Jong-Woo's current-season form is down 75% on last season (Season 12→3), while his Rating eased 23→13. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 19).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Pohang Steelers · 4th	13	0	0	6.93	13	3
2024/25	Pohang Steelers · 6th	25	2	0	6.6	23	12
2023/24	Pohang Steelers · 3rd	11	0	0	7.04	25	6
2021/22	Gwangju FC · 3rd	19	5	2	7.15	38	19
2020/21	Suwon Bluewings · 3rd	3	0	0	6.7	34	1

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.

Scout report

Experienced headBall-winning Central midfielder

Kim Jong-Woo is a 32-year-old central midfielder at Pohang Steelers, rated 13 overall by Field Insider's model. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (7.2% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 5.51 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Jong-Woo.

On the season, Jong-Woo graded 3 for current form (age-blind), on 0 goals, 0 assists and 5.51 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 12 → 3). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 13. At 32 Jong-Woo is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3.5 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 levelRemarkably consistent

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

2.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

7.2%

Minutes

limited game time

5.51

Def. actions / 90

high defensive volume

Output in context · Pohang Steelers finished 4th of 6 · a relegation-threatened side

5.51

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

5.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — high defensive volume, with 1 clean sheet across 13 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (4th of 6) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight.

Strengths

Defensive volume. 5.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.

Watch points

Game time. Only 7.2% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 32, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 13 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as high defensive volume (5.51 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).

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

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %7.2%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 905.51

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Shot conversion %0

Shot accuracy %75

Dribble success %40

Cards / 900.367

Foul involvement / 905.51

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 (~9), then tapers with age. At 32, Jong-Woo sits on 3.5, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Jong-Woo's projected Rating — 13 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.