Hong Yun-sang

Hong Yun-sang
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-03-19) 19 March 2002
Place of birth Jeju City, South Korea[1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Pohang Steelers
Number 37
Youth career
–2021 Pohang Steelers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 VfL Wolfsburg 0 (0)
2021–2022SKN St. Pölten (loan) 15 (3)
2022 → SKN St. Pölten II (loan) 2 (1)
2022–20231. FC Nürnberg II (loan) 26 (7)
2023– Pohang Steelers 63 (11)
International career
2017–2019 South Korea U17 11 (4)
2023– South Korea U23 10 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 August 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 April 2024

Hong Yun-sang (Korean: 홍윤상; born 19 March 2002) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a winger for South Korean club Pohang Steelers.

Career

Before the second half of 2020–21, Hong signed for German Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg from the youth academy of Pohang Steelers in South Korea.[2] In 2021, he was sent on loan to Austrian club SKN St. Pölten.[3] On 30 July 2021, he debuted for St. Pölten during a 1–2 loss to FC Liefering.[1]

On 24 June 2022, Hong moved to 1. FC Nürnberg II on a two-year loan.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Hong Yun-Sang at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  2. ^ "VfL sign South Korean talent". vfl-wolfsburg.de. 29 January 2021. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021. Yunsang Hong
  3. ^ "Ein Trio für den SKN St. Pölten" [A trio for SKN St. Pölten]. vfl-wolfsburg.de (in German). 9 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021. Yun-sang Hong
  4. ^ "Hong kommt: Neuer Angreifer für die U23" [Hong arrives: New attacker for the U23] (in German). 1. FC Nürnberg. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022. Yunsang Hong