Stats by Nakayama#9

Name: Seol Ki-Hyeon or Seol Ki-Hyun



Country: South Korea
Club: Royal Antwerp
Position: *WF, CF, SMF
Number: *9 , 19
Side: RF/BS
Age: 21-22 years (08/01/1979)

Height: 184
Weight: 75

Attack: 80
Defence: 50
Balance: 84
Stamina: 89
Top Speed: 87
Acceleration: 84
Response: 79
Agility: 81
Dribble Accuracy: 82
Dribble Speed: 85
Short Pass Accuracy: 74
Short Pass Speed: 72
Long Pass Accuracy: 77
Long Pass Speed: 79
Shot Accuracy: 79
Shot Power: 84
Shot Technique: 82
Free Kick Accuracy: 71
Curling: 73
Header: 77
Jump: 82
Technique: 80
Aggression: 84
Mentality: 83
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 81

Injury Tolerance: B
Condition: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 6
Weak Foot frequency: 5
Growth type: Early/Peak

CARDS:

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SPECIAL ABILITIES: Side

Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Attack Minded


INFO:


Seol Ki-Hyeon is the first South Korean footballer to score in the history of the UEFA Champions League, during his time at RSC Anderlecht.

Early career

At the end of his time as a college player in Korea, the young striker was advised to join the J League in Japan, but chose instead to try and establish his career in Europe.
After one successful season with Royal Antwerp (2000–01), he moved to Anderlecht. He played in the UEFA Champions League, and in the Belgian Super Cup, he scored a hat-trick in the space of 12 minutes.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

In 2004, Seol moved to England, joining Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers. He made over 30 appearances by the end of the 2004–05 season, scoring a few goals too. The Wolverhampton coach at the time, Glenn Hoddle, preferred Seol as one of his first-choice strikers, using him in a wide, supporting role to the main strikers.
Disappointed with the failure of Wolves to win promotion from The Championship, Seol sought a move to the Premier League following the 2006 FIFA World Cup, despite having two years of his contract left. He was reported as saying "At this stage, I'm frustrated not to be in the Premiership. I think there will be some good news after the World Cup."

Reading

Seol eventually joined newly promoted Premier League club Reading on 12 July 2006 for a fee of £1 million (rising to £1.5 million based on certain criteria).
He scored his first Premiership goal as Reading won 2–1 at Sheffield United on September 16, 2006. He scored his second goal for Reading against West Ham United, proving to be only goal of the match. His third goal for Reading, his first at home, came on 18 November 2006 in the 2–0 win against Charlton Athletic. He scored his fourth goal against Blackburn, the last game of the season.

Fulham

Seol left Reading for Fulham on 31 August 2007 for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract, with Liam Rosenior going the other way. Reading boss Steve Coppell admitted that strained relations between him and Seol led to the move. He did not score his first goal for Fulham until August 16, 2008 against Hull City, despite Fulham eventually losing 2-1. Seol signed an initial 6 month loan move to Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia with a view to a permanent move on the 14th January 2009 Seol stated he desires to stay at Fulham to win his place in the squad, and he went on to score his second goal for the club against FK Vetra in the Europa League. In January 2010, to increase first-team football playing time and to improve his chance to be included in the Korean last-23 in 2010 FIFA World Cup, Seol engaged in loan talks with the Hong Kong First Division Club South China but no deal was agreed. It was announced on 15 January that Seol Ki-Hyeon's contract with Fulham had been cancelled by mutual consent.

Pohang Steelers

On January 17, 2010, He completed a move to Pohang Steelers. His first tournament for Pohang Steelers was the 2010 Lunar New Year Cup in Hong Kong.

Ulsan Hyundai

On 16 February 2011, he has agreed a one-year contract with K-League side Ulsan Hyundai FC to be a regular in the starting lineup.

International career

Seol plays for South Korea internationally. He played in his first World Cup in front of his home crowd, South Korea being co-hosts with Japan for the 2002 finals. Seol was a key member of the South Korea squad during the tournament, memorably scoring the equalising goal against Italy in the knock-out stages.