Hong Hyun-seok, a national soccer team striker who played for Belgium’s professional football Hent, has succeeded in advancing to the European big league by moving to Mainz, the German Bundesliga.
Mainz announced the recruitment of Hong Hyun-seok through the club’s SNS today (29th, Korean time).
The terms of the contract were not disclosed, but according to European media, the transfer fee is 6 million euros (about 8.9 billion won) and the contract period is four years.
As a result, Hong Hyun-seok will share the same rice with Lee Jae-sung, a ‘national team senior’ who plays the main role in Mainz.
Hong Hyun-seok, a native of Hyundai High School in Ulsan, joined Ulsan Hyundai (now Ulsan HD) in 2018 and immediately was loaned to Unter Haing in the German third division to challenge the European stage.
Hong Hyun-suk, 메이저놀이터 who was re – loaned to the Austrian second division f.c.unios in July 2019, moved to the Austrian first division lask in August 2020 and changed to the Belgian hent jersey in August 2022.
Hong Hyun-suk has been a key offensive resource for the team, scoring 16 goals and 17 assists in 97 official games while playing for Hent for two seasons.
In last year’s Hangzhou Asian Games, he also scored three goals in all games to contribute to Hwang Sun-hong’s victory and participated in 12 A matches starting with a warm-up match against Peru in June last year.