# Hong Jeong-ho

Hong Jeong-ho (Korean: 홍정호,Korean pronunciation: or; born 12 August 1989) is a South Korean footballer who plays for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors as a centre-back. His brother Hong Jeong-nam is also a footballer.

## Club career

On 1 September 2013, Hong Jeong-ho transferred to FC Augsburg from Jeju United for a fee estimated around €2 million. He signed a four-year contract which will keep him at the club until 2017.

## Implication in 2011 match-fixing scandal

During the 2011 K-League season, Hong was accused of being involved in the 2011 South Korean football betting scandal and was held out of a league match during the investigation. Although the investigation discovered that gangs had deposited 4 million won unsolicited into Hong's bank account, he had later returned the funds and was cleared of wrongdoing. Subsequently, Hong was declared eligible for league and national team matches.

## Career statistics

    As of 3 December 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club performance | Club performance | Club performance | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Total | Total |
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| South Korea | South Korea | South Korea | League | League | KFA Cup | KFA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Asia | Asia | Total | Total |
| 2010 | Jeju United | K League 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 |
| 2011 | Jeju United | K League 1 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2012 | Jeju United | K League 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 |
| 2013 | Jeju United | K League 1 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 1 |
| Germany | Germany | Germany | League | League | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal | DFB Ligapokal | DFB Ligapokal | Europe | Europe | Total | Total |
| 2013–14 | FC Augsburg | Bundesliga | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | FC Augsburg | Bundesliga | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 0 |
| 2015–16 | FC Augsburg | Bundesliga | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 28 | 3 |
| China PR | China PR | China PR | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | CSL Cup | CSL Cup | Asia | Asia | Total | Total |
| 2016 | Jiangsu Suning | Chinese Super League | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| 2017 | Jiangsu Suning | Chinese Super League | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 2 | 19 | 3 |
| South Korea | South Korea | South Korea | League | League | KFA Cup | KFA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Asia | Asia | Total | Total |
| 2018 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (loan) | K League 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 2019 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (loan) | K League 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
| 2020 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | K League 1 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 2021 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | K League 1 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 1 | 42 | 3 |
| 2022 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | K League 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| 2023 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | K League 1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 286 | 14 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 355 | 18 |

### International goals

    Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hong goal.
List of international goals scored by Hong Jeong-ho :
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 15 November 2013 | Seoul, South Korea | Switzerland | 1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly match |
| 2 | 28 March 2017 | Seoul, South Korea | Syria | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |

## Honors
### Club

Jeju United
* K League 1 Runners up: 2010
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
* K League 1 Winners (4): 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
* KFA Cup Winner: 2020

### Individual

* K League 1 Best XI (4): 2010, 2019, 2020, 2021
* K League 1 Most Valuable Player: 2021