There's no other K League team than Ulsan One Club Man → Bokdung center back Jung Seung-hyun returns in a surprise move
Jul 09, 2025
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Jung Seung-hyun, who gave Ulsan four championship cups and two transfer fees, will return to Ulsan HD.
Jung Seung-hyun, who moved to Al Wasl of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) early last year, once again chose his destination as his former team. Ulsan announced Jung Seung-hyun's comeback on the 9th.
Except for the days of Sagan Dos (Japan), Jung Seung-hyun, who has a history of lifting the trophy in all his teams, will wear Ulsan's uniform again.
Jung Seung-hyun expects to be a great help to the team as the only three-time champion (Korea Cup, ACL, and K-League) player of the team at this point, who has given the FA Cup (currently the Korea Cup), the Asian Champions League in the 2020 season, and the K-League 1 trophy to the club from 2022-2023.
Jung Seung-hyun, who grew up at Hyundai High School, Ulsan's youth team, and entered the professional stage in the 2015 season, moved to Sagan Dos of the J-League in the 2017 season. Jung Seung-hyun moved to Kashima Antlers in the 2018 season and returned to Ulsan in the 2020 season after gaining valuable experience of winning the ACL and selecting the World Cup entry that year.
Jung Seung-hyun, who won the ACL Cup in his home team for the first time in a year immediately after returning, joined Gimcheon Sangmu for military service in the 2021 season and has been a captain since his first year, raising Gimcheon to the highest place in K League 2. After being discharged from the military in the 2022 season, he re-wearing Ulsan's uniform and helped the club win the K League 1 for the first time in 17 years. In the 2023 season, he started the season as a captain and left his name as a member of Ulsan's K League 1 solo championship.
Ahead of the start of the 2024 season, he moved to UAE's Al Wasl and showed off his winning DNA by contributing to the club's first league win in 17 years and President's Cup win in his first year. In the next season, he played 25 of his team's 26 league games, showing off his image as a young veteran. Jung Seung-hyun, who proved his prime, once again chose Ulsan as his destination.
Jung Seung-hyun has become a legend from a young man who has played 16 K-League seasons and 100 games in Ulsan. In addition, Jung Seung-hyun, who plays in Ulsan's uniform without fail in the K-League, has established himself as the pride of the club and fans with the so-called "1 Club Man".
Jung Seung-hyun contributed not only to his presence on the ground but also to the team in the transfer market. Jung Seung-hyun, who left a significant transfer fee to the club when he transferred to Sagan Dos in the 2017 season, returned to Ulsan as a free agent (FA) in the 2020 season.
Ahead of the 2024 season, he moved to Al Wasl in the UAE, once again paying a big transfer fee to the team, and advanced to the Middle East stage. And he returned to his old team as a free agent as he did five years ago and declared that he would power the team's rebound in the second half.
Jung Seung-hyun, who made his `third return' to Ulsan with two overseas transfers and one military enlistment, is a transfer he made based on his career and beyond. Everyone must have known that there are no other K-League teams other than Ulsan. Paying back the trust and support of Ulsan fans on and off the ground is the only goal of the rest of his career. "I'm comfortable and happy to be back home."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
