| 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.
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]
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]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| SpVgg Unterhaching | 2018–19 | 3. Liga | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Juniors OÖ | 2019–20 | Austrian 2. Liga | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Austrian 2. Liga | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||
| Total | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 2 | |||
| LASK | 2021–22 | Austrian Bundesliga | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | — | 40 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | Austrian Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |||
| Gent | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 37 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1 | — | 54 | 9 | ||
| 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | 43 | 7 | |||
| Total | 67 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 16 | |||
| Career total | 153 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 19 | |||
South Korea U17
South Korea U23