Jeong Woo-Jae

Following his move to Daegu FC, Woo-Jae's current-season form is level with last season (Season 2→2), while his Rating eased 14→9. His peak season for form remains 2021/22 (Season 41).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2025/26	Daegu FC · 3rd	16	0	0	6.55	9	2
2024/25	Jeonbuk Motors · 3rd	11	0	0	6.3	14	2
2023/24	Jeonbuk Motors · 3rd	26	0	0	6.94	23	23
2022/23	Jeju United FC · 5th	28	0	1	6.74	27	22
2021/22	Jeju United FC · 4th	38	3	2	6.89	35	41

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

Scout report

Experienced headCentral defender

Jeong Woo-Jae is a 34-year-old central defender at Daegu FC, rated 8.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 143rd of 148 in the K League 1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a fringe squad member this season (17.6% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.09 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Woo-Jae.

Judged on this season alone, Woo-Jae graded 2 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 31st of 31 of the 31 centre-backs in the K League 1, on 0 clean sheets and 2.09 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 2 → 2). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2021/22.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 9, 31st of 31 of the 31 centre-backs in the K League 1. At 34 Woo-Jae is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 1.8 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2021/22 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2021/22Trending down

Current potential31st of 31 centre-backs · K League 1 · 16 apps Current season31st of 31 centre-backs · K League 1 · 16 apps31st-best centre-back in the K League 1143rd in the K League 1 · potential31st-highest potential centre-back in the K League 1

8.7

Ratingi

31st of 31 centre-backs

1.6

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

17.6%

Minutes

limited game time

2.09

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Daegu FC finished 3rd of 6 · a mid-table side

2.09

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.09 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume across 16 appearances.

Watch points

Game time. Only 17.6% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 34, 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 8.7, Woo-Jae carries the 31st-highest potential of the centre-backs in the K League 1 of 31 — though on just 16 appearances this season, so the standing rests on a small sample. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.09 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 %17.6%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 902.09

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Dribble success %50

Cards / 900

Foul involvement / 901.493

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 (~6), then tapers with age. At 34, Woo-Jae sits on 1.8, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Woo-Jae's projected Rating — 8.7 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.