Kang Ji-yong

{{Short description|South Korean footballer (1989–2025)}}

{{family name hatnote|Kang||lang=Korean}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kang Ji-Yong

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1989|11|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = South Korea

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|4|23|1989|11|23|df=y}}

| death_place =

| height = 1.87 m

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 = 2008

| youthclubs1 = Hanyang University

| years1 = 2009–2011 | clubs1 = Pohang Steelers | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2012 | clubs2 = Busan IPark | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2013 | clubs3 = Gyeongju Citizen | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 2014–2016 | clubs4 = Bucheon FC | caps4 = 101 | goals4 = 6

| years5 = 2017 | clubs5 = Gangwon FC | caps5 = 25 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2018 | clubs6 = Incheon United | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2020 | clubs7 = Gimpo Citizen | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2021 | clubs8 = Gangneung Citizen | caps8 = 24 | goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2022 | clubs9 = Cheonan City | caps9 = 15 | goals9 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2009 | nationalteam1 = South Korea U23 | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =

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Kang Ji-Yong ({{korean|강지용}}; 23 November 1989 – 22 April 2025) was a South Korean professional footballer who played as defender.{{Soccerway|ji-yong-kang/334518}} He changed his name from Kang Dae-Ho to Kang Ji-Yong.