Kang Min-woo (footballer, born 2006)

Kang Min-woo
Personal information
Date of birth (2007-03-02) 2 March 2007
Place of birth Ulsan, South Korea
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Jong Genk
Number 85
Youth career
–2024 Ulsan HD FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2024– Ulsan HD FC 11 (0)
2025–Jong Genk (loan) 7 (0)
International career
2022 South Korea U16 5 (1)
2023 South Korea U17 16 (1)
2024 South Korea U19 2 (0)
2024– South Korea U20 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025

Kang Min-woo (Korean: 강민우; born 2 March 2006) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a defender for Jong Genk on loan from Ulsan HD FC.

Club career

As a youth player, Kang joined the youth academy of South Korean side Ulsan HD FC and was promoted to the club's senior team in 2024, helping the club win the league title. Subsequently, he was sent on loan to Belgian side Jong Genk in 2025.[1]

International career

Kang is a South Korea youth international. During the summer of 2023, he played for the South Korea national under-17 football team at the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup.[2]

Style of play

Kang plays as a defender. South Korean news website Nate wrote in 2024 that "his quick feet, aggressive defense, aerial prowess, and build-up prowess solidified the defense".[3]

References

  1. ^ Kang Min-woo at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "K리그1 울산, U-17 대표팀 센터백 강민우와 구단 첫 준프로 계약" [K League 1 Ulsan signs U-17 national team center back Kang Min-woo as the club's first semi-professional contract] (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  3. ^ "벼랑 끝 울산 구한 '고3 센터백'...드라마틱했던 강민우의 ACL 데뷔전" [Kang Min-woo's dramatic ACL debut was a dramatic departure for the high school senior center back who saved Ulsan from the brink] (in Korean). Nate. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2025.