FC Seoul Samuel → Daegu FC Osei runs toward his dream of debuting as a professional at home in the K League
Jan 03, 2025
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FC Seoul recruited Bato Samuel (18), a Ivory Coast national who is about to graduate from Osan High School on the 3rd' he said. Samuel, whose parents are both from Ivory Coast, was born and raised in Korea in 2006. He also grew up in Osan High School, a youth team under the Seoul club. He is a side resource that has been attracting attention early on for his reckless breakthrough using explosive speed. It is also evaluated as having strong shooting ability and finishing ability. With the benefit of the home-grown system, which will be introduced from the 2025 season, he has achieved his dream of going straight to the professional profession. Samuel was named the 'K-League's No. 1 home-grown player'. Samuel will join the team's training on the 3rd and work with the Seoul players.
The Korea Professional Football Federation decided to introduce the home-grown system through the 8th board meeting held in December 2023. The K-League's home-grown system is to regard foreign youth players as domestic players when registering as rookies if they have been active for a certain period of time as a member of a domestic amateur team.
If a player who has been a member of a domestic amateur team registered with the Korea Football Association for more than five years or three consecutive years until the age of 18 signs with a K-League club as the first professional team and registers as a rookie player, he is considered a domestic player and is excluded from the quota of foreign players. Even after the registration of new players, they are recognized as domestic players when registering for the K-League. It will be implemented from this season. The Professional Football Federation said it will give one quota per team at the beginning of its implementation and consider expanding it in the future.
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Osei, who aims to make his K-League debut, has been stepping up preparations for the season by participating in winter training in Namhae, Gyeongsangnam-do since the 2nd.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
