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| Hana Bank's K League 2025 Awards ceremony was held at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st. Ulsan Lee Dong-kyung, who was selected as the K League 1 MVP, is holding the trophy. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.12.1/ |
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| Hana Bank's K League 2025 Awards ceremony was held at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st. Ulsan Lee Dong-kyung, who was selected as the K League 1 MVP, is expressing his feelings. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.12.1/ |
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The best star of K League 1 was Lee Dong-kyung (Ulsan).
On the 1st, the Hana Bank K League 2025 Awards Ceremony was held at the Swiss Grand Hotel Convention Center in Hongeun-dong, Seoul. The coaches and players of 26 clubs who have shone in the K League for 2025 gathered together.
Lee Dong-kyung won the K League 1 MVP. Lee Dong-kyung won 5 coaches, 8 captains, and 71 media votes, winning a total of 53.69 points, beating Jeonbuk's Park Jin-seop (35.71 points) and Suwon FC's Sabak (10.6 points). For the first time ever, a player from Ulsan won MVP for four consecutive years.
Lee Dong-kyung is from Ulsan Youth and made his professional debut in Ulsan in the 2018 season. He was loaned to Anyang, and returned to Ulsan in the 2019 season. After that, he experienced Schalke and Hanja Rostock in Germany in the 2022 season and returned to Ulsan in the summer of the 2023 season to contribute to the team's victory.
In the middle of the 2024 season, Lee Dong-kyung joined Gimcheon, but after being discharged from the military in October this season, he continued to play in the Ulsan uniform again.
This season, Lee Dong-kyung played in a total of 36 games in Gimcheon and Ulsan, scoring 13 goals and 12 assists. He had his best season since his debut, ranking No. 1 in the K League 1 attack points.
He was a leading offensive resource and finisher in the league, ranking first in major offensive indicators such as 115 shots and 71 key passes, and was selected as a round MVP twice, best 11 times, and MOM 12 times, and was considered the most consistent and influential player throughout the season.
Lee Dong-kyung became the main star of the award ceremony this season, including being listed as the K League 1's best 11 strikers.
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| Hana Bank's K League 2025 Awards ceremony was held at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 1st. Ulsan Lee Dong-kyung, who was selected as the K League 1 MVP, is expressing his feelings. Reporter Jeong Jae-geun cjg@sportschosun.com /2025.12.1/ |
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Lee Dong-kyung said "I'm not good at talking, but I think I can't do it anymore because I'm nervous." Then "I'm grateful to receive a big award. I was happy just to be nominated with Jip-seop and Sabak, but I'm happy to receive a big award. I think of a lot of people to be really grateful for. I would like to thank the director Kim Cheon and the staff. Thank you to all the people involved in Ulsan. I hope my award will heal the wounds of Gimcheon and Ulsan fans, who have given me a lot of support this season and must have suffered a lot. I am grateful to my parents who took care of me hard while playing soccer and my father-in-law and mother-in-law who left my daughter to me who was lacking. I can't express it because I'm blunt, but it was possible because he devoted himself more to me than his work to his wife, who suffered from heartache and tears, and who worked with Ulsan and Europe. I want to convey this to my wife. Lastly, as I started playing soccer, I came here looking at the high place hard, but I will take a short breath with a grateful award and go up to the higher place once again with humility and sincerity. Thank you to all the fans and all the members who loved the K-League this year. I wish you a warm end of the year, thank you."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
