So Hyon-uk (born 17 April 1992) is a

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

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footballer who plays as a forward for the

North Korea national football team The North Korea national football team (Munhwaŏ ko, 조선민주주의인민공화국 국가종합팀, recognized as Korea DPR by FIFA) represents North Korea in men's international football and it is controlled by the DPR Korea Football As ...

Club career

He played with

April 25 Sports Club April 25 Sports Club (, ''Sa i o ch'eyuktan''), or 4.25 SC for short, or sometimes April 25 National Defence Sports Club (4.25'국방체육단', ''Sa i o ch'eyuktan "Kukpang ch'eyuktan"''), is a multi-sports club based in P'yŏngyang, North Ko ...

in North Korea before moving abroad in 2017 to play in Bosnia and Herzegovina first with

HŠK Zrinjski Mostar HŠK Zrinjski Mostar ( hr, Hrvatski športski klub Zrinjski Mostar, lit=Croat Sports Club Zrinjski Mostar) is a professional football club, based in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

and then on loan at

NK GOŠK Gabela Nogometni Klub GOŠK Gabela is a professional association football club based in Gabela, near Čapljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The name GOŠK in Croatian means Gabeoski Omladinski Športski Klub (Gabela Youth Sports Club). Currently, the club ...

, both playing in the

Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina The m:tel Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( bs, m:tel Premijer liga Bosne i Hercegovine / м:тел Премијер лига Босне и Херцеговине), also known as Liga 12, is the top tier football league in Bosnia and He ...

.So Hyon-uk profile
at Soccerway After one year in Herzegovina he left with technical staff of both clubs indicating that despite his great performances, his spell in Herzegovina was not more successful because of communication difficulties since he did not speak any English. However, his performances did not pass unnoticed in neighbouring Serbia with a top-league club,

FK Zemun Fudbalski klub Zemun (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Земун) is a Serbian professional football club based in Zemun, Belgrade, that competes in the Serbian League Belgrade. History Immediately after the end of the Second ...

, signing him that summer. However, by mid August club and player agreed to mutually release him before he got a chance to debut in the league.

International career

He has played for the North Korean national team since 2014.So Hyon-uk
at National-Football-Teams.com He was part of the North Korean squad at the 2015 AFC Asian Cup where they reached the final.

International goals

:''Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

;April 25 *

DPR Korea League The DPR Korea Football League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국 축구 리그) is North Korea's association football league. It has a first division DPR Korea Premier Football League, a second division DPR Korea Football League ...

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, 2015,

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* Hwaebul Cup:

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, 2015,

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;Zrinjski *

: 2017–18

National team

;North Korea U23 * Asian Games:

(runner-up)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:So, Hyoun-uk 1992 births Living people North Korean men's footballers North Korea men's international footballers 2015 AFC Asian Cup players Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games April 25 Sports Club players HŠK Zrinjski Mostar players NK GOŠK Gabela players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Zemun players Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Asian Games silver medalists for North Korea Men's association football wingers Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 21st-century North Korean people