Hong Jeong-Ho

Jeong-Ho's current-season form is up 233% on last season (Season 6→20), while his Rating held around 12. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 54).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Jeonbuk Motors · 1st	31	0	0	7.05	12	20
2024/25	Jeonbuk Motors · 3rd	19	0	0	6.85	12	6
2023/24	Jeonbuk Motors · 3rd	22	0	0	6.83	15	16
2022/23	Jeonbuk Motors · 2nd	19	1	1	7.24	19	22
2021/22	Jeonbuk Motors · 1st	36	2	1	7.17	30	54

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 11 earlier seasons in the full career.

Korea Republic · international

Side	Apps	G
Korea Republic U23	6	1
Korea Republic U20	5	0
South Korea	43	2

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

Hong Jeong-Ho is a 36-year-old central defender at Jeonbuk Motors, enjoying a standout season — 0 goals and 0 assists in 31 appearances, a Season grade of 20, top 16% of K League 1 centre-backs. On long-term scout potential he's rated 12.2, ranking 128th of 148 in the K League 1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option (37.3% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.33 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Jeong-Ho.

Judged on this season alone, Jeong-Ho graded 20 — a strong campaign that ranks top 17% of the 31 centre-backs in the K League 1, on 6 clean sheets and 2.326 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 6 → 20). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 12, 26th of 31 of the 31 centre-backs in the K League 1. At 36 Jeong-Ho is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.5 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.

Peak: 2021/22Holding levelStreaky

Current potential26th of 31 centre-backs · K League 1 Current seasonTop 17% centre-backs · K League 15th-best centre-back in the K League 1128th in the K League 1 · potential26th-highest potential centre-back in the K League 1

12.2

Ratingi

26th of 31 centre-backs

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

37.3%

Minutes

rotation minutes

2.33

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Jeonbuk Motors finished 1st of 6 · a title-challenging side

2.33

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.33 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Behind a title-challenging side (1st of 6) the side controls more games, so the defensive load is lighter — the value sits as much in composure and ball progression as in raw volume.

Watch points

Game time. Only 37.3% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 36, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 12.2, Jeong-Ho carries the 26th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the K League 1 of 31. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.33 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.6× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %37.3%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 902.326

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %60

Pass accuracy %47

Cards / 900.282

Foul involvement / 900.705

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~5), then tapers with age. At 36, Jeong-Ho sits on 1.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Jeong-Ho's projected Rating — 12.2 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.