Hong Hyun-seok explained

Hong Hyun-seok
Fullname:Hong Hyun-seok
Birth Date:1999 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Height:1.77 m
Position:Attacking midfielder
Currentclub:Gent
Clubnumber:7
Youthyears1:2012–2017
Youthclubs1:Ulsan Hyundai
Years1:2018–2021
Clubs1:Ulsan Hyundai
Caps1:0
Goals1:0
Years2:2018–2019
Clubs2:SpVgg Unterhaching (loan)
Caps2:7
Goals2:0
Years3:2019–2021
Clubs3:Juniors OÖ (loan)
Caps3:52
Goals3:2
Years4:2021–2022
Clubs4:LASK
Caps4:27
Goals4:0
Years5:2022–
Clubs5:Gent
Caps5:67
Goals5:11
Nationalyears1:2014–2016
Nationalteam1:South Korea U17
Nationalcaps1:9
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2022–2023
Nationalteam2:South Korea U23
Nationalcaps2:11
Nationalgoals2:3
Nationalyears3:2023–
Nationalteam3:South Korea
Nationalcaps3:12
Nationalgoals3:0
Club-Update:2 June 2024
Nationalteam-Update:11 June 2024 (UTC)

Hong Hyun-seok (Korean: 홍현석; born 16 June 1999) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Jupiler Pro League club Gent and the South Korea national team.

Club career

In January 2018, Hong moved from the youth team of Ulsan Hyundai to SpVgg Unterhaching.[1] He made his professional debut for Unterhaching in the 3. Liga on 27 February 2019, coming on as a substitute for Lucas Hufnagel in the 84th minute against VfR Aalen.[2]

After a loan spell at Juniors OÖ, Hong played one season in the Austrian Bundesliga for LASK before moving to Gent in the Belgian Pro League in August 2022 in the aftermath of an ACL injury suffered by Buffalos striker Tarik Tissoudali, becoming the first Korean to play for the club.[3]

On moving to Belgium, Hong was brought into the Gent first team immediately, scoring a spectacular overhead kick goal 28 minutes into his debut away to Oostende on 12 August 2022, which Gent won 3–1.[4] [5]

International career

Hong was included in South Korea's under-15 squad for the boys' football tournament at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[6] [7] He started in all four matches earning a silver medal as runners-up.[8]

Career statistics

Club

[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
SpVgg Unterhaching2018–193. Liga7070
Juniors OÖ2019–20Austrian 2. Liga2802000300
2020–21Austrian 2. Liga242000000242
Total522200000542
LASK2021–22Austrian Bundesliga24040121401
2022–23Austrian Bundesliga30100040
Total2705012100441
Gent2022–23Belgian Pro League37632141549
2023–24Belgian Pro League30521111437
Total671153252009716
Career total153131233730020219

Honours

South Korea U17

South Korea U23

2022

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Choi . Man-sik . 울산 유스출신 유망주 오인표-홍현석 유럽 임대이적 . Hong Hyun-seok, a prospect from Ulsan Youth . . . 18 January 2018 . 27 February 2019 . Korean . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190227212508/http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/01/18/2018011801753.html . 27 February 2019.
  2. Web site: VfR Aalen – SpVgg Unterhaching 4:1 (3. Liga 2018/2019, 21. Round) . worldfootball.net . HEIM:SPIEL . 27 February 2019 . 27 February 2019.
  3. Web site: Hong: Honoured to be the first Korean at Gent . kaagent.be . 8 August 2022 . 27 August 2022.
  4. Web site: Hyun-seok Hong with a Spectacular Goal vs. KV Oostende . proleague.be . 12 August 2022 . 27 August 2022.
  5. Web site: Hong Hyun-seok scores stunning bicycle kick in Ghent debut . . 12 August 2022 . 27 August 2022.
  6. Web site: Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games – Football (men): Team roster – Republic of Korea (KOR) . nanjing2014.org . . 4 . 15 August 2014 . 28 February 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140904143425/http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/FB/YO2014_FB_C33_FBM400000.pdf . 4 September 2014.
  7. Web site: http://www.kfa.or.kr/archive/player_history.php?search_val=%ED%99%8D%ED%98%84%EC%84%9D . ko:홍현석 . Hong Hyun-seok . KFA.or.kr . . 27 February 2019 . Korean . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190228032027/http://www.kfa.or.kr/archive/player_history.php?search_val=%ED%99%8D%ED%98%84%EC%84%9D . 28 February 2019.
  8. Web site: Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games – Football (men): Match Report (Gold Medal Match) – Peru v Korea . nanjing2014.org . . 27 August 2014 . 28 February 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903070521/http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/FB/YO2014_FB_C73_FBM400101.pdf . 3 September 2014.
  9. Web site: Hong Hyun-Seok. 5 June 2023. Soccerway.
  10. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20140903070521/http://result.nanjing2014.org/IRS/resYO2014/pdf/YO2014/FB/YO2014_FB_C73_FBM400101.pdf . Football - Men - Gold Medal Match . Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games . 15 November 2020 . 3 September 2014.