Gangwon FC Yang Min-hyuk won the K League 1 Best Eleven and the Young Player Award, but he was calm.
The Korea Professional Football Federation held the “Hana Bank K League 2024 Awards Ceremony” at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Hongeun-dong, Seoul on the 29th.
Ahead of the “Hana Bank K League 2024 Awards Ceremony,” the federation held a K-League Individual Award Selection Committee (hereinafter referred to as the “Committee”) on the 18th to select three times the candidates for this season’s K-League 1 and 2 Best Coach Awards, MVP Awards, Young Player Awards and Best Eleven categories. The committee is composed of experts who have watched many games at the K-League site this season, including members of the Federation’s Technical Committee (TSG), reporters and commentators.
Based on the list of candidates submitted by each club, the committee completed the selection of candidates in consideration of season records and performance awards. Starting from the 20th, the final winners were selected by voting for each club manager (30%), captain (30%), and media (40%).
The nominee must meet the criteria to be nominated for the Young Player Award, which selects the best prospect. The nominee must be a Korean player under the age of 23, and the nominee cannot win the honor three seasons after his first debut. He must also play at least ½ of games during this season.
Three players were nominated for the K League 1 Young Player Award. They were Gangwon FC midfielder Yang Min-hyuk, Pohang Steelers midfielder Hong Yoon-sang and Daegu FC defender Hwang Jae-won.
The winner was Yang. He received 11 votes for the director, 10 for the captain, and 115 votes for the media, scoring 92.16 points in terms of conversion. The gap was huge with the other candidates.
At a press conference after the ceremony, Yang Min-hyuk said, “I’m honored and happy to receive two big awards. I want to say thank you to everyone who helped me get the award.”
Yang was named MVP, Young Player of the Year, and Best Eleven nominees at the ceremony. He revealed his desire to win the MVP award ahead of the ceremony, but it was up to Ulsan HD Cho Hyun-woo.
“The Young Player Award is all the more pleasing because it was awarded for performing well for my age, apart from the MVP award. Of course, all of the MVP candidates were very competitive, so I was confident that anyone would congratulate them. I think I won because (Joe) Hyun-woo hyung did a good job. I want to congratulate him,” he said.
Yang has scored 12 goals and six assists in 38 matches this season. He displayed impressive attack points, but his participation in all 38 matches was also impressive. He cannot set a record for participation in all matches unless he manages himself thoroughly. “Personally, 온라인카지노 I want to give more meaning to my participation in 38 matches. I was able to score attack points because I was able to play in all matches. The number of matches is more meaningful.”
Yang Min-hyuk won the Young Player Award by adding Best Eleven to the two gold medals, but he didn’t look very excited. “I want to be serious rather than smiling too much all the time. I think I looked like that because I’m shy and have a timid personality,” he said.
Yang Min-hyuk is about to join Tottenham Hotspur. During this season, Tottenham recognized Yang Min-hyuk’s talent early and signed a six-year contract last July. He will move to England in mid-December to adapt.
Tottenham’s Premier League is also famous for its roughness in Europe. If they don’t actively bump into each other first, they might have difficulties. But Yang didn’t worry. He added, “I keep thinking about that. I think I can change and do it when I go abroad.”