Players · Best young South Korean footballers
Nationality · South KoreaBest young South Korean footballers
The ScoutChefAI radar has 17 young South Korean players with at least 90 minutes in the last 12 months, dual nationals included. All of them play abroad. They play in 12 leagues, led by J1 League (3 players), Belgian Pro League (2) and Challenger Pro League (2). Ranked by ScoutChefAI score, the leaders are Club Brugge KV's Han-beom Lee (76), Austria Vienna's Tae-seok Lee (70) and FC Arouca's Hyun-ju Lee (69).
76
Han-beom Lee
Age 24 · Centre-Back · Club Brugge KV 
Value up 7x in 12 months
34apps
2542mins
26starts
€7Mvalue
70
Tae-seok Lee
Age 24 · Left-Back · Austria Vienna 
Started 32 of 33 games
33apps
2803mins
32starts
€2Mvalue
69
Hyun-ju Lee
Age 23 · Attacking Midfielder · FC Arouca 
2 goals, 1 assist in his last 5 games
29apps
1909mins
7+2G+A
€2.5Mvalue
66
Myung-jun Kim
Age 20 · Striker · Jong Genk
4 goals, 1 assist in his last 5 games
20apps
1291mins
5+3G+A
€400Kvalue
65
Jin-ho Jo
Age 23 · Defensive Midfielder · Batman Petrolspor 
Value up more than 2x in 12 months
32apps
2115mins
1+5G+A
€1.2Mvalue
SP
64
Si-hoo Park
Age 19 · Left Winger · FC Arouca
Value up 8x in 12 months
14apps
795mins
3+1G+A
€400Kvalue
62
Hyun-woo Kim
Age 24 · Striker · Tokyo Verdy 
3 goals in his last 5 games
24apps
1263mins
6+2G+A
€250Kvalue
59
Do-young Yoon
Age 19 · Right Winger · 1.FC Magdeburg 
Started 15 of 18 games
18apps
1185mins
1+5G+A
€700Kvalue
YK
59
Ye-geon Kim
Age 18 · Attacking Midfielder · Red Star Belgrade 
Senior debut at 17
23apps
806mins
4+0G+A
€500Kvalue
SY
58
Sung-jun Yoon
Age 19 · Defensive Midfielder · Kyoto Sanga
Value up 8x in 12 months
26apps
2024mins
0+1G+A
€400Kvalue
SB
53
Seung-gyun Bae
Age 19 · Central Midfielder · FC Dordrecht 
Value doubled in 12 months
21apps
1362mins
1+1G+A
€300Kvalue
45
Min-hyeok Yang
Age 20 · Right Winger · KVC Westerlo
Senior debut at 17
20apps
802mins
3+1G+A
€3Mvalue
SJ
44
Sang-bin Jeong
Age 24 · Striker · St. Louis CITY SC 
Started 21 of 26 games
26apps
1472mins
4+1G+A
€1.5Mvalue
YL
40
Young-jun Lee
Age 23 · Striker · Grasshopper Club Zurich 
A goal or assist every 122 minutes
19apps
730mins
5+1G+A
€400Kvalue
TP
30
Tae-rang Park
Age 24 · Centre-Back · Zemplin Michalovce 
Value up 50% in 12 months
12apps
822mins
9starts
€150Kvalue
SH
28
Seok-ju Hong
Age 23 · Striker · Patro Eisden Maasmechelen
Value up more than 2x in 12 months
7apps
375mins
1+0G+A
€250Kvalue
RK
17
Reijin Ko
Age 23 · Striker · V-Varen Nagasaki
23-year-old J1 League player
5apps
136mins
1+0G+A
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