Played in 100 K-League games
"Seo Jin-soo, one of the talents produced by the team's youth, has set a golden tower to play in 100 K-League matches. His strong presence gives big dreams to younger players on the youth team," the Jeju team said on Tuesday.
Seo Jin-soo started in the 6th round of the "Hana Bank K League 1 2024 6th round" away game (1-0 win) against Incheon United at Incheon Football Stadium on the 6th and reached the mark of his 100th career K League appearance.
Seo Jin-soo, who made his K-League debut in 2019, played 76 games (10 goals and 6 assists) in K-League 1 and 24 games (2 goals and 3 assists) in K-League 2, including this day's game.
Seo Jin-soo, a former member of the Jeju Under 18 (U-18) youth team, won the top scorer (9 goals) at the 42nd National High School Football Championship held in Gimcheon, North Gyeongsang Province in March 2018, leading the Jeju U-18 team to win.
He was so good that he played as a midfielder until he was a student at Ulsan Hakseong Middle School that he had high expectations even before entering the professional league.
Even on the professional stage, Seo Jin-soo continued to improve.
Seo Jin-soo scored a assist hat trick in the match against Seoul on July 10, 2019, the first year of his professional debut. Seo Jin-soo is the only teenage player to achieve a assist hat trick in the history of the K-League. He has grown into a key player in the team even after the 2022 season, when he returned from military service at Gimcheon Sangmu.
In particular, as a former Jeju youth, he holds the record for the most appearances (a total of 64 games) in Jeju.
This is said to be a great model for the youth team juniors.
Yoon Dae-sung, head coach of Jeju's U-18 youth team who watched Seo's growth as a tactical coach last season and is currently leading the Jeju U-18 youth team to discover new talent, said, "Seo's performance is a great example to the youth team's juniors. I hope he will continue to serve as a role model for his juniors."
The player himself said he has an extraordinary sense of responsibility.
Seo Jin-soo said, "I play with a sense of responsibility that I was a native of Jeju Youth. I want to leave orange footprints everywhere on the ground. So I hope it will be a good milestone for the youth who will follow me."
"I will not be satisfied with this. I will continue to grow and improve to become a player who can give many examples to my juniors," he said.
Meanwhile, Jeju won its second consecutive league game with a victory against Incheon and ranked fourth in the league with three wins, one draw and two losses (10 points). 토토사이트