Kim, having spent his youth career with Kyung Hee University, was selected by Incheon United from the 2011 K-League draft intake.

His first game for Incheon was as a starter in the first round match of the 2011 K-League Cup against Daejeon Citizen.

[3] In just his third match in the K League, he scored his first league goal against Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma,[4] before scoring two more to become joint top scorer for Incheon by the tenth week of the league.

Kim went on loan to the K League Challenge side FC Anyang in 2014.

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