Jong Tae-se
Jong Tae-se was born in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan on March 2nd, 1984 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 40, Jong Tae-se biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jong Tae-se (born in Korea) is a footballer from the Republic of Korea.
He is best known for his key role in the 2010 FIFA World Cup for the North Korea national team.
He is one of the few North Koreans to play in the Japanese J-League or the German 2.
Bundesliga.
He is currently playing for and is the captain of Shimizu S-Pulse.
Early life and nationality
Jong was born in Nagoya, Japan, to a father who has South Korean citizenship and a mother who has Joseon citizenship, and she became a South Korean national based on the father's family name at the time of birth.
According to the author's records, his legal nationality is South Korean. However, Ch'sen-seki, his mother's national team, so he could select the North Korea national team.
His mother told him to enroll in a private school in Japan operated by Chongryon, a company closely linked to the North Korean government, where he started playing football at its primary school club. He later attended Korea University, a private university in Tokyo that was also funded by Chongryon. Consequently, Jong and his family now identify themselves as North Koreans. Chongryon, North Korea's de facto embassy in Japan, issued a North Korean passport to him. Per FIFA rules, this made him eligible to play for North Korea, resulting in de facto dual nationality.
He was considered de facto dual nationality by FIFA and AFC.
Jong is an expert in Korean and Japanese. He also knows how to speak Portuguese, which he learned from his Brazilian colleagues at Japan's Kawasaki Frontale. He also speaks German as a player in Germany. He also speaks in a logical manner.
Following the events leading up to and during the match between North Korea and Japan on November 15, 2011, Jong emphasized clearly the division between sportsmanship and politics.
Club career
After joining Kawasaki Frontale in 2006, the striker quickly rose to become one of Kawasaki's best players and one of the best strikers in the J-League. Jong went for a trial with English club Blackburn Rovers in early 2010. After the 2010 World Cup, Jong joined German club VfL Bochum. After one and half seasons in the 2. Bundesliga, Jong transferred to 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga in January 2012, following an injury to German international Lukas Podolski. However, his time at 1. FC Köln was marred by a lack of playing time.
On 3 January 2013, Jong announced that after he would start playing for the first-division South Korean K-League club, Suwon Samsung Bluewings. He had expressed interest in the move for several months before the announcement, and the Bluewings and Ulsan Hyundai FC had both been negotiating with him. Jong joined the South Korean outfit on 10 January 2013 for a reported fee of €300,000 from 1. FC Köln. After deliberation by K League 1 and FIFA authorities, Jong was registered as a South Korean (domestic) player in the K-League and AFC Champions League competitions.
On 6 April, he scored his debut goal for Suwon in a 3–1 home win against Daegu FC. Two weeks later, 20 April, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–1 win at Daejeon Citizen.
On 8 July 2015, he was bought by Shimizu S-Pulse as an emergency signing as Shimizu were in the drop zone after total points calculation from both stages of the season. He was inserted into the starting lineup on 25 July, Matchday 4 of the 2nd stage, away to his former club Kawasaki Frontale which ended in a 3–2 defeat.
International career
Jong's first international appearance was on 19 June 2007, during a 2008 East Asian Football Championship qualifier match against Mongolia and he scored his first international goal in that game. He went on to score a total of four goals which Korea DPR won the match 7–0. Jong also played at the 2008 East Asian Football Championship and scored two goals in three matches for Korea DPR, receiving top scorer honors along with Park Chu-young, Yeom Ki-hun and Koji Yamase.
Before FIFA 2010 World Cup Jong was also the key figure in Korea DPR's 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign, as they qualified for the World Cup South Africa for the first time in 44 years. Jong had made himself famous for sobbing uncontrollably when the North Korean national anthem was played before the kickoff of Korea DPR's first group stage match at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, against Brazil. In that match he assisted Ji Yun-nam's goal in a 2–1 defeat.
Although nicknamed "the People's Rooney" by the English press, he likened his style of play to Didier Drogba.