{"id":451077,"date":"2011-06-30T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/30\/official-sunderland-sign-ji-dong-won-on-three-year-deal\/"},"modified":"2011-06-30T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T14:30:00","slug":"official-sunderland-sign-ji-dong-won-on-three-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/30\/official-sunderland-sign-ji-dong-won-on-three-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Sunderland sign Ji Dong-Won on three-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By George Ankers<\/h3>\n<h4>30 Jun 2011 15:30:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"61.409948542\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ji Dong-Won, Jeonnam\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/134600\/134608_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ji Dong-Won, Jeonnam<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"25.3816534541\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/537\/sunderland\">Sunderland<\/a> have confirmed that South Korean striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/south-korea\/47900\/dong-won-ji\">Ji Dong-Won<\/a> has officially signed for the club.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old joins from Chunnam Dragons for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his young age, Ji has already made 11 appearances for his country, scoring six goals, including four at this year\u2019s Asian Cup, where South Korea finished third.<\/p>\n<p>It is not, however, the 6\u20192\u201d forward\u2019s first foray into English football, having been on Reading\u2019s books for a year in 2007-08, although he never made a first-team appearance for the club.<\/p>\n<p>And after a successful year with Chunnam, scoring 16 in 44 games during his only season with the club, Ji has been snapped up by manager Steve Bruce.<\/p>\n<p>The striker becomes Sunderland\u2019s fourth acquisition so far this summer, with Keiren Westwood, Sebastian Larsson and Connor Wickham also making the move to the Stadium of Light.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/30\/2554691\/official-sunderland-sign-ji-dong-won-on-three-year-deal\" title=\"Official: Sunderland sign Ji Dong-Won on three-year deal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official: Sunderland sign Ji Dong-Won on three-year deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By George Ankers 30 Jun 2011 15:30:00 Ji Dong-Won, Jeonnam Related Links Teams Players Sunderland have confirmed that South Korean striker Ji Dong-Won has officially signed for the club. 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