Oh Hyun-kyu failed to score in 2 consecutive games after returning to Genk...Team that blew 44 billion won, players also have a mental breakdown

Sep 20, 2025

Oh Hyun-kyu failed to score in 2 consecutive games after returning to Genk...Team that blew 44 billion won, players also have a mental breakdown
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Oh Hyun-kyu failed to score in 2 consecutive games after returning to Genk...Team that blew 44 billion won, players also have a mental breakdown
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Oh Hyun-kyu (24, Genk), who failed to advance to the big league, has been silent for two consecutive games since returning to his team. The league's scoreless streak has increased to five games.

Oh Hyun-kyu started as a front-line striker in the seventh round home game of the Belgian Professional League in the 2025-2026 season against Charlua at Chegeka Arena in Genk, Belgium on the 18th (Korea time) and withdrew to the bench in the 17th minute of the second half without scoring.

Genk lost 0-1 in the 16th minute when he dedicated the winning goal to Orelian Scheidler.




Oh Hyun-kyu, whose transfer to Stuttgart, Germany, was suddenly canceled at the end of the summer transfer market due to his opponent's change of mind, seemed to have recovered his "mental" by scoring a goal in the September A-match friendly match against Mexico (2-2 draw) held in the U.S. away, but returned to his team and fell silent for two consecutive games.

Oh Hyun-kyu failed to score in 2 consecutive games after returning to Genk...Team that blew 44 billion won, players also have a mental breakdown
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Oh Hyun-kyu failed to score in 2 consecutive games after returning to Genk...Team that blew 44 billion won, players also have a mental breakdown
Oh Hyun-kyu season rating. Source = Sofa Score
He started in the away game at Anderlecht on the 15th and played full time for 90 minutes, but failed to score. Oh Hyun-kyu's four shooting attempts in the last two games were all in vain. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

Junya Ito's cross was connected with a header shot in the 34th minute of the first half when he was dragged 0-1 against Charlua, but it was not properly impactful and was easily blocked by the opponent's goalkeeper.




Coach Torsten Pink Genk replaced offensive resources such as Oh Hyun-kyu and Ito one after another to chase in the 17th minute of the second half.

Oh Hyun-kyu, who opened the league's opener against Club Brugge in July, has been silent in five league games since then. The scores of the five matches (Sofascore) were only 6.1, 6.7, 6.0, 6.3, and 6.3, respectively.

Oh Hyun-kyu, who moved from Celtic to Genk in the summer of 2024, played 38 games and 713 minutes in the Belgian league in the 2024-2025 season, scoring nine goals. He was considered the league's best 'special joker' with one goal every 79.2 minutes.




He has played in six games and 455 minutes this season, scoring only one goal.

Oh Hyun-kyu failed to score in 2 consecutive games after returning to Genk...Team that blew 44 billion won, players also have a mental breakdown
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In Oh Hyun-kyu's continued silence, Genk is also shaking. Genk, who has only one point in the last two games, has fallen to 11th place with two wins, two draws, three losses and eight points in seven games. It is one point behind Jalter Barreham (7 points), who is ranked 13th in the relegation zone. Genk previously failed to earn up to 27 million euros (about 44.3 billion won) in transfer profits from Oh Hyun-kyu. Stuttgart, who conducted Oh Hyun-kyu's medical test, wanted a 'transfer fee discount' by falling over his past knee injury history, and turned on the transfer when Genk refused.

Vacant ball with only nine goals in seven games is a problem, and Tolu Arokodare, the team's leading striker, has moved to Hwang Hee-chan's team, Wolverhampton, through the summer transfer market.

Oh Hyun-kyu's performance, who established his position as the main player after moving to Arokodare, is important. Oh Hyun-kyu will try again for his second goal in the league against Winion Saint-Jillouaz.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.