'Six Games, Five Goals Explosion' Seoul's Jung Seung-won Nominated for K-League Player of the Month... Competing with Kim Dae-won, Mateus, and Wanderson

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• Fan voting to be held over four days starting on the 6th

K League 1's Jung Seung-won of FC Seoul has been nominated for the K-League Player of the Month award for July.

On the 6th, Jung was named among the candidates for the EA SPORTS Player of the Month for July in the 2026 season, announced by the Korea Professional Football League, alongside Kim Dae-won (Gangwon FC), Mateus (FC Anyang), and Wanderson (Pohang Steelers).

Jung appeared in all six matches last month, scoring an impressive five goals. This is the highest goal tally among the players nominated for the July Player of the Month award.

He scored three consecutive goals from Round 18 against Bucheon FC through Round 20 against Ulsan HD, and during this streak, he also achieved a brace in the Round 19 match against Pohang Steelers.

Notably, Jung's goals were the winning goals in all three victories Seoul secured in July. For these performances, Jung was selected for the Round Best 11 three times and the Round MVP once during July alone.

Of course, the performances of his competitors were no less impressive.

Mateus of Anyang also appeared in all matches in July, recording three goals and two assists. Along with Jung, he had the most attack points (five) among the candidates. In the Round 19 away match against Bucheon FC, he recorded one goal and one assist, leading his team to a comeback victory.

Kim Dae-won also appeared in all matches last month, scoring two goals and providing two assists, and scored a brace in the Round 18 Kim Cheon (SVP) match, earning him both the Round MVP honor and double recognition. He is challenging for this season's second Player of the Month award since April.

Additionally, Pohang's Wanderson recorded two goals and two assists in six matches. In particular, he led a one-man show with two goals and one assist in the Round 16 match against Anyang, standing at the center of his team's victory. He was also named the Round 16 MVP.

The K-League Player of the Month is determined through a two-stage voting process: first, four candidates are selected via the league's TSG Technical Committee's initial vote (60%), followed by a second round combining fan votes (25%) and EA SPORTS FC ON-LINE user votes (15%).

Fan voting will be held for four days from 10 a.m. on the 6th until the 9th. K-League fans can vote once per day, for a total of four times, through the official K-League application 'Kick'. During the same period, FC ON-LINE users may cast one vote per account.

The winner of the K-League Player of the Month for Seon Su-sang (수상) will receive a trophy and benefits such as wearing the Player of the Month patch on their season uniform.

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