Champions League 2016 - Part 3". AFC. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

External links

Sporting positions Preceded bySong Jung-hyun Jeonnam Dragons captain 2008 Succeeded byYeom Dong-gyun
Awards
South Korea Squads
Gyeongnam FC – current squad
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