“Grow with uS, GS” GS Sports professional soccer team FC Seoul (FC Seoul) has confirmed the rental recruitment of national striker Hwang Eui-jo (31).
This transfer is the result of the club and players’ wills coming together for the development of Korean football. Like the precedent with Hwang In-beom, who was evaluated as his beautiful companion, FC Seoul decided to recruit Hwang Eui-jo as well, judging that it would be able to create a positive synergistic effect for both the club and the players. Above all, it is expected that the joining of Hwang Eui-jo will once again catch the eyes and ears of the people and take FC Seoul and the K-League to the next level. Hwang Eui-jo is also determined to take joining FC Seoul as an opportunity to take a second leap in his soccer life and pour out everything on the K-League stage, which is his root.
Hwang Eui-jo, who joined Seongnam in the 2013 season after attending Poongsaeng High School and Yonsei University, has played in 140 K-League games until the 2017 season, recording 35 points and 8 assists, growing into a leading striker in Korea. In particular, at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, which was selected as a wild card and raised expectations, he recorded 9 goals in 7 matches and became the top scorer, leading Korea to win the gold medal and proving his worth.
Hwang Ui-jo, who joined Girondins de Bordeaux in the summer of 2019 and succeeded in advancing to the European stage, scored 29 goals in Ligue 1, including 6 goals in the 19/20 season, 12 goals in the 20/21 season, and 11 goals in the 21/22 season. He played an active role as the team’s flagship striker. In 2022, after moving the team to Nottingham Forest in the English Premier League, he immediately moved to Greek Olympiacos on loan and continued his playing career.
Meanwhile, FC Seoul will conduct the 2nd winter training in Kagoshima, Japan from the 6th, and Hwang Eui-jo will also join them. 스포츠토토