Yang Hyun-jun

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Yang Hyun-jun
Hyun-jun training with Celtic in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-05-25) 25 May 2002 (age 23)
Place of birth Busan, South Korea
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 Celtic
Number 13
Youth career
2018–2020 Busan Information High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021 Gangwon FC B 21 (4)
2021–2023 Gangwon FC 66 (9)
2023– Celtic 56 (6)
International career‡
2022– South Korea U23 9 (0)
2023– South Korea 6 (0)
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's football
WAFF U-23 Championship
Winner2024 Saudi Arabia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 June 2025
Yang Hyun-jun
Hangul
양현준
RRYang Hyeonjun
MRYang Hyŏnjun

Yang Hyun-jun (Korean: 양현준; born 25 May 2002) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premiership club Celtic and the South Korea national team.

Club career

Yang joined Gangwon FC just after graduating from high school in 2021.[2] He was evaluated as the best K League talent by winning four Young Player of the Month awards and the Young Player of the Year award in his second professional season.[3] He attracted Koreans with his dribbling skills during the season, especially in the K League All-Star Game against Tottenham Hotspur.[4]

On 15 July 2023, Gangwon FC announced that Yang would be transferring to Scottish Premiership club Celtic.[5] On 24 July, Celtic announced that Yang had signed on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[6] Yang made his Celtic debut in a 4–2 victory over Ross County on 5 August. He also made his UEFA Champions League debut as a starter in a 2–1 defeat to Lazio on 4 October. He scored his first goal for Celtic in a 6–0 victory over Aberdeen on 12 November.

On 12 February 2025, Yang provided his first Champions League assist in a 2–1 loss to Bayern Munich.[7] On 1 March, he had come on as a 65th minute substitute against St Mirren, and was named the Player of the Match by having two goals and one assist which broke a 2–2 tie.[8][9]

International career

Yang was selected for the South Korea national team for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, playing two matches as a substitute.[10]

He was called up to the national team just over a year after the Asian Cup to prepare for a series of home matches against Oman and Jordan in the third Asian qualifier for the 2026 World Cup.[11]

Career statistics

As of 14 December 2025[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Gangwon FC B 2021[12] K4 League 214———214
Gangwon FC 2021K League 1 9010——100
2022K League 1 36820——388
2023K League 1 21120——231
Total 66950——719
Celtic 2023–24 Scottish Premiership 24120104[c]0311
2024–25 Scottish Premiership 23531206[c]0346
2025–26 Scottish Premiership 9000315[d]1172
Total 5665161151829
Career total 143191016115117422
  1. ↑ Includes Korean FA Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Scottish League Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 10 June 2025[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
South Korea 202310
202420
202530
Total60

Honours

Celtic

South Korea U23

Individual

References

  1. ↑ FC, Celtic. "Hyunjun Yang". Celtic FC. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  2. ↑ 강원FC, 박상혁·양현준·김기환·김대우 '신인 계약' (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 7 January 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 [GOAL LIVE] 양현준, K리그1 영플레이어상 수상…"시즌 전까지만 해도 받을 줄 몰랐다". Goal.com (in Korean). 24 October 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  4. ↑ [인터뷰] '토트넘전 라이징스타' 양현준 "언젠간 국대로 뛰고파". Nate.com (in Korean). Ilyo Shinmun. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  5. ↑ 강원FC 양현준 셀틱 이적 '한국 축구 발전 위한 대승적 결정' (in Korean). Gangwon FC. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  6. ↑ "Celtic sign Hyunjun Yang on five-year deal from Gangwon FC". BBC Sport. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Celtic vs. Bayern Munich Match Report – Wednesday February 12, 2025 (Leg 1)". FBref. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "ST MIRREN 2 CELTIC 5: WHAM, BANG, THANK YOU, YANG". Celtic Quick News. 1 March 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "여친 오고 더 잘한다, 집 갈 때 꽃 사가겠다"...양현준 세인트 미렌전 2골 1도움 활약 비결은 '사랑' (in Korean). InterFootball. 2 March 2025. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  10. 1 2 Yang Hyun-jun at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  11. ↑ 박, 준범 (10 March 2025). "Hong Myung-protected March roster, 'Europeans' Yang Hyun-joon, Uhm Ji-sung, Yang Min-hyuk all on board + Kim Dong-heon, Cho Hyun-taek 'first time' selected". 스포츠서울 (in Korean). Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  12. ↑ [오피셜] K리그 영플레이어 양현준, 셀틱과 2027/28까지 5년 계약 (in Korean). Sportivo. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  13. ↑ "Yang Hyun-jun" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  14. ↑ "Celtic crowned Scottish champions with game to spare". BBC Sport. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  15. ↑ "Brendan Rodgers '200% staying' after Celtic clinch 55th Scottish league title". The Guardian. 26 April 2025.
  16. ↑ "Celtic v Rangers: Watch Old Firm Scottish Cup final at Hampden". BBC Sport.
  17. ↑ "Celtic 3–3 Rangers: Line-ups". BBC Sport. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  18. ↑ "South Korea win WAFF U-23 Championship, Saudis 3rd". Arab News. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  19. ↑ "Tottenham Hotspur 6–3 K-League XI". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  20. ↑ 강원 양현준, 7월 게토레이 ‘G MOMENT AWARD’ 수상 (in Korean). K League. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  21. ↑ KFA 시상식 개최 — 올해의 선수, 지도자, 심판상 등 수여 (in Korean). KFA. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2023.