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Season stats
Full career & schedule →Domestic-league season · Gent.
Injury-affected season
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.
Performance data · by competition
| 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 |
Scout report
Hong Hyun-Seok is a 27-year-old central midfielder at Gent, rated 36.5 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 240th of 294 on scout potential in the Jupiler Pro League. In his prime years, he has been a fringe squad member this season (24.7% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.86 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Hyun-Seok.
Judged on this season alone, Hyun-Seok graded 10 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 50th of 53 of the 53 central midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League, on 1 goal, 0 assists and 2.862 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 9 → 10). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 37, 43rd of 53 of the 53 central midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League. At 27 Hyun-Seok is in his prime years, and a market index of 11.6 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.
Output in context · Gent finished 5th of 6 · a relegation-threatened side
2.86 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 19 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (5th of 6) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 0 assists — a useful bonus from the back.
Watch points
- Game time. Only 24.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
- Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.
Outlook
With a Rating of 36.5, Hyun-Seok carries the 43rd-highest potential of the central midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League of 53, 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. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.86 tackles, blocks & interceptions 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.
Season statistics
Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Jupiler Pro League with 600+ minutes this season.
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