Hong Hyun-seok

Hong Hyun-seok (Korean: 홍현석; born 16 June 1999) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Jupiler Pro League club Gent.[1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Hong.

Hong Hyun-seok
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-06-16) 16 June 1999
Place of birth South Korea
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Gent
Number 7
Youth career
2015–2017 Ulsan Hyundai
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2021 Ulsan Hyundai 0 (0)
2018–2019 → SpVgg Unterhaching (loan) 7 (0)
2019–2021 → Juniors OÖ (loan) 52 (2)
2021–2022 LASK 26 (0)
2022– Gent 33 (6)
International career‡
2014–2016 South Korea U17 9 (0)
2022– South Korea U23 4 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  South Korea
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2014 NanjingTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 May 2023(UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 06:42, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Club career

In January 2018, Hong moved from the youth team of Ulsan Hyundai to SpVgg Unterhaching.[2] 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, with the match finishing as a 1–4 away loss.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5][6]

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.[7] He started in all four matches, with South Korea reaching the gold medal match before losing 1–2 to Peru, therefore earning a silver medal as runners-up.[8]

In 2016, Hong made five appearances for the South Korea under-17 team.[9]

Honours

South Korea U17

References
  1. "Hong Hyun-seok". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  2. Choi, Man-sik (18 January 2018). "울산 유스출신 유망주 오인표-홍현석 유럽 임대이적" [Hong Hyun-seok, a prospect from Ulsan Youth]. chosun.com (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  3. "VfR Aalen – SpVgg Unterhaching 4:1 (3. Liga 2018/2019, 21. Round)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  4. "Hong: Honoured to be the first Korean at Gent". kaagent.be. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  5. "Hyun-seok Hong with a Spectacular Goal vs. KV Oostende". proleague.be. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  6. "Hong Hyun-seok scores stunning bicycle kick in Ghent debut". Korea Joongang Daily. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  7. "Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games – Football (men): Team roster – Republic of Korea (KOR)" (PDF). nanjing2014.org. Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. 15 August 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  8. "Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games – Football (men): Match Report (Gold Medal Match) – Peru v Korea" (PDF). nanjing2014.org. Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. 27 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  9. "홍현석" [Hong Hyun-seok]. KFA.or.kr (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Archived from the original on 28 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  10. "Football - Men - Gold Medal Match" (PDF). Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

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