Domestic-league season · Pohang Steelers.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 K League 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1350 | 7.03 |
 AFC Champions League Two | 3 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 7.43 |
In-Jae's current-season form is up 27% on last season (Season 11→14), while his Rating eased 28→18. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 29).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Pohang Steelers · 4th | 33 | 0 | 0 | 7.03 | 18 | 14 |
| 2024/25 | Pohang Steelers · 6th | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6.95 | 28 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | Pohang Steelers · 3rd | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6.73 | 37 | 29 |
| 2022/23 | Gimcheon Sangmu FC · 3rd | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.89 | 32 | 8 |
| 2021/22 | Pohang Steelers · 3rd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 30 | 0 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
Hwang In-Jae is a 32-year-old goalkeeper at Pohang Steelers, rated 17.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 108th of 148 in the K League 1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (39.5% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on In-Jae.
Judged on this season alone, In-Jae graded 14 — a solid campaign that ranks top 31% of the 13 goalkeepers in the K League 1, on 5 clean sheets across 33 appearances.
Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 11 → 14). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 7th of 13 of the 13 goalkeepers in the K League 1. At 32 In-Jae is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.3 reflects that trajectory.
Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
5 clean sheets in 33 appearances (15% of games). Keeping that many behind a relegation-threatened side (4th of 6) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.
With a Rating of 17.7, In-Jae carries the 7th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the K League 1 of 13, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Pohang Steelers finished 4th of 6) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. A rotation minutes keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).
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 (~6), then tapers with age. At 32, In-Jae sits on 2.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is In-Jae's projected Rating — 17.7 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.
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