Kim Ju-Sung
based on the 2025 season · updated 18 Aug 2026
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Also this season
Earlier this season at South Korea — EAFF E-1 Football Championship: 2 apps, 1g 0a, 175 min
Parent club FC Seoul — FA Cup: 1 apps, 0g 0a, 90 min
The headline Season rating covers his time at Sanfrecce Hiroshima; availability counts only fixtures while in this squad.
Scout report
Kim Ju-Sung is a 25-year-old central defender at Sanfrecce Hiroshima, rated 46.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 11th of 98 on scout potential in the J1 League. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (19% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 4.72 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Ju-Sung.
Judged on this season alone, Ju-Sung graded 14 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 14th of 20 of the 20 centre-backs in the J1 League, on 3 clean sheets and 4.715 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a drop on last season (Season 26 → 14). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 47, top 15% of the 20 centre-backs in the J1 League. At 25 Ju-Sung is in his prime years, and a market index of 12.7 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2024/25 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Sanfrecce Hiroshima finished 4th of 20 · an upper-table side
4.72 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 8 appearances. Behind an upper-table side (4th of 20) 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. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
Strengths
- Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.28 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central defender.
- Defensive volume. 4.72 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 19% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Outlook
With a Rating of 46.5, Ju-Sung carries the 3rd-highest potential of the centre-backs in the J1 League of 20 — though on just 8 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (4.72 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the J1 League with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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