Suk Hyun-jun

Suk Hyun-Jun (Korean: 석현준; Hanja: 石現俊; RR: Seok Hyeon-jun; Korean pronunciation: [sʌ.kʰjʌn.dʑun] or [sʌ.k̚] [hjʌn.dʑun]; born 29 June 1991) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Troyes and the South Korea national team.

In this Korean name, the family name is Suk.
Suk Hyun-Jun
석현준
Suk Hyun-Jun with Groningen in July 2011
Personal information
Full name Suk Hyun-Jun
Date of birth (1991-06-29) 29 June 1991
Place of birth Chungju, South Korea
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Troyes
Number 9
Youth career
2007–2009 Shin-gal High School
2009–2010 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Ajax 3 (0)
2011–2012 Groningen 27 (5)
2013 Marítimo 14 (4)
2013–2014 Al-Ahli 14 (2)
2014–2015 Nacional 13 (2)
2015–2016 Vitória Setúbal 33 (13)
2016–2018 Porto 9 (1)
2016–2017 → Trabzonspor (loan) 10 (0)
2017 → Debrecen (loan) 13 (1)
2017–2018 → Troyes (loan) 26 (6)
2018 Troyes 1 (0)
2018–2020 Reims 35 (4)
2020– Troyes 2 (1)
National team‡
2006 South Korea U17 0 (0)
2009–2011 South Korea U20 5 (1)
2011 South Korea U23 1 (0)
2016 South Korea U23 (WC) 5 (3)
2010– South Korea 15 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:12, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:19, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

Club career

In the Netherlands

After initially trialling with Eredivisie side AFC Ajax, he signed 1.5-year contract with the Dutch club in October 2010. The contract effective from 1 January 2010 also included the option for Ajax to extend by another year.[2][3] He made his debut in the first team in February as a substitute in a 4–0 home win against Roda JC.[4]

He scored his first Ajax goal in a 2010–11 pre-season friendly win against Chelsea on 23 July 2010.[5] He did not play in any official first-team matches during the 2010–11 season and his contract at Ajax was not renewed.

On 27 June 2011, Suk signed a two-year contract with FC Groningen, Groningen also had an option for another two years.[6]

In Portugal and Saudi Arabia

In January 2013, Suk signed with C.S. Marítimo, and netted his first goal in his third match, a 1–0 win against Sporting.[7]

On 11 July 2013, he signed with Al-Ahli.

On 30 June 2014, he signed a four-year contract with C.D. Nacional.

On 12 January 2015, Suk was signed by another Portuguese side, Vitória de Setúbal. On 2 January 2016 he scored an unstoppable free-kick only four minutes into a match against Braga.[8][9]

Porto and loans

On 15 January 2016, Suk moved to FC Porto.[10]

On 11 August 2016, Suk moved to Trabzonspor on a one-year loan with an option to sign permanently. According to Trabzonspor's stock market report the fee paid to Porto by Trabzonspor was €750,000 and Suk was going to make more than €1 million a year.[11][12] On 31 January 2017, after half a season at Trabzonspor and not finding much success, Suk's loan was cut short.[13] The same day, a move to Bastia broke down although a loan agreement with Porto had been signed. The reason given by Bastia was that administrative documents had not been transferred in time.[13][14]

On 14 February 2017, Suk joined Hungarian side Debrecen on loan for the rest of the season.[15]

On 30 August 2017, he was again sent on loan, joining Ligue 1 club Troyes AC for 2017–18 season.[16] Suk started the season strong with three consecutive league goals but suffered an ankle injury that saw him sidelined for over a month. He eventually finished the season with 6 goals in 26 appearances.

In June 2018, after being relegated to Ligue 2, Troyes signed Suk permanently. He played the first league match of the season.[17]

In August 2018, Suk moved to Stade de Reims, who had been promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season.[17] Reims paid Troyes a transfer fee of €2.75 million plus €4 million in potential bonuses.[18]

International career

In 2006, he was called up for the Korean Republic U-17 team. He also took part in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.[19]

Suk made his senior national team debut on 7 September 2010 against Iran.

Suk played in the 2016 Summer Olympics as a wild card player.

Personal life

Suk is a devout Christian.[20] Some people have mistakenly thought that Suk was Muslim due to his goal celebration resembling the Salat. However Suk himself said this was not true and that his celebration was modeled after Kaká's.[21] Suk's tendency to visibly pray in matches has occasionally been criticized by Korean pundits and fans.[22]

Suk also has two visible sleeve tattoos on his arms.[23]

During his time at Porto, Suk became good friends with Spanish goalkeeping legend Iker Casillas.[24]

On 13 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was confirmed that Suk had tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Italy.[25]

Career statistics

Club
As of 8 February 2020[26][27][28]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Super Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ajax 2009–10 Eredivisie 3000—20—50
2010–11 Eredivisie 0000—001010
Total 30000020106
Groningen 2011–12 Eredivisie 20500———205
2012–13 Eredivisie 7010———80
Total 275100000005
Marítimo 2012–13 Primeira Liga 1440000——144
Al Ahli 2013–14 Professional League 142102010—182
Nacional 2014–15 Primeira Liga 132331020—195
Vitória Setúbal 2014–15 Primeira Liga 1740041——215
2015–16 Primeira Liga 1693210——2011
Total 3313325100004116
Porto 2015–16 Primeira Liga 91112020—142
Trabzonspor (loan) 2016–17 Süper Lig 10071———171
Debrecen (loan) 2016–17 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 13100—00—131
Troyes (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 1 2660010——276
Troyes 2018–19 Ligue 2 100000——10
Reims 2018–19 Ligue 1 2230010——233
2019–20 Ligue 1 1310030——161
Total 35400400000394
Troyes 2019–20 Ligue 2 210000——21
Career total 20039167151701023947

International goals
Score and Result lists South Korea's goal tally first[29]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.3 September 2015Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong Laos4–08–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.17 November 2015New Laos National Stadium, Vientiane Laos4–05–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.27 March 2016Suphachalasai Stadium, Bangkok Thailand1–01–0Friendly
45 June 2016Eden Arena, Prague Czech Republic2–02–1Friendly
520 November 2018Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre, Brisbane Uzbekistan4–04–0Friendly

Honours

Club

Ajax

Individual

References
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