Ryu Seung-woo () (born 17 December 1993) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a

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Club career

Bayer Leverkusen

Although Ryu signed his first professional contract with Jeju United from the

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on 6 November 2013 as a free agent, only a month later, without playing a single professional game in K-League, the Korean club loaned him out to Bayer Leverkusen for the purpose of his professional development. Before moving to Bundesliga, Ryu showed his credentials on the international stage, scoring a couple of goals to help South Korea into the knockout round of the

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in Turkey. Ryu grabbed his first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in the second half of an hour-long friendly against Dutch side SC Heerenveen. Bayer Leverkusen's skipper Simon Rolfes praised Ryu for his "intelligent play, good movement and use of space." On 25 January 2014, Ryu made his first official Bundesliga debut against SC Freiburg, substituting his South Korean compatriot Son Heung-Min in the second half. Unfortunately, the game ended in a 3–2 defeat for Leverkusen.

Eintracht Braunschweig (loan)

On 15 August 2014, Ryu joined Eintracht Braunschweig on a half-season long loan to replace the injured Jan Hochscheidt. The loan spell was extended for another six months in December 2014.

Arminia Bielefeld (loan)

He was loaned to

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on 1 February 2016.

Ferencváros (loan)

He was loaned to Ferencvárosi TC on 1 August 2016.

Return to Jeju united

In July 2017 Ryu signed again with his boyhood club Jeju United.

International career

Ryu plays in the South Korea U20 football team. He was called up for South Korea's 21-man squad for the

in Turkey, and scored the winning goal against Cuba in the side's opening match of the tournament. On 24 June 2013, Ryu netted an equalizer in South Korea's 2–2 draw against Portugal. On 27 June 2013, Ryu was injured and substituted during South Korea's final game of the group stage against Nigeria, forcing him to miss out their Round of 16 match against

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, and subsequently, their quarter-final loss against Iraq.

References

External links

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Ryu Seung-woo – National Team Stats
at KFA {{DEFAULTSORT:Ryu, Seung-woo Living people 1993 births People from Gimhae Men's association football forwards South Korean footballers South Korea men's under-20 international footballers South Korea men's under-23 international footballers South Korean expatriate footballers Jeju United FC players Bayer 04 Leverkusen players Eintracht Braunschweig players Arminia Bielefeld players Ferencvárosi TC footballers Gimcheon Sangmu FC players Suwon Samsung Bluewings players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players K League 1 players K League 2 players Expatriate footballers in Germany South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Hungary South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Chung-Ang University alumni Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for South Korea