Jeju Recruiting 6 Newcomers...First of all, all the players of the designated youth team made a professional call-up
Jan 02, 2025
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Jeju announced on the 2nd that it signed Kim Ji-woon as a free starter with Kang Min-jae, Choi Byung-wook, Kim Jun-ha, Joo Seung-min, and Kim Jin-ho from the U-18 team.
Kang Min-jae (22) was from Jeju U-18 team. I went to Yonsei University after being nominated first in 2022. He led the team to the semifinals of the 2021 National High School League King of Kings and the 76th National High School Championship with Lim Joon-seop, Han Jong-moo, Ji Sang-wook, Jaemin Kim, and Park Joo-seung, who entered the professional league earlier. He also played as a leading striker at Yonsei University and continued to raise stock prices last year by being selected for the 23rd Denso Cup Korea-Japan University football team. Not only is it excellent in determination, but it also has good connection, physical, and off-the-ball movements. In particular, with Kang Min-jae joining Jeju, all the players from the current Jeju U-18 team, who were designated first in 2022, entered the professional stage, the final destination, setting a new milestone for Jeju Youth.
Choi Byung-wook (20) and Kim Jun-ha (20) are also promising players from Jeju U-18 team and went through Soongsil University. Choi Byung-wook is a right wing forward with excellent speed and breakthrough and also has a medium-range gun that catches him off guard. Kim Jun-ha is an offensive midfielder. The amount of activity and dribbling breakthrough are good. Both players have excellent personal skills to the extent that they played as a 'game changer' at Soongsil University. They also have good chemistry. When Kim Joon-ha moved to the side and tried to make a cutback, Choi Byung-wook quickly hit the center and finished it off.
Joo Seung-min (19) and Kim Jin-ho (19) were also from the Jeju U-18 team and succeeded in going straight to the professional league immediately after graduation this year. Joo Seung-min is a big goalkeeper prospect who participated in the AFC U-17 Asian Cup in Thailand in June 2023. With its overwhelming physique of 192cm and 84kg and excellent defense capabilities, it was considered Jeju's next-generation gatekeeper early on. Kim Jin-ho is an all-weather midfielder who played in the youth team's No.10 uniform, the symbol of the ace. With forward dribbling, he played the top of his high school until the finish in front of the gate.
Kim Ji-woon (19) is a defensive prospect produced by Pyeongtaek Jinwi FC. He is a right-sided defender with good forward ability, dribbling and kick power as well as a striker. In particular, he scored multiple goals against West Sea High School in the final of the Busan MBC High School Football Tournament in February last year to give Pyeongtaek Jinwi FC its first championship of the season. Thanks to his performance, he also enjoyed being selected for the Korean men's U-19 national team call-up list led by head coach Lee Chang-won last year.
Meanwhile, Kang Hyo-on (21, Chung-Ang University), a former member of the Jeju U-18 team, will leave for Daejeon Korail, a member of the K3 League, after a professional call-up. Kang Hyo-on is a midfielder with excellent physical strength of 187cm and good control of the midfield, and is a rising star in the midfield who can supply quality passes.
Head coach Kim Hak-beom said, `They are all promising players with outstanding potential. I'm really looking forward to it. In particular, I think it is more encouraging that a large number of players from Jeju Youth have stepped on the professional stage."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
