Song Bum-keun
Squad number 12 · Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Their 2026 World Cup
Song Bum-keun travelled to the 2026 World Cup with South Korea, wearing number 12, without ever getting on the pitch. His side played 3 matches (1 win and 2 defeats) and bowed out in the group stage (Group A), beaten by South Africa 1-0.
The goalkeeping job went to Kim Seung-Gyu (3 matches, 270′).
Another 3 players in the South Korea squad ended up the same way, without a single minute. The full run is on the South Korea team page.
Biography
Song Bum-keun (Korean: 송범근; born 15 October 1997) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for K League 1 club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and the South Korea national team.
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors On 20 February 2018, Song made his professional debut in 2018 AFC Champions League against Kitchee SC.
Shonan Bellmare On 18 December 2022, Song officially joined Japanese side Shonan Bellmare on a permanent transfer.
Return to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors On 2 January 2025, Song returned to Jeonbuk, joining the club as a free agent.
International career Song has represented South Korea at all groups from under-18 to senior level. He was the team's first choice goalkeeper for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship, winning the latter and being named Best Goalkeeper. In 2021, he represented South Korea at the Tokyo Olympic Games. On 24 July 2022, Song made his debut for the senior Korea Republic national football team, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 win over Hong Kong in the 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · text adapted from the article.
See all the tournament stats on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Explicit · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)