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The International Sports Research Institute (CIES) under the International Football Federation (FIFA) unveiled its first K-League player market value ranking this year. While Jeonbuk Hyundai midfielder Kang Sang-yoon (22) has firmly maintained his No. 1 position, players from the K League 1 promotion team, including Park Seung-ho (23, Incheon United), have also been newly ranked.
CIES unveiled the top 12 market values of K-League players on its official website on the 7th (Korea Standard Time). CIES periodically estimates the market value of players according to their own standards, such as their performance, team performance, age, and contract period.
The No. 1 K-League market value was Kang Sang-yoon, who was selected as the best 11 midfielder in the K-League last year. CIES has currently set the market value of Kang Sang-yoon at up to 3.5 million euros (about 6 billion won). Last year, he remained at the top of the K-League market value.
Kang Sang-yoon, who debuted in Jeonbuk in 2022, played in 34 games and recorded four assists last year as a key midfielder in Jeonbuk under Gus Foye's coach after being loaned to Busan I'Park and Suwon FC. Depending on the style of play, modifiers such as the second Park Ji-sung and Lee Jae-sung were added, and coach Foye praised him as "a talented player to play in Europe someday."
It was followed by Lee Ho-jae (26, Pohang Steelers) and Shin Min-ha (21, Gangwon FC). Lee Ho-jae's market value was set at up to 3.3 million euros (about 5.6 billion won), and Shin Min-ha's value was set at 3 million euros (about 5.1 billion won), respectively. Along with Kang Sang-yoon, they competed in the top three K-League market values last year. Shin Min-ha once overtook Kang Sang-yoon to rank No. 1, while Lee Ho-jae also overtook Shin Min-ha to rank No. 2.
Kim Bong-soo (26, Daejeon Hana Citizen) followed with up to 1.6 million euros (about 2.8 billion won), and the signature hall (24, Ulsan HD) with 1.5 million euros (about 2.6 billion won). Park Seung-ho, who received the K League 2 Young Player Award with nine goals and one assist in the K League 2 last year, is in sixth place. The market value is up to 1.3 million euros (about 2.3 billion won). Jung Ji-hoon (22, Gwangju FC) also ranked seventh with 1.1 million euros (about 1.9 billion won), and both Park Seung-ho and Jung Ji-hoon ranked in the top 10 in the K-League market value for the first time.
Hong Yoon-sang (24, managing director Kim Chun) ranked 8th with 990,000 euros (about 1.7 billion won), while Cho Young-wook (27), who recently renewed his contract with FC Seoul, and Kim Ryun-sung (24) of Jeju SK ranked 9th to 10th with 720,000 euros (about 1.3 billion won) and 660,000 euros (about 1.2 billion won), respectively.
Key midfielder Park Hyun-bin (23, Suwon Samsung), who led Bucheon FC's promotion to the K League 1, ranked 11th for the first time with 540,000 euros (about 1 billion won). However, as the transfer to Suwon Samsung in the K League 2 was official on the 7th, it is expected to be excluded from the CIES ranking in the future. The last 12th place was Chae Hyun-woo (22, FC Anyang), with a market value of up to 510,000 euros (about 900 million won).
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