 |
| 박정인. Photo courtesy = Korea Professional Football Federation |
|
 |
| 박인혁. Photo courtesy = Korea Professional Football Federation |
|
 |
| Kwon Sungyoon. Photo courtesy of the Korea Professional Football Association |
|
'Emerging hardworking leader' Director Lee Jung-hyo and 'Sleeping geniuses' met. What kind of chemistry should I show off.
According to a soccer official, Gwangju has hired tall striker Park In-hyuk (29), all-weather striker Park Jung-in (24), and side player Kwon Sung-yoon (23). After completing all the current transfer procedures, the three players left for Thailand, the first winter training site, on the 3rd.
Park In-hyuk, Park Jung-in, and Kwon Sung-yoon are the resources recruited by Gwangju, which suffers from financial problems, amid a lack of livelihood. There is something else in common. All of them are prospects who once showed their best potential. Park In-hyuk, a 1m87-tall striker, was a key striker for Shin Tae-yong, who was preparing for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Shin Tae-yong, the current coach of the Indonesian national team, picked Park In-hyuk, who has post play, high-altitude play, linked play, and scoring ability, as a talent to become a 'large striker'. He played 15 games as a member of the under-23 national team. Park In-hyuk joined Hoffenheim, a member of the German Bundesliga, in 2015 and made headlines. However, Park In-hyuk, who failed to establish himself in either team, made his domestic debut by joining Daejeon in 2018 and scored 24 goals in 135 games in K League 2 as a member of Daejeon and Jeonnam. Park In-hyuk, who has served in the military for the past two years, joined Gwangju and challenged K League 1 for the first time at the age of 30. Lee Kun-hee, who is about to join the Armed Forces Sports Unit, and Heo Yul, who is scheduled to leave for Ulsan, took on the task of filling the vacancies left.
Park Jung-in was a top prospect who graduated from Ulsan Youth Middle School and Hyundai High School and served as a representative by age. He made his professional debut in Ulsan in 2019 at the age of 19 and played 13 games in K League 1 for two years. Park Jung-in, who left for Busan in 2021, scored eight goals and three assists in the K League 2 of the 2021 season, shining 'sparkling'. Park Jung-in, who is equipped with creativity, explosive power, and shooting power, was evaluated as having genius favored by the leader, but it was too much to evaluate that he exploded his potential over the past four years. Park Jung-in, who moved to Seoul E-Land in 2023 and played for a year, left for Daejeon Hana last summer, but had a disappointing time because he did not have enough opportunities to play. Coach Lee Jung-hyo is showing a strong will to bring out Park Jung-in's potential.
Kwon Sung-yoon also reigned as an ace of Osan High School, a youth in Seoul, with 'elite' who represented each age, including 17 and 20 years old. It is a multiplayer who can play both wingers, wingbacks, and offensive midfielders. Kwon Sung-yoon, who was called up to the Seoul professional team through a priority nomination in 2020, played in 24 games in three seasons from the 2020 season to the 2022 season, but failed to establish a solid footing. In the end, Kwon Sung-yoon, who left for Daejeon Korail, the K3 league, in 2023, left Seoul in 2024 and built a nest in Busan. In Gwangju, he is expected to play mainly at fullback by filling the gap caused by the departure of Du Hyun-seok, who is joining the army, and Lee Eut-deum, who left the team.
Coach Lee, who chose to stay in Gwangju amid the interest of Jeonbuk, Incheon and overseas clubs in the stove league, is filling the gap left by key players such as Heo Yul Lee Hee-kyun, who is scheduled to transfer, and Park Tae-joon (appointed) Lee Kun-hee and Doo Hyun-suk with a new face. Lee, who finished ninth in the league last season, is ready for a new sensation in 2025. Gwangju will hold its first off-season training in Koh Samui, Thailand for 20 days from the 3rd to the 23rd, and then begin its last quenching in Osaka, Japan from the 26th to the 3rd of next month. Gwangju will leave Shandong Taishan on February 11, ahead of the opening of the K-League, and play Game 7 of the Asian Champions League's elite league stage.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
