[Official] 'Train to Jeju' Kwon Chang-hoon reunited with director Sergio Costa... "A player who has been verified at European and international universities." Expectations

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Kwon Chang-hoon (31) reunited with Jeju SK coach Sergio Costa.

Jeju SK announced on the 3rd that it has recruited midfielder Kwon Chang-hoon (31), a former member of the national team. The club explained, "It is a choice made in the initiative of coach Sergio Costa, who knows Kwon Chang-hoon better than anyone else and highly values his use."

Kwon Chang-hoon, a former member of Suwon Samsung Youth (Matan High School), made his professional debut in the 2013 season wearing the Suwon Samsung uniform. Since then, he has played in 90 games with Suwon Samsung for four seasons until the 2016 season, recording 18 games and seven assists. For the second consecutive time (2015-2016), he was selected as the best 11 midfielders at the Hyundai Oilbank K-League Classic Awards.

He also has a lot of experience on the European stage. Kwon Chang-hoon joined Dijon FCO from Ligue 1 France in January 2017. In particular, he played in 34 games in the 2017/2018 season and scored 11 goals and 3 assists, becoming the fourth player in Korean soccer history to score more than 10 goals in the top five European leagues after Cha Bum-keun, Park Chu-young and Son Heung-min. He also played for Freiburg in the German Bundesliga for two seasons (2019-2020, 2020-2021).

After that, he returned to Suwon Samsung in the 2021 season and served in the military at Gimcheon Sangmu from the 2022 season. After being discharged from the military in June 2023, he returned to Suwon Samsung and moved to Jeonbuk Hyundai ahead of the 2024 season. Kwon Chang-hoon played in 31 games in K League 1 until the 2025 season at Jeonbuk Hyundai, scoring two goals and four assists. He also played as a fullback under Gus Foyet's coach in the 2025 season.

He also has a lot of experience in the national team. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19 Championship Youth Team (2012), FIFA U-20 Men's World Cup Team (2013), 6th EAFF East Asian Cup Men's Soccer Team (2015), Asian Football Confederation U-23 Championship Team (2016), 31st Rio de Janeiro Olympics Men's Soccer Team (2016), 32nd Tokyo Olympics Men's Soccer Team (2021) and 22nd Qatar World Cup Team (2022). He has 12 goals in 43 A matches.

The recruitment was made with the consensus of the club and the coaching staff, including coach Sergio Costa. Kwon Chang-hoon was expected to be the "Bentujo Crown Prince" in the early days of Paulo Bento's appointment as the head coach of the national team, and Sergio Costa was the head coach of the national team who assisted Bento at the time.

Coach Sergio Costa is a person who knows Kwon Chang-hoon's strengths better than anyone else, and is expected to be able to properly express Kwon Chang-hoon's effective utilization value and rich experience on the ground. Head coach Jeong Jo-guk, who closely watched Kwon Chang-hoon as a coach at Jeonbuk Hyundai, also supported Kwon's recruitment.

Kwon Chang-hoon said, "I'm really happy to start a new challenge at Jeju SK. I will show my best every moment for Jeju SK fans. "I'm also looking forward to seeing him again with coach Sergio Costa," he said.

Coach Sergio Costa said, "Kwon Chang-hoon is an outstanding player who has been verified not only in the K-League but also in the European stage and the national team. It will be a great help to Jeju SK, which dreams of taking off in the 2026 season."

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