“Thanks to the eternal teacher, the late director Yoo Sang-cheol”
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Bo-in = Seol Young-woo (23), a ‘baby tiger’ of Ulsan Hyundai, a professional soccer player, was selected as the most brilliant ‘morning star’ in the K-League 1 of the 2021 season.
Seol Young-woo won the ‘Young Player Award’ at the ‘Hana One Q K League 1 2021 Grand Prize Ceremony’ held at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the 7th.
The Young Player Award is given to a young player with the best performance in the league during a season.
Korean nationals under the age of 23 (those born on or after January 1, 1998) can receive this award up to the third year of their K-League debut, and must participate in at least 50% of the matches in the season.
Seol Young-woo, a defensive resource for Ulsan’s side, made his debut in the K-League last season and played 14 games and failed to score an attack point.
However, this year, he showed remarkable growth and played a pivotal role in Ulsan’s defense, scoring 2 goals and 3 assists in 31 games.
On his birthday on the 5th of this month, he scored the winning goal in the final match against Daegu FC and then helped Se-Hoon Oh add another goal to lead the team to a 2-0 victory.
Seol Young-woo took first place with a combined score of 42.29 points in the K League 1 coach, captain, and media voting of 12 clubs, beating Jeong Sang-bin (26.27, Suwon), Eom Won-sang (17.92, Gwangju), and Ko Young-jun (13.52, Pohang).
Seol Young-woo received the most votes among the candidates with 7 out of 12 votes in the captain’s vote and 51 out of 118 in the media vote, and got 3 out of 12 votes in the director’s vote.
Seol Young-woo, who was on the podium, said, “I would like to thank coach Hong Myung-bo for leading me to this point. I would like to thank the coaches, many club staff, many Ulsan fans who have always supported me silently from behind, and many players including captain (Lee) Cheong-yong hyung. “, he said.
He also expressed his gratitude to his family and the late director Yoo Sang-cheol.
Seol Young-woo said, “I would like to thank my parents and grandmother who supported me hard until I became a soccer player. Lastly, I would like to say thank you to coach Yoo Sang-cheol, who is my most respected senior and eternal teacher, although you will see me from heaven.” Next year, I will definitely repay the fans with a win.”
boin@yna.co.kr
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