Career
In January 2010, Kim joined J. League Division 1 side F.C. Tokyo after an impression trial within the team On 20 March 2010, he made his senior debut in a league match against Gamba Osaka. He scored his first senior goal with a direct free kick on 6 June 2010, in the 2010 J. League Cup against Kyoto Sanga.
Kim played 23 league matches for F.C. Tokyo in the 2010 season, however, the club relegated to the second tier by finishing 16th place in the league.
Kim transferred to Omiya Ardija on 31 December 2010. On 2 July 2012, Kim transferred to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande on a four-year deal with a fee of 2.5 million United States dollars.
His first Chinese League debut came on 3 days later, in a 0–0 home draw against Tianjin Teda. He played both legs of 2012 AFC Champions League Quarter-finals against First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Ittihad.
On 20 April 2013, Kim scored his first league goal in the sixth round of 2013 Chinese Super League as Guangzhou beat Changchun Yatai 6–1.
Kim played for South of Korea national under-20 football team, South of Korea Universiade team and South of Korea national futsal team when he studied at Jeonju University. He was the regular center defender of South of Korea U-20 in the 2009 Fédération internationale de football association U-20 World Cup. He scored a goal in the last group match against the United States, which resulted South of Korea"s advancing to the knockout stage.
During the 2012 London Olympics, Kim played as a valuable member and a major defender of the South Korean national football team
Kim received his first call-up by South of Korea national football team in July 2010. He made his international debut on 11 August 2010, in a friendly match against Nigeria.
He was named in the primary list for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, however, he wasn"t selected in the final squad. On 3 June 2011, Kim scored first international goal in an international friendly against Serbia.
At the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, Kim scored the second goal in South of Korea"s 2–0 semi-final defeat of Iraq on 26 January 2015, putting the nation into the Asian Cup final for the first time since 1988.
International goals
Updated to games played on 8 October 2015.