Jo Hyeon-woo
조현우
#21 · Goalkeeper · age 34
First-choice goalkeeper expected for the World Cup
86
WC26 rating
- Recent form
- 46
- Career peak
- 46
- League level
- 74
- Competition pedigree
- 30
- International pedigree
- 84
- Longevity
- 39
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Jo Hyeon-woo’s path from K League stalwart to two-time World Cup veteran has been quietly remarkable. He is expected to start in Hong Myung-bo’s first-choice XI, with the kind of reflex-saving profile that has lifted Korea past stronger sides before.
His Ulsan HD home base also gives him an unusual continuity with K League-based teammates — important for set-piece organisation and shape under pressure.
Strengths
- Shot-stopping reflexes
- Big-game composure
- Distribution
Recent form
Ulsan HD No.1 through 2025-26 K League 1 campaign.
His goalkeeping performance vs Germany in 2018 — including a string of late saves before Korea added the clinching goal in injury time — is etched into Korean football memory as one of the country's greatest World Cup moments.