Koo Sang-Min
Personal information
Full name Koo Sang-Min
Date of birth (1991-10-31) 31 October 1991
Place of birth South Korea
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Busan IPark
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Ulsan Dolphins 55 (1)
2016– Busan IPark 121 (0)
2019–2021 Yangju Citizen FC (loan) 18 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2023

Koo Sang-Min (Korean: 구상민; born 31 October 1991) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Busan IPark.[1]

Career

While playing for Ulsan Dolphins, Koo scored a goal directly from a goal kick on 25 June 2014 in a victory over Gimhae City. At the time it was recorded as the longest goal of all time. The following year, he was named as the National League MVP as Ulsan finished top of the division.

Koo signed with Busan IPark from Ulsan Dolphins on 13 January 2016.[2] Koo was first-choice keeper in his first season with the club, conceding 25 goals in 32 games, but he later faced competition for the starting spot from the likes of Kim Hyung-keun and Kim Kyeong-min. Midway through the 2019 season Koo left to complete his mandatory military service with Yangju Citizen FC in the K League 3 before returning to Busan in April 2021. Koo found himself back-up keeper to Ahn Joon-soo under struggling Portuguese manager Ricardo Peres, but replacement coach Park Jin-sub reinstated Koo to the starting line-up midway through the 2022 season.

In 2023, Koo played every minute of every game for Busan as they finished second in the league, with the club missing out on promotion after a 4-6 two-leg aggregate defeat to Suwon FC in the play-offs. Koo kept 15 clean sheets and was named in the K League 2 Best XI for the season. Following the 2023 season, only goalkeeper Kim Poong-joo has kept more clean sheets for Busan in the club's history.

Club career statistics

As of 12 December 2023

Club performance League Cup Play-offs Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
2014Ulsan DolphinsNational League27110--281
201528020--300
2016Busan IParkK League 2 3201000330
2017 1303010170
2018 2101020240
2019 20100030
2020Yangju Citizen FCK3 League 1800000180
2021Busan IParkK League 2 10000010
2022 1601000170
2023 3600020380
Career total 1941100502091

References

  1. "Korea Republic - Sang-Min Koo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  2. "부산, 이창근 대체선수로 '내셔널리그 MVP' 구상민 영입". hankooki.com. Retrieved 20 June 2016.


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