Domestic-league season · Gent.
Missed 3 of Gent's ~41 games this season through 3 injury absences (muscle, inactive). He still appeared 19 times — a solid return given how little of the season he was available. His rating is judged mainly on the games he was fit to play.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jupiler Pro League | 19 | 1 | 0 | 912 | 6.72 |
 Friendliesat South Korea | 12 | 1 | 3 | 903 | 6.95 |
 Ligue 1at Nantes | 6 | 0 | 0 | 284 | 6.6 |
Following his move to Gent, Hyun-Seok's current-season form is down 37% on last season (Season 8→5), while his Rating eased 65→37. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 50).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Gent · 5th | 19 | 1 | 0 | 6.72 | 37 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | FSV Mainz 05 · 6th | 32 | 0 | 1 | 6.62 | 65 | 8 |
| 2023/24 | Gent · 2nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 45 | 1 |
| 2022/23 | Gent · 2nd | 37 | 6 | 5 | 7.14 | 63 | 50 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Hong Hyun-Seok is a 27-year-old attacking midfielder at Gent, rated 36.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 241st of 292 in the Jupiler Pro League. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (26.7% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Hyun-Seok.
Judged on this season alone, Hyun-Seok graded 5 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 41st of 42 of the 42 attacking midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League, on 1 goal and 0 assists in 19 appearances (0.099 involvements per 90).
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 8 → 5). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, 38th of 42 of the 42 attacking midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League. At 27 Hyun-Seok is in his prime years, and a market index of 32.1 reflects that trajectory.
Read the appearance count in context: Hyun-Seok missed 3 games through injury (muscle, inactive) out of roughly 41 this season. The 19 he did play is a solid return on the time he was fit, and his ratings are weighted toward those games rather than the ones he sat out injured.
Past his 2022/23 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
1 goal in 19 appearances (0.05 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.
With a Rating of 36.5, Hyun-Seok carries the 38th-highest potential of the attacking midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League of 42, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Gent finished 5th of 6) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. In the final third he profiles as a work-in-progress on end product (0.1 goal contributions per 90). In the prime window — at or near peak market value, so the next two seasons are the ones to cash in or build around.
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~32), then tapers with age. At 27, Hyun-Seok sits on 32.1, at or near its peak. The blue line is Hyun-Seok's projected Rating — 36.5 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
€4M total transfer fees · 7 moves
No transfer news found for this player.
