Jung Ji-yeon


Jung Ji-yeon is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a defender for WK League club Hwacheon KSPO and the South Korea national team.

Club career

Jung joined Hwacheon KSPO ahead of the 2022 WK League season. She scored her league debut goal in a match against her former team, Gyeongju KHNP. In 2025, Jung was named as club captain and earned the season MVP award from the Korea Women's Football Federation for her role in achieving Hwacheon's first ever WK League championship title. The club also won at the National Women's Football Championship and the National Sports Festival, completing the first ever domestic treble in South Korean women's football. Jung also received the MVP award at the 2025 National Women's Football Championship.

International career

Having previously represented South Korea at the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, Jung received her first senior international call-up for in 2024 under recently appointed manager Shin Sang-woo. She has one international cap at senior level, having played in a friendly match against Canada.

Style of play

Jung is known as a versatile player thanks to her two-footedness. She mostly plays as a wing back but occasionally plays as a winger.

Honours

Hwacheon KSPO

WK League
  • * Winners: 2025
  • * Runners-up: 2024National Women's Football Championship
  • * Winners: 2025National Sports Festival
  • * Winners: 2025

Individual

  • KWFF WK League Best 11: 2024, 2025
  • KWFF WK League MVP: 2025
  • National Women's Football Championship MVP: 2025