Jung Sung-ryong

Jung Sung-ryong (Korean: 정성룡; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʌŋ.sʌŋ.njoŋ]; born 4 January 1985) is a South Korean football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Kawasaki Frontale.

Club Career

Pohang Steelers

Early career

In January 2003, Jung Sung-ryong signed his first professional contract with Pohang Steelers after graduating. Since joining the club at first, he failed to make any appearances for Pohang Steelers in the first three years, due to becoming an understudy to first choice goalkeeper, Kim Byung-ji. Because of this, Jung Sung-ryong had thoughts of joining the army but was talked out of it by then the club's reserve coach, Park Tae-ha, who told he would get his chance.

2006 season

Ahead of 2006 season, it was expected from Sports Naver that Jung Sung-ryong is going to play in the professional stage. Following the departure of Kim Byung-ji, Jung Sung-ryong found himself, competing with Shin Hwa-yong over the first choice goalkeeper role. He made his Pohang Steelers debut, where he started the whole game, in a 1–0 loss against Gyeongnam on 22 April 2006. In his follow up match against Daegu on 29 April 2006, he kept his first clean sheet, in a 0–0 draw. Since making his debut for the club, he finally started to become the first choice goalkeeper. His number of first team appearances and performance earned him praises. He signed a three–year contract with Pohang Steelers. He made a very important clean sheets in a number of matches. At the end of the 2006 season, Jung Sung-ryong went on to make twenty–seven appearances (15 in the league), as the club finished second place behind eventual Champions, Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma and was eliminated in the K League Championship by Suwon Samsung Bluewings.

2007 season

In the 2007 season, Jung Sung-ryong continued to compete with Shin Hwa-yong and new signing, Kwon Jung-hyuk over the first choice goalkeeper role at Pohang Steelers. He started the season w

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