K-League players with Puma, MVP Lee Dong-kyung, and other achievements. Proving Performance Partner Role in Korean Football Field
Dec 02, 2025
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The K-League Awards is an award ceremony to select the best players on the ground during the year. As it is determined through the press corps, the coaches of each club, and the captain's vote, it has high public confidence and objectivity, making it an authoritative evaluation standard that determines the best players in the league.
Since the list of candidates for the individual award was released last month, fierce competition has been expected to determine the superiority and inferiority, and Puma's sponsored players have drawn great attention by listing a number of key categories.
In particular, in the MVP category, which is given to only one of the best performers this season, Lee Dong-kyung (Ulsan) and Park Jin-seop (Jeonbuk), who are sponsored by Puma, were two of the three finalists, showing a combination of their outstanding skills throughout the season and Puma's performance-oriented support philosophy. Both Lee Dong-kyung (Ulsan) and Park Jin-seop (Jeonbuk) wore KING, Puma's representative heritage soccer shoes this season.
The MVP awarded to only one player on the day went to Lee Dong-kyung (Ulsan). Lee Dong-kyung has created the most offensive points in K League 1 with 13 goals and 12 assists this season, and was considered a strong MVP winner early on, ranking first in detailed attack indicators such as total shots (121), key passes (74), successful passes (77) in the penalty area, and the number of crosses (238) that entered the penalty area.
Park Jin-seop (Jeonbuk), who ranked second in the MVP vote, also showed outstanding performance. During Park Jin-seop's season, he was evaluated as the main player who usually gave the team its 10th championship cup, scoring 3 goals and 2 assists in 35 games between center back and defensive midfielders. In particular, he was evaluated as having excellent leadership that could demonstrate his potential as a team as a team captain.
Puma-sponsored players were also outstanding in the best 11. A number of Puma players have been listed on the list of the best 11 candidates, who are considered the best players by position. Three of the 12 defensive (DF) candidates (Kim Jin-soo, Byun Jun-su, and Kim Tae-hyun) were nominated, while midfielders (MF) Kim Bong-soo and Park Jin-seop were nominated. In addition, Lee Dong-kyung and Joo Min-kyu were candidates for the FW, showing that Puma's soccer performance skills and support are linked to actual performance on the K-League stage this season. Among them, Lee Dong-kyung (Ulsan) and Park Jin-seop (Jeonbuk) were honored as Best Eleven.
Chae Hyun-woo (Anyang) was named one of the three candidates for the Young Player Award and was recognized for his ability as a talent to lead the future of the K-League. Chae Hyun-woo, who made his professional debut last season, proved his multi-ability to cover both the side and the center with three goals in 26 games.
Puma plans to continue its move as a brand that contributes to strengthening the K-League's competitiveness as well as supporting players' better performances through real collaboration created by players, soccer culture and brands. In addition, we plan to continue our leadership as a performance brand through partnerships to develop Korean soccer culture and improve player performance.
Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
