Hong Hyun-seok

Hong Hyun-seok (홍현석; born 16 June 1999) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Jupiler Pro League club Gent and the South Korea national team.

Club career
In January 2018, Hong moved from the youth team of Ulsan Hyundai to SpVgg Unterhaching. He made his professional debut for Unterhaching in the 3. Liga on 27 February 2019, coming on as a substitute for Lucas Hufnagel in the 84th minute against VfR Aalen.

After a loan spell at Juniors OÖ, Hong played one season in the Austrian Bundesliga for LASK before moving to Gent in the Belgian Pro League in August 2022 in the aftermath of an ACL injury suffered by Buffalos striker Tarik Tissoudali, becoming the first Korean to play for the club.

On moving to Belgium, Hong was brought into the Gent first team immediately, scoring a spectacular overhead kick goal 28 minutes into his debut away to Oostende on 12 August 2022, which Gent won 3–1.

International career
Hong was included in South Korea's under-15 squad for the boys' football tournament at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. He started in all four matches earning a silver medal as runners-up.

Honours
South Korea U17
 * Summer Youth Olympics silver medal: 2014

South Korea U23
 * Asian Games: 2022