Suwon FC recruited Ahn Byung-joon in a surprise move
Jul 06, 2024
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Suwon FC announced that it has re-embraced Ahn Byung-joon, the main player of the 2020 season promotion, after four seasons.
Striker Ahn Byung-joon, a third-generation Korean-Japanese and former North Korean national team member, will reunite with Suwon fans in Suwon FC uniform after three and a half years. Suwon FC and Busan I'Park wrapped up transfer negotiations on the 4th. Suwon succeeded in embracing Ahn Byung-joon again. Ahn Byung-joon became Suwon FC player for the first time in four years after leaving the team ahead of the 2021 season after completing a medical test on the 5th.
For Ahn Byung-joon, Suwon FC is the K-League's 'First Jung' and 'Hwaseong Yeonhwa'. For Suwon FC fans, Ahn Byung-joon is also a page in the club's history and an unforgettable legend. Ahn Byung-joon, who played in Japan's J-League, took his first step into the K-League through Suwon FC in 2019 and scored eight goals in 17 games in his first year, before writing a drama that led to Suwon FC's promotion to the first division with 21 goals and four assists in 26 K-League 2 games in 2020, and a penalty theater goal in the second half of the playoff against Gyeongnam FC on December 2 of that year. Along with the promotion of the team, he rose to stardom by sweeping the MVP, the top scorer, and the best 11 awards.
The following year, in February 2021, he moved to Busan I'Park and became the top scorer with 23 goals and 4 assists in 34 games, and scored eight goals in 20 games and five goals in 29 games last year at Suwon Samsung in 2022. Ahn Byung-joon, who moved to Busan this year after Suwon Samsung was demoted, played 12 games.
Suwon FC coach Kim Eun-joong, who was struggling with the absence of a striker in the summer transfer market, recalled Ahn Byung-joon. I remembered the fighter who showed his scoring ability 'one shot one kill' with his hot fighting spirit and fierce offense at the front line. Amid love calls from multiple teams, Ahn Byung-joon's choice was Suwon FC. Suwon FC's front office, which recruited Son Joon-ho in half a day last month, led Ahn Byung-joon's emotional comeback with a quick decision-making in a day again.
Ahn Byung-joon, who left Suwon in the first division without making the first division stage, returned to his hometown Suwon FC, which ranks fifth in the K League 1, in July 2024. It is the return of a veteran who is good at traditional striker resources, two-footed shooting and headers that Suwon and coach Kim Eun-joong aspired to, and is good at aerial control and linked play. As a new fixer for Sharpball, which has 24 goals in 20 games, expectations are rising that it will be able to create synergy in the offensive line along with Lee Seung-woo, Andersson, Son Joon-ho and Yoon Bit-garam.
Ahn Byung-joon, who said, "'I'm happy to be back at Suwon FC full of good memories' said, `Personal goals are important, but above all, I want to be loved by fans to be a player who contributes to the team's goals"I can't wait to get better and meet my fans at the stadium." he expressed his ambition.
Reporter Park Chan-joon vanbasten@sportschosun.com
vanbasten@sportschosun.com
