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Role
  
Footballer

Name
  
Seol Ki-hyeon

Spouse
  
Yoon Mi (m. 2002)


1997–2000
  
Kwangwoon University

Weight
  
82 kg

Number
  
Manager (Interim)

Height
  
1.87 m

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Full name
  
Seol Ki-Hyeon or Seol Ki-Hyun

Date of birth
  
(1979-01-08) 8 January 1979 (age 36)

Place of birth
  
Jeongseon, Gangwon, South Korea

Similar People
  
Clint Dempsey, Mark Schwarzer, John Paintsil, Kagisho Dikgacoi, Martin Jol

Playing position
  
Winger / Striker

Current team
  
Sungkyunkwan University

Children
  
In-Woong Seol, Soo-A Seol

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Seol Ki-Hyeon or Seol Ki-Hyun (born January 8, 1979) is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a forward, and who currently is the interim manager of Sungkyunkwan University. He is also the first South Korean footballer to score in the history of the UEFA Champions League, during his time at RSC Anderlecht.

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Early career

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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.

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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

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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.

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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 16 September 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. At the time of his Fulham career, Seol wrote on his blog on the club's official website, where he has "been living in Sutton in Surrey for a few months now with his family. There’s actually a big Korean community nearby". He did not score his first goal for Fulham until 16 August 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 14 January 2009 Seol stated he desired 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 17 January 2010, he completed a move to Pohang Steelers. His first tournament for Pohang Steelers was the 2010 Lunar New Year Cup in Hong Kong. He got 7 goals in K-League and He was top goalscorer of regular league in Pohang.

Ulsan Hyundai

On 16 February 2011, he agreed a one-year contract with K-League side Ulsan Hyundai FC to be a regular in the starting lineup. He fired Ulsan to victory in the 2011 K-League Cup by scoring in the final against Busan I'Park.

Incheon United

On 24 January 2012, Seol joined Incheon United after refusing a contract extension with Ulsan.

Retirement

Seol announced retirement on 2 March 2015 in order to become interim manager of Sungkyunkwan University. A retirement ceremony took place in Korea Republic-Jamaica match on 13 October 2015.

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.

Personal life

He married Yoon Mi in 2002. In-Woong, their son, was born in that same year. In 2005, daughter Soo-A was born.

Media

Seol was sponsored by sportswear company Nike and appeared in Nike commercials. In a global Nike advertising campaign in the run-up to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, he starred in a "Secret Tournament" commercial (branded "Scopion KO") directed by Terry Gilliam, appearing alongside football players such as Thierry Henry, Ronaldo, Edgar Davids, Fabio Cannavaro, Francesco Totti, Ronaldinho, Luís Figo, and Hidetoshi Nakata, with former player Eric Cantona the tournament "referee".

Club

As of 27 August 2015

International goals

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

Honours

Seol was voted by Reading fans as the official Player of the Month for August and September 2006. Seol played in all three of the Royals' Premiership games in August when he helped to create three of the four goals scored.

Club

Anderlecht

  • Jupiler Pro League: 2003–04
  • Al Hilal

  • Crown Prince Cup: 2008–09
  • Ulsan Hyundai

  • K-League Cup: 2011
  • Individual

  • Nominee for Ballon d'Or : 2002
  • References

    Seol Ki-hyeon Wikipedia