| Son Jong-hyun | |
| Birth Date: | 30 November 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Hoein, South Korea |
| Height: | 1.74m (05.71feet) |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Collegeyears1: | 2014–2015 |
| College1: | Holy Cross Saints |
| Collegecaps1: | 37 |
| Collegegoals1: | 6 |
| Years1: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs1: | Chicago Inferno |
| Caps1: | 20 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Clubs2: | Louisville City FC |
| Caps2: | 3 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 23 |
| Totalgoals: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 10 August 2016 |
Son Jong-hyun (born 30 November 1991) is a South Korean former footballer who played as a midfielder.
In 2012, he moved to the United States and enrolled at the University of Illinois-Chicago.[1]
In 2014, he transferred to Holy Cross College, where he began playing college soccer.[2] In November 2014, he earned CCAC Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week honours.[3] At the end of the 2014 season, he was named to the All-CCAC Second Team.[4] At the end of the 2015 season, Son was named to the All-CCAC First Team and the NAIA Men's All-Mideast Region First Team.[5] [6]
In 2012, he began playing with the Chicago Inferno in the Premier Development League, following a miscommunication with Orlando City SC of the USL, who had invited him to trial for the team, as they communicating via translators.
In February 2016, Son signed with USL side Louisville City FC.[7] [8] [9] He departed the club in August 2016 to continue his education at Holy Cross and to complete his mandatory two years of military service in South Korea.[10]
Son played for the South Korea U12 and U13 national teams.
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Chicago Inferno | 2012[11] | Premier Development League | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Louisville City FC | 2016 | USL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||