The winner will be decided. Attention is focusing more on the percentage of votes earned. Yang Min-hyuk (18, Kangwon FC), who has written various new history in the K-League, is aiming to win the K-League Young Player Award, the highest score ever.
Yang Min-hyuk, who had a sensational debut season, was nominated for the Most Valuable Player Award (MVP), the Young Player Award, and the Best 11 Right Side Midfielder at the Hana Bank K League 2024 Awards held at the Grand Hotel in Switzerland on the 29th. If the MVP is trying to challenge Cho Hyun-woo (Ulsan HD), the “winning goalkeeper,” the Young Player Award and the Best 11 are definitely Yang Min-hyuk’s awards.
The Young Player Award draws particular attention. Yang Min-hyuk will compete with Hong Yoon-sang (Pohang Steelers) and Hwang Jae-won (Daegu FC). The Young Player Award can be nominated within three seasons after debuting in the K-League among Korean players under the age of 23, and among players who have played more than half of the K-League’s individual award through the K-League’s individual candidate selection committee.
Hong Yoon-sang, who scored six goals and two assists in 33 matches (27 starts) in his second year since debut, and Hwang Jae-won, who scored two goals and two assists in 31 matches (30 starts) in his third year since debut, were all eligible to receive the Young Player Award. However, Yang Min-hyuk’s presence in this season overwhelmed them. He played in all matches (38 starts and 37 starts), scoring 12 goals and six assists. He tied for fifth in both scoring and attacking points. He also played a key role as the runner-up player of his team, Gangwon.
As a high school student in 2006, he became the youngest person to break various K-League records throughout the season. From April to July, he won the K-League 1 Young Player of the Month award five times, including the award for four consecutive months. He even became the youngest person to win the K-League 1 Young Player of the Month award in July. He became the youngest person to break the double-digit score record and become the MVP candidate of this season. For this reason, Yang Min-hyuk’s Young Player award is a definite reason.
Thanks to its overwhelming presence, attention is focusing more on whether the Young Player Award will be awarded with the highest score ever, rather than whether it will be awarded or not. Voting for the Young Player Award will be decided by reflecting votes from media (40 percent) to coaches (30 percent) of 12 teams in the K League 1 and captains (30 percent) of each team. However, according to the rules of the award ceremony, Gangwon coach Yoon Jung-hwan and captain Yoon Seok-young, who have the right to vote, cannot vote for Yang Min-hyuk, who is on the same team.
According to the Korea Professional Football Association, Yang Hyun-joon (Celtic, then Gangwon) scored 86.55 points in 2022 since 2018 when voting for the K League 1 Young Player Award began to reflect votes for coaches and captains. Yang received votes from nine out of 11 coaches excluding Kang, and received all votes from 11 captains of other teams. Among 116 votes cast by media, 106 (91.3 percent) also focused on Yang. The converted score reached 86.55 points. 카지노사이트
Song Min-gyu (Jeonbuk Hyundai, then Pohang Steelers) received the Young Player Award with 74.50 points in conversion in 2020, Han Seung-gyu (then Ulsan HD) with 56.39 points in 2018, Kim Ji-hyun (Ulsan, then Gangwon) with 55.59 points in 2019, Seol Young-woo (Trvena Zvezda, then Ulsan) with 42.29 points in 2021, and Jung Ho-yeon (Gwangju FC) with 34.96 points last year. If Yang Min-hyuk receives the Young Player Award with the highest score ever, he will write another new history and head to Tottenham, England.