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{{short description|South Korean footballer (born 1985)}}
{{Distinguish|Baek Ji-young|Baek Ji Yoon}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
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{{family name hatnote|Baek||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= Baek Ji-hoon
| image = Baek Ji-Hoon.jpg
| image_size = 200
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1985|2|28}} 
| birth_place = [[Sacheon]], [[South Gyeongsang Province|South Gyeongsang]], South Korea
| height = 1.75 m
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1= 2000–2002
| youthclubs1= Andong High School
| years1 = 2003–2004
| clubs1 = [[Chunnam Dragons]]
| caps1 = 11 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2005–2006
| clubs2 = [[FC Seoul]]
| caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2006–2016
| clubs3 = [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
| caps3 = 114 | goals3 = 15
| years4 = 2012–2013
| clubs4 = → [[Sangju Sangmu FC|Sangju Sangmu]] (army)
| caps4 = 25 | goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2014
| clubs5 = → [[Ulsan Hyundai]] (loan)
| caps5 = 19 | goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2017
| clubs6 = [[Seoul E-Land FC|Seoul E-Land]]
| caps6 = 15
| goals6 = 1
| years7= 2018–2019
| clubs7 = [[Lee Man FC|Lee Man]]
| caps7 = 14
| goals7 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2003–2005
| nationalteam1 = [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 31 | nationalgoals1 = 6
| nationalyears2 = 2006–2008
| nationalteam2 = [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea U23]]
| nationalcaps2 = 19 | nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 2005–2010
| nationalteam3 = [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
| nationalcaps3 = 15 | nationalgoals3 = 0
| pcupdate = 19 July 2019
| ntupdate =
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
| title = [[Korean name]]
| hangul = 백지훈
| hanja = 白智勳
| rr = Baek Ji-hun
| mr = Paek Chi-hun
}}

'''Baek Ji-hoon''' (born 28 February 1985) is a South Korean former [[Football player|footballer]] who played as a [[midfielder]].

==Career==
===Debut in the K League===
After leaving  high school, Baek joined the [[K League]] side [[Jeonnam Dragons]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sports.news.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=047&aid=0000030186|title=전남 드래곤즈, "신예들의 반란에 주목!"(Jeonnam Dragons, "Pay attention to the rebellion of the rookies!")|last=Sung Hwan|first=Sul|date=2003-04-21|work=[[OhmyNews]]}}</ref> He made four appearances in his first season before he was moved into the reserve team. In 2004, Baek played seven games in the first team and his progress was noted by [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U20]] coach [[Park Sung-hwa]] who installed him as a [[Captain (sports)|captain]].

The following year Baek took another step forward when he joined [[FC Seoul]]. He appeared 15 times in the K League in the 2005 season, scoring one goal. In July 2006, FC Seoul negotiated with [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] to transfer Baek to [[Suwon]]. Later in the same month, his transfer was confirmed. The reported transfer fee was about $1.5 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.media.daum.net/sports/soccer/200607/22/yonhap/v13457806.html |title=<프로축구> FC서울, 수원과 백지훈 이적 합의(종합) |access-date=2006-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311113820/http://news.media.daum.net/sports/soccer/200607/22/yonhap/v13457806.html |archive-date=2007-03-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.media.daum.net/sports/soccer/200607/22/yonhap/v13457806.html |title=백지훈 이적 파동…서울-수원 극비리 합의 |access-date=2006-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311113820/http://news.media.daum.net/sports/soccer/200607/22/yonhap/v13457806.html |archive-date=2007-03-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.media.daum.net/sports/soccer/200607/23/jes/v13463981.html |title=백지훈,소속팀 이적결정에 반발 |access-date=2006-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311112954/http://news.media.daum.net/sports/soccer/200607/23/jes/v13463981.html |archive-date=2007-03-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi Currency Converter]</ref>

===Lee Man===
Out of contract for six months, Baek decided to go abroad for the first time in his career. On 6 June 2018, he reached an agreement with [[Hong Kong Premier League]] side [[Lee Man FC|Lee Man]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chan |first1=Siun Yiu |title=理文簽入前韓國中場白智勳 曾入選06年世界盃名單 |url=https://www.hk01.com/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E9%AB%94%E8%82%B2/196287/%E6%B8%AF%E8%B6%85%E8%81%AF-%E7%90%86%E6%96%87%E7%B0%BD%E5%85%A5%E5%89%8D%E9%9F%93%E5%9C%8B%E4%B8%AD%E5%A0%B4%E7%99%BD%E6%99%BA%E5%8B%B3-%E6%9B%BE%E5%85%A5%E9%81%B806%E5%B9%B4%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E7%9B%83%E5%90%8D%E5%96%AE |website=HK01 |date=6 June 2018 |access-date=6 June 2018}} {{in lang|zh-hk}}</ref> He scored his debut goal for the club on 27 October 2018 against [[Eastern Sports Club|Eastern]] in the [[Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield]] in a 2–1 defeat.

== Club career statistics ==
{{updated|19 December 2012}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season !! Club !! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
! colspan=3 | South Korea
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Korean FA Cup|KFA Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[K-League Cup|League Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[Asian Football Confederation|Asia]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[K-League 2003|2003]]||rowspan="2"|[[Chunnam Dragons]]||rowspan="11"|[[K League]]||4||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0
|-
|[[K-League 2004|2004]]||7||0||3||0||11||1||colspan="2"|—||21||1
|-
|[[K-League 2005|2005]]||rowspan="2"|[[FC Seoul]]||15||1||1||0||7||1||colspan="2"|—||23||2
|-
|[[K-League 2006|2006]]||12||0||0||0||3||1||colspan="2"|—||15||1
|-
|[[K-League 2006|2006]]||rowspan="6"|[[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]||14||5||2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||16||6
|-
|[[K-League 2007|2007]]||16||3||2||0||7||3||colspan="2"|—||25||6
|-
|[[K-League 2008|2008]]||14||4||2||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||21||4
|-
|[[K-League 2009|2009]]||22||1||3||1||1||0||5||0||41||2
|-
|[[K-League 2010|2010]]||9||2||2||2||6||0||6||0||29||4
|-
|[[K-League 2011|2011]]||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|[[2012 K-League|2012]]||rowspan="1"|[[Sangju Sangmu Phoenix]]||14||0||||||||||colspan="2"|—||14||0
|-
! rowspan=1 | Total
! colspan=2 | South Korea
!127||16||16||4||40||6||11||0||193||26
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!127||16||16||4||40||6||11||0||193||26
|}

==Honours==
===Club===
;Lee Man
* [[Sapling Cup|Hong Kong Sapling Cup]]: [[2018–19 Hong Kong Sapling Cup|2018–19]]

=== Entertainment ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ Name of the award ceremony, year presented, category, nominee of the award, and the result of the nomination
! scope="col" | Award ceremony
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Nominee / Work
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row"  rowspan="1"| [[SBS Entertainment Awards]]
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="1"| [[2022 SBS Entertainment Awards|2022]]
| Leader of the Year Award{{efn|with [[Ha Seok-ju]], [[Kim Byung-ji]], [[Kim Tae-young (footballer, born 1970)|Kim Tae-young]], [[Choi Jin-cheul]], [[Choi Sung-yong]], [[Lee Eul-yong]], [[Heon Young-min]], [[Lee Young-pyo]], [[Oh Beom-seok]], [[Cho Jae-jin]] and Baek Ji-hoon<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=609&aid=0000667202|author=Lee Min-ji|title=골때녀 잔칫날' 감독진 11명, 올해의 리더상 [2022 SBS 연예대상]|trans-title=Leader of the Year Award [2022 SBS Entertainment Awards], 11 directors|work=Newsen|via=[[Naver]]|date=December 17, 2022|access-date=December 17, 2022|language=ko}}</ref>}}
| rowspan="1"| ''Kick a Goal''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="1"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=117&aid=0003678945|author=Lee Seung-gil|title=유재석, 감격의 '대상' 영예…통산 19번째 트로피 품었다 [2022 SBS 연예대상] (종합)|trans-title=Yoo Jae-seok, thrilled 'grand prize' honor... I had my 19th trophy in total [2022 SBS Entertainment Awards] (comprehensive) |work=My Daily|via=[[Naver]]|date=December 18, 2022|access-date=December 18, 2022|language=ko}}</ref> 
|-
|}

== Filmography ==
=== Television shows ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" | Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
! scope="row"  rowspan="1"| 2021
| ''Playing Bro ''
| Cast Member
| Season 2
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=112&aid=0003463272 |author= Lim Eui-jeong |title=노는브로' 백지훈, 단단한 각오 "합류하게 돼서 기쁘고 설레..다양한 모습 보여드릴 것
 |trans-title= 'Playing Bro' Baek Ji-hoon, firm determination "I am happy and excited to be joining.. I will show you various aspects.|work=[[Herald POP]] |publisher=[[Naver]] |date= August 5, 2021 |access-date= August 5, 2021 |language=ko}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=609&aid=0000480980 |author= Kim Myung-mi |title=노는브로2' PD "금의환향 구본길X새 멤버 백지훈 활약 주목
 |trans-title='Play Bro 2' PD "Golden Haunting Goo Bon-gil X new member Baek Ji-hoon's activity attention  |work= Newsen  |publisher=[[Naver]] |date= August 20, 2021 |access-date= August 20, 2021 |language=ko}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 2021–present
| ''Goal Girl''
| Team manager 
| Season 2–3
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003805522|author=Lee Seung-mi|title=[공식]'골때녀' 백지훈, FC구척장신 새 사령탑으로 등장…24일 방송|trans-title=[Official] 'Goal Girl' Baek Ji-hoon appears as FC's tallest new commander... broadcast on the 24th |publisher=[[Sports Chosun]]|via=[[Naver]] |date=November 24, 2021|access-date= November 24, 2021|language=ko}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| 2023
| ''World's First Merchant''
| Contestant
| Season 2
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=449&aid=0000246137 |author= |title=천하제일장사2' 조진형·남경진·모태범, 인터뷰…조진형 "피지컬팀 마선호·김경진, 우승 확률 50%|trans-title=Interview with Cho Jin-hyung, Nam Kyung-jin, and Mo Tae-beom of ‘The First Merchant 2’ Cho Jin-hyung “Physical team Ma Seon-ho and Kim Kyung-jin, 50% chance of winning”|publisher=[[Channel A (TV channel)|Channel A]]|via=[[Naver]]|date=March 22, 2023|access-date=March 22, 2023|language=ko}}</ref>  
|-
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Soccerway|ji-hoon-baek/445}}
* {{K League player}}
* [http://www.kfa.or.kr/record/playeramatch.asp?Page=1&Query=Gender%3DM%26Name%3D%EB%B0%B1%EC%A7%80%ED%9B%88%3B National Team Player Record] {{in lang|ko}}
* {{FIFA player|198554}}
* {{NFT player|12163}}
* {{sports-reference|ba/baek-ji-hoon-1}}

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