ratings updated 20 Aug 2026
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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Gimcheon Sangmu FC.
Performance data · by competition
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 K League 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 720 | 6.9 |
Scout report
Kim Tae-Hwan is a 26-year-old central defender at Gimcheon Sangmu FC, rated 37.2 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 26th of 83 on scout potential in the K League 1. In his prime years, he has been a rotation option this season (37.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 3.95 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Tae-Hwan.
Judged on this season alone, Tae-Hwan graded 15 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 10th of 19 of the 19 centre-backs in the K League 1, on 2 clean sheets and 3.95 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 4 → 15). Over the 7 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2021/22.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, top 37% of the 19 centre-backs in the K League 1. At 26 Tae-Hwan is in his prime years, and a market index of 9.1 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2021/22 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
Output in context · Gimcheon Sangmu FC finished 11th of 12 · a relegation-threatened side
3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — solid defensive volume, with 2 clean sheets across 23 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (11th of 12) 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. 3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — does the unseen work.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 37.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 37.2, Tae-Hwan carries the 7th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the K League 1 of 19 — though on just 23 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as solid defensive volume (3.95 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among centre-backs in the K League 1 with 600+ minutes this season.
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Transfer news
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