Yu Kang-Hyun

Kang-Hyun's current-season form is level with last season (Season 5→4), while his Rating held around 21. His peak season for form remains 2024/25 (Season 19).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Daejeon Citizen · 6th	12	1	0	4.47	21	4
2025/26	Daejeon Citizen · 2nd	12	1	1	6.74	22	5
2025/26	Gimcheon Sangmu FC	17	0	0	6.8	—	—
2024/25	Gimcheon Sangmu FC · 3rd	27	6	0	6.63	33	19
2023/24	Daejeon Citizen · 2nd	19	1	2	6.71	35	7
2022/23	Asan Mugunghwa	40	19	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Squad depthCentre-forward

Yu Kang-Hyun is a 30-year-old centre-forward at Daejeon Citizen, rated 21 overall by Field Insider's model. An experienced operator, he has been a fringe squad member this season (6.7% of available minutes). He brings 0.51 goal contributions per 90 (0.51 goals, 0 assists). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kang-Hyun.

On the season, Kang-Hyun graded 4 for current form (age-blind), on 1 goal and 0 assists in 12 appearances (0.514 involvements per 90).

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 5 → 4). Over the 4 seasons on record his form has drifted down, peaking in 2024/25.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 21. At 30 Kang-Hyun is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.6 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2024/25Trending downRemarkably consistent

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

3.9

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

6.7%

Minutes

limited game time

0.51

Goal contrib / 90

productive for the role

Output in context · Daejeon Citizen finished 6th of 12 · a mid-table side

Apps

Goals

Assists

G+A

0.08

Goals / app

1 goal in 12 appearances (0.08 per game) — light end product the role wants to see climb.

Strengths

Final-third output. 0.51 goal contributions per 90 (0.51 goals, 0 assists) — productive for the role.

Watch points

Game time. Only 6.7% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 21 overall — below regular-starter level. In the final third he profiles as a productive contributor (0.51 goal contributions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %6.7%

Available fixtures29 of 29

Goals / 900.514

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900.514

Defensive actions / 901.543

Player flow

Goal involvements1

Shot conversion %100

Shot accuracy %25

Pass accuracy %76

Cards / 900

Foul involvement / 903.086

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

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 (~5), then tapers with age. At 30, Kang-Hyun sits on 2.6, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Kang-Hyun's projected Rating — 21 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.

Transfer history

Daejeon Citizen(back from loan)Jul 2025 – now

Gimcheon Sangmu FC(on loan)Jan 2024 – Jul 2025

Daejeon CitizenJan 2023 – Jan 2024

AAsan Mugunghwauntil Jan 2023

Daegu FCJul 2016 – Jan 2023

Pohang Steelersuntil Jul 2016

About Yu Kang-Hyun

Kang-Hyun Yu is a 30-year-old centre-forward who plays for Daejeon Citizen, born on April 27, 1996. He is from Korea Republic. Daejeon Citizen currently sit 6th of 12 in the K League 1.

This season

In the current season, Yu Kang-Hyun has made 12 appearances with 1 goal and 0 assists across 175 minutes, averaging a 5.36 match rating over his last 5 rated games.

When Yu Kang-Hyun plays, Daejeon Citizen's record this season is 2W-1D-2L.

Recent matches

September 9, 2026: 3-2 win at home vs FC Anyang (1 minutes, 0 rating)
July 12, 2026: 0-0 draw away at Jeju United FC (20 minutes, 6.7 rating)
May 16, 2026: 1-2 loss at home vs FC Seoul (74 minutes, 6.3 rating)
April 18, 2026: 1-0 win away at FC Seoul (65 minutes, 1 goal, 6.6 rating)
March 21, 2026: 0-1 loss at home vs Jeonbuk Motors (15 minutes, 7.2 rating)

Yu Kang-Hyun's next match is on September 20, 2026, when Daejeon Citizen face Incheon United away in the K League 1.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates Yu Kang-Hyun at 21 with a Season form score of 3.9. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

Career

Across 10 recorded seasons, Yu Kang-Hyun has totalled 174 club appearances with 33 goals and 3 assists for 9 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2022/23, with 40 appearances for Asan Mugunghwa.

Yu Kang-Hyun's career has also included time at Gimcheon Sangmu FC, AAsan Mugunghwa, Daegu FC and Pohang Steelers.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.

Profile

Season stats

Performance data · by competition

Career

Scout report

Output in context · Daejeon Citizen finished 6th of 12 · a mid-table side

Strengths

Watch points