'K-League → European Transformation' Seol Young-woo, No Rest "I'm Still Young, It's Okay"
'K-League → European Transformation' Seol Young-woo, No Rest "I'm Still Young, It's Okay"
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"Time passed by so quickly as I was playing on the big stage without fully adapting to Europe."
Seol Young-woo (25, Zvezda), Hong Myung-bo's 'permanent right fullback', lived through many changes this year.
Last June, he left Ulsan HD, which was managed by former coach Hong Myung-bo, and transferred to the Serbian powerhouse Crvena Zvezda, transforming into a European player.
After that, Coach Hong Myung-bo left Ulsan to take charge of the national soccer team, and Seol Young-woo continued his relationship with Coach Hong by wearing the Taegeuk mark once again.
Seol Young-woo is currently an irreplaceable right fullback for the national team.
Coach Hong has continued to call up Seol Young-woo to the national team since the Group B matches of the 3rd round of Asian qualifying for the 2026 North and Central American World Cup, which began last September.
Seol Young-woo started as a left fullback in the first match 스포츠토토사이트 against Palestine and was replaced by Lee Myung-jae (Ulsan). In the second match against Oman, he started as a right fullback and was replaced by Hwang Moon-ki (Gangwon) in the second half.
Seol Young-woo, who had caught his breath, started as a right fullback in the 3rd to 5th matches against Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait, playing full-time in three consecutive matches to secure Hong Myung-bo's victory.
Seol Young-woo always has a bright expression, but when he looks back on the path he has walked this year, he feels out of breath.
Seol Young-woo completed his former team Ulsan's winter training camp early this year and focused on the K League 1 regular season, but his transfer to Zvezda was decided at the end of June and he immediately moved to Serbia.
Seol Young-woo, who made his debut for Zvezda last August, is working hard to adapt to the Serbian league and is continuing his difficult life by participating in the third round of the World Cup qualifiers under Hong Myung-bo.
Meanwhile, Seol Young-woo scored 1 goal and 1 assist in the Serbian league, and also solidified his position on the team by making his debut on the 'dream stage', the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League (UCL) and recording an assist.
Seol Young-woo played the full 90 minutes as a right fullback in the 5th match of Group B of the 2026 North & Central America World Cup Asian region 3rd qualifying round against Kuwait held at the Jaber Al Ahmed International Stadium in Kuwait City, Kuwait on the 14th (Korean time), contributing to the team's 3-1 victory.
After the game, he met with reporters at the joint press area and said, "Everyone said that we obviously had the upper hand in terms of strength, but in reality, away games are not easy." He continued, "The game went as we wanted, but the mood changed a little when we conceded a goal in the second half. Still, Bae Jun-ho (Stoke City) scored a goal at a good time, so the game ended well."