Ha Dae-sung

Ha Dae-sung

Personal information
Date of birth	2 March 1985
Place of birth	Incheon, South Korea
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Centre Midfielder
Club information
Current team	F.C. Tokyo
Number	14
Youth career
2002–2004	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–2005	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	0	(0)
2006–2008	Daegu FC	52	(5)
2009	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	26	(1)
2010–2013	FC Seoul	112	(19)
2014–2015	Beijing Guoan	46	(2)
2016–	F.C. Tokyo
National team^‡
2008–	South Korea	13	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 November 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 December 2013

Ha Dae-sung
Hangul	하대성
Hanja	河大成
Revised Romanization	Ha Daeseong
McCune–Reischauer	Ha Taesŏng

Ha Dae-Sung (Korean: 하대성; born 2 March 1985) is a South Korean football player who currently plays for the J-League club F.C. Tokyo. He previously played for Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, Daegu FC, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and FC Seoul.

Career

Early career

Ha Dae-sung displayed exceptional footballing talent from early years. In 1997, Ha, who was then attending Incheon Mansoobuk Elementary School, was given the Grand Prize at the Cha Bum-kun Footballing Award, which is established by South Korean legend Cha Bum-kun to discover young talents.^[1] His reputation led Bupyeong High School, one of the most famous footballing schools in South Korea, to scout him. However, soon he got a crucial injury on his right knee and had to stop playing football for two years. On his senior year at high school, he began to play regularly. Soon, along with teammates Lee Keun-ho and Kim Seung-yong, Ha formed the famous Bupyeong Trio, helping his school win three national competitions.^[2]

Club career

Ha Dae-sung joined Ulsan Hyundai in 2004. However, he could not find his place at the club, which boasted players like Lee Ho, Lee Chun-soo and Kim Jung-woo at the time.

Having failed at Ulsan, Ha moved to Daegu FC in 2006 and made his K League debut. With Lee Keun-ho, Ha began to shine and Daegu made a sensation in 2008 by playing an extremely aggressive football and becoming the joint top-scoring club in the league.

In 2009, he moved to Jeonbuk Hyundai with his team-mate Jin Kyung-sun. Although Jeonbuk won the league in that season, Ha Dae-sung failed to secure a regular place in the first team.

He moved to FC Seoul in 2010 and helped his club win the league in that season. On 3 January 2012, Ha was appointed captain of FC Seoul.^[3] After leading FC Seoul to another league championship, Ha Dae-sung received interest from various clubs. Dinamo Zagreb reportedly was one of the numerous clubs that made an offer to sign Ha. It was reported that a club from Qatar Stars League offered $2.5m as transfer fee to lure Ha.^[4] However, Ha chose to stay at FC Seoul.

On 3 January 2014, FC Seoul officially announced Ha's leaving to Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.

International career

On November 15, 2008, Ha was called up to the South Korea national team for a friendly match against Qatar.

Career statistics

K League Classic career

Statistics accurate as of 3 December 2013

Club	Season	K League Classic			KFA Cup			League Cup			Continental			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Ulsan Hyundai
	2004	0	0	0	?	?	-	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	0	0
	2005	0	0	0	?	?	-	0	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	0	0
Ulsan Total		0	0	0	0	0	-	2	0	0	0	0	-	2	0	0
Daegu FC
	2006	11	0	0	?	?	-	7	0	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	18	0	0
	2007	17	1	2	?	?	-	8	1	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	25	2	2
	2008	24	4	1	?	?	-	7	1	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	31	5	1
Daegu Total		52	5	3	0	0	-	22	2	0	0	0	-	74	7	3
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	2009	26	1	2	?	?	-	4	1	0	N/A	N/A	N/A	30	2	2
Jeonbuk Total		26	1	2	0	0	-	4	1	00	0	0	-	30	2	2
FC Seoul
	2010	26	5	2	2	0	-	7	3	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	35	8	3
	2011	18	6	2	2	0	-	0	0	0	4	0	-	20	6	2
	2012	39	5	7	2	1	-	-			N/A	N/A	N/A	41	6	7
	2013	29	3	2	1	1	-	-			13	1	-	30	4	2
Seoul Total		112	19	3	7	2	-	7	3	1	17	1	-	126	24	14
K League Classic Career total		190	25	18	7	2	-	35	6	1	17	1	-	232	33	19

China Super League career

Statistics accurate as of 1 November 2015^[5]

Club	Season	China Super League			FA Cup			Continental			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Beijing Guoan	2014	22	1	-	0	0	-	6	1	-	28	2	-
	2015	24	1	-	1	0	-	5	0	-	30	1	-
China Super League Career total		46	2	-	1	0	-	11	1	-	58	2	-

International

Korea Republic national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	1	0
2009	1	0
2010	0	0
2011	0	0
2012	5	0
2013	5	0
Total	12	0

Honours

Club

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

• K League
  • Winners (1): 2009

FC Seoul

• K League
  • Winners (2): 2010, 2012
• League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2010

Individual

FC Seoul

• K League Best XI (3): 2011, 2012, 2013

Personal life

Ha Dae-sung is a close friend of Lee Keun-ho. The two have known each other since they were 10 and attended the same elementary, middle and high schools. Ha said that he is exempt from military duty because of an illness he suffered during childhood on a radio show.

His younger brother Ha Sung-min is also a footballer.

References

1. 박지성-이동국-기성용-하대성의 공통점은? 차붐이 찍은 아이들 (in Korean). Footballist. 19 July 2013.
2. ""우린 죽마고우" 대구FC 이근호·하대성" (in Korean). Maeil Shinmoon. 12 April 2008.
3. "서울, '주장' 하대성 임명...훈련 돌입". osen. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
4. 하대성, 디나모 자그레브 등서 650만달러 ‘러브콜’ (in Korean). Sportalkorea. 22 December 2012.

External links

• Ha Dae-sung – K League stats at kleague.com
• Ha Dae-sung – National Team Stats at KFA (Korean)
• Ha Dae-sung – FIFA competition record
• Ha Dae-sung profile at Soccerway
• Ha Dae-sung at National-Football-Teams.com