Won Du-jae
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| Date of birth | 18 November 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Seoul, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, sweeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Khor Fakkan | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| College career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Hanyang University | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Avispa Fukuoka | 68 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Ulsan HD | 79 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 46 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Khor Fakkan | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | South Korea U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | South Korea U23 | 17 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | South Korea | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Won Du-jae (Korean: 원두재; Hanja: 元斗才; born 18 November 1997) is a South Korean professional footballer.[1] He plays as a defensive midfielder or a sweeper for Khor Fakkan.
Club career
In the summer of 2017, Won dropped out of Hanyang University and moved to Japan to join J2 League club Avispa Fukuoka. After playing as a defensive midfielder and a centre-back for Fukuoka for two and a half years, he came back to his country and joined K League 1 side Ulsan Hyundai.[2] Ulsan usually used him as a defensive midfielder, and he played as a centre-back when his rear teammates were injured.[3] Ulsan fans felt he looked better when he played as a midfielder.[4] He helped the club win the 2020 AFC Champions League and the 2022 K League 1. He enlisted in Gimcheon Sangmu, a military football club and a K League 2 club, to serve his mandatory military service in 2023.[5] He was nominated for the K League 2 Most Valuable Player award by leading Sangmu to the league title as a captain, but lost to Valdívia.[6] After being discharged from Sangmu in July 2024, he transferred to UAE Pro League club Khor Fakkan.
International career
Won played for South Korea under-23s at the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the AFC U-23 Championship, he won the title and was named the Most Valuable Player.[7]
Career statistics
- As of 25 May 2025[8]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Avispa Fukuoka | 2017 | J2 League | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 20 | 2 | |
| 2018 | J2 League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | J2 League | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
| Total | 68 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 73 | 2 | |||
| Ulsan HD | 2020 | K League 1 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7[b] | 1 | — | 35 | 1 | |
| 2021 | K League 1 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 36 | 1 | |
| 2022 | K League 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4[b] | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | K League 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 79 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 106 | 3 | ||
| Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 2023 | K League 2 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 1 | ||
| 2024 | K League 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Total | 46 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 48 | 2 | ||||
| Khor Fakkan | 2024–25 | UAE Pro League | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 216 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 251 | 7 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Promotion Playoffs to J1
- ^ a b c Appearances in AFC Champions League
- ^ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
Honours
Ulsan HD
Gimcheon Sangmu
South Korea U23
Individual
- AFC U-23 Championship Most Valuable Player: 2020[7]
- Korean FA Young Player of the Year: 2020[9]
- K League 2 Best XI: 2023[6]
References
- ^ Won Du-jae at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ 프로축구 울산, 일본 J2 후쿠오카서 미드필더 원두재 영입 (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ 울산 원두재 'ACL 빛낼 영스타' 후보에 선정 (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ 울산 원두재 "중앙수비? 미드필더? 주어진 역할에 최선 다할 뿐" (in Korean). Sports-G. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ ‘7월 15일 전역’ 원두재의 바람 “부상도 실력이란 걸 느껴 몸 관리 더 철저히 할 것” [이근승의 믹스트존] (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspaper. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ a b K리그2 MVP는 '공격포인트 28개' 발디비아…최고 감독은 고정운 (in Korean). The Korea Economic Daily. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ a b c "Korea Republic's Won named Thailand 2020 MVP". AFC. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
- ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 167 out of 289)
- ^ 손흥민-장슬기 올해의 선수 선정... 올해의 골은 조규성 (in Korean). KFA. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
External links
- Won Du-jae at Avispa Fukuoka (in Japanese)
- Won Du-jae at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Won Du-jae at Soccerway
- Won Du-jae at KFA (in Korean)