Hwang Jae-won

Hwang Jae-won (; born 16 August 2002) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a right-back for Daegu FC and the South Korea national team.

Youth career As a youth, Hwang played for Suwon FC's youth academy before transferring to . After graduating from high school, he entered Hongik University where he played under Park Chang-hyun.

Club career

Daegu FC On 5 January 2022, Hwang was signed to K League 1 side Daegu FC and made his professional career debut at the opening match of the 2022 season. In an away match against Pohang Steelers on 5 May, he scored his first goal after receiving an assist from his own goalkeeper. During the 2022 season, he had one goal and five assists in 43 appearances.

In May 2023, Hwang won the K League Young Player of the Month award for the second time.

Hwang spent the 2024 season with Park Chang-hyun, the new manager of Daegu and his college manager. On 24 August, he scored the winning goal in a 2–1 away win over Pohang Steelers. In an interview, he described this goal as the first proper goal in his career at Daegu.

International career In September 2022, Hwang started to be called up to the South Korea under-23 team. In July 2023, he was named to the final roster of the under-23 team for the 2022 Asian Games. In the 2–1 final win over Japan, he provided an assist for Jeong Woo-yeong's header goal and was involved in a build-up play followed by Cho Young-wook's winning goal. On 6 June, he made his senior international debut as a starting right-back in a 7–0 win over Singapore.

Career statistics

Honours South Korea U23 Asian Games: 2022 WAFF U-23 Championship: 2024

Individual K League Young Player of the Month: May 2022, May 2023, August 2024 Korean FA Young Player of the Year: 2023