Won Du-jae

Won Du-jae
Won in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-11-18) 18 November 1997
Place of birth Seoul, South Korea
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Shimizu S-Pulse
Number 6
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Hanyang University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Avispa Fukuoka 68 (2)
2020–2024 Ulsan HD 79 (1)
2023–2024 → Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) 46 (2)
2024–2026 Khor Fakkan 35 (0)
2026– Shimizu S-Pulse 0 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 South Korea U20 3 (0)
2019–2021 South Korea U23 17 (1)
2020– South Korea 11 (0)
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's football
AFC U-23 Championship
Winner2020 Thailand
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 January 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 November 2025

Won Du-jae (Korean: 원두재; Hanja: 元斗才; born 18 November 1997) is a South Korean professional footballer.[1] He plays as a defensive midfielder or a sweeper for Shimizu S-Pulse and the South Korea national team.

Club career

In the summer of 2017, Won dropped out of Hanyang University and moved to Japan to join J2 League club Avispa Fukuoka. After playing as a defensive midfielder and a centre-back for Fukuoka for two and a half years, he came back to his country and joined K League 1 side Ulsan Hyundai.[2] Ulsan usually used him as a defensive midfielder, and he played as a centre-back when his rear teammates were injured.[3] Ulsan fans felt he looked better when he played as a midfielder.[4] He helped the club win the 2020 AFC Champions League and the 2022 K League 1. He enlisted in Gimcheon Sangmu, a military football club and a K League 2 club, to serve his mandatory military service in 2023.[5] He was nominated for the K League 2 Most Valuable Player award by leading Sangmu to the league title as a captain, but lost to Valdívia.[6] After being discharged from Sangmu in July 2024, he transferred to UAE Pro League club Khor Fakkan.

International career

Won played for South Korea under-23s at the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship and the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the AFC U-23 Championship, he won the title and was named the Most Valuable Player.[7]

Career statistics

As of 1 February 2026[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Avispa Fukuoka 2017J2 League 18200——2[a]0202
2018J2 League 17010———180
2019J2 League 33020———350
Total 68230——20732
Ulsan HD 2020K League 1 23050—7[b]1—351
2021K League 1 30110—3[b]02[c]0361
2022K League 1 21031—4[b]0—281
2024K League 1 5020———70
Total 791111—141201063
Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) 2023K League 2 34110———351
2024K League 1 12110———131
Total 46220———482
Khor Fakkan 2024–25UAE Pro League 23010———240
2025–26UAE Pro League 1202010——150
Total 3503010——390
Career total 228519110141402667
  1. ↑ Appearances in Promotion Playoffs to J1
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in AFC Champions League
  3. ↑ Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup

Honours

Ulsan HD

Gimcheon Sangmu

South Korea U23

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Won Du-jae at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
  2. ↑ 프로축구 울산, 일본 J2 후쿠오카서 미드필더 원두재 영입 (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  3. ↑ 울산 원두재 'ACL 빛낼 영스타' 후보에 선정 (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  4. ↑ 울산 원두재 "중앙수비? 미드필더? 주어진 역할에 최선 다할 뿐" (in Korean). Sports-G. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  5. ↑ ‘7월 15일 전역’ 원두재의 바람 “부상도 실력이란 걸 느껴 몸 관리 더 철저히 할 것” [이근승의 믹스트존] (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspaper. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  6. 1 2 K리그2 MVP는 '공격포인트 28개' 발디비아…최고 감독은 고정운 (in Korean). The Korea Economic Daily. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Korea Republic's Won named Thailand 2020 MVP". AFC. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 167 out of 289)
  9. ↑ 손흥민-장슬기 올해의 선수 선정... 올해의 골은 조규성 (in Korean). KFA. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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