Hwang Ah-hyeon

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Hwang Ah-hyeon
Personal information
Full name Hwang Ah-hyeon (황아현)
Date of birth (2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth South Korea
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
2012-2013 Sangdae Elementary School
2014-2016 Pohang Hangdo Middle School
2017-2019 Pohang Electronic Girls' High School
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 INAC Kobe Leonessa
2022–2025 Hwacheon KSPO
International career‡
2014-2015 South Korea U-15 8 (1)
2016-2018 South Korea U-17 10 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 May 2023

Hwang Ah-hyeon (born 12 November 2001) is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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Youth career

Hwang first played competitive football at Sangdae Elementary School in Pohang. From a young age she was known for her goalscoring ability, earning comparisons to national team star Ji So-yun. [1] [2] At the end of her final season playing at U-12 level, Hwang received a commendation award at the annual Cha Bum-kun Football Awards. [3]

In her first year at Pohang Hangdo Middle School, Hwang scored one of two goals to seal victory for the team in the final of the 2014 Unification Cup national women's football tournament. [4] The team later lifted the trophy in the U-15 division of the 2016 Queen's Cup, with Hwang named as the tournament's MVP. [5] She continued her career at U-18 level at Pohang Electronic Girls' High School, at one point receiving a scholarship from the local football federation in recognition of her talent. [6] During her final year of high school, Hwang was captain of the school's football team, leading them during a difficult time when long-serving head coach Lee Seong-cheon died of cancer in April 2019. [7]

Club career

Having excelled within the youth system, Hwang signed her first professional contract with Japanese side INAC Kobe Leonessa as a teenager. [8] [9] Despite remaining at the club for two years, Hwang never made a league appearance for the side and in late 2021 she returned to Korea to participate in the 2022 WK League new players' draft. [10] [11]

At the draft, she was signed by WK League club Hwacheon KSPO . [12] At a training camp ahead of the 2023 season, Hwang suffered a serious anterior cruciate ligament injury which left her unable to play for the entire season. [13] She was part of the Hwacheon squad that lifted the WK League trophy in 2025, completing the first domestic treble in the history of Korean women's football. [14] Hwang announced her retirement from football at the end of the 2025 season. [15]

International career

As a youth player Hwang was tipped as one of the rising stars of Korean women's football, first playing for South Korea at U-14 level. [8] She then represented her country at the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, scoring a goal in a group stage match against China and later playing in the final, in which South Korea lost to North Korea. [16] She made several appearances for the U-17 team including at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, in which South Korea were knocked out at the group stage. [17] [18]

Honours

Sangdae Elementary School

Pohang Hangdo Middle School

Hwacheon KSPO

South Korea U-17

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Yang, Kwang-yeol (5 April 2013). "KDB금융그룹 2013 춘계 학원축구연맹전, 7일 대망의 결승전" [KDB Finance Group 2013 Spring KWFF Tournament, long-awaited final to take place on 7th]. Sports World (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025– via Nate Sports.
  2. ↑ Hong, Seung-han (4 May 2013). "슛 하는 황아현 '미래의 지소연'" ['Future Ji So-yun' Hwang Ah-hyeon takes a shot]. The Fact (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025– via Nate Sports.
  3. ↑ "신용산초 이신형 차범근 축구상 대상" [Shin Yongsan Elementary School's Lee Shin-hyung honoured at Cha Bum-kun Football Awards]. KBS News (in Korean). 5 January 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  4. 1 2 Lee, Sang-ho (21 August 2014). "포항 항도중, 통일대기 전국여자축구대회 우승" [Pohang Hangdo M.S. win Unification Cup national women's football tournament]. Gyeongbuk Domin Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  5. 1 2 Park, Jin-up (13 May 2016). "여왕기 중등부 최우수선수로 선정된 항도중 황아현" [Hangdo Middle School's Hwang Ah-hyeon, U-15 MVP at Queen's Cup]. Sports Seoul (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025– via Nate Sports.
  6. ↑ Lee, Jong-wook (30 December 2018). "포항시 축구협회 축구인의 밤 개최" [Pohang Football Federation holds awards night]. Gyeongbuk Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Jeon, Young-min (15 April 2019). "여전히 포항여전고에 남아있는 故이성천 감독의 흔적" [Traces of late manager Lee Seong-cheon remain at Pohang Electronic Girls' High School]. sports-g.com (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  8. 1 2 Yoon, Seung-jae (11 December 2019). "'제2의 지소연' 꿈꾸는 황아현, 조소현-이민아 뛰었던 고베아이낙 입단" [Hwang Ah-hyeon, with dreams of being the '2nd Ji So-yun', joins Kobe INAC, former team of Cho So-hyun and Lee Min-a]. Sports Hankook (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "なでしこMVP＆得点王。田中美南が明かす移籍を決めた真の理由「INACで5年連続得点王を獲るほうがワクワクした」 | サカノワ". sakanowa.jp. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  10. ↑ "ＩＮＡＣ神戸の黄雅賢が退団へ" [Hwang Ah-hyeon to leave INAC Kobe]. kobe-np.co.jp (in Japanese). 13 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  11. ↑ "「結局試合に出られないと、モチベーションが…」元Jリーガー、出場機会の重要性を訴える" ["If you don't get chances to play, your motivation..." former J League star emphasises importance of opportunities to play]. jocr.jp (in Japanese). 20 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  12. ↑ Jang, Bo-in (17 December 2021). "여자축구 조미진, 전체 1순위로 WK리그 스포츠토토 입단" [Women's football: Jo Mi-jin joins WK League's Sportstoto as overall first pick]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  13. ↑ Kim, Hyun-hwi (25 April 2023). "WK리그 화천KSPO에 내려진 '십자인대 부상 주의보'" [WK League's Hwacheon KSPO receive 'ACL injury warning']. sports-g.com (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  14. 1 2 Im, Ki-hwan (17 November 2025). "'여축 11연패' 현대제철 어디 갔어?... 화천KSPO, 창단 14년 만에 WK리그 우승 + 女 첫 트레블" [Where have '11 consecutive women's football titles' Hyundai Steel gone? ... Hwacheon KSPO are WK League champions for first time in 14-year history, completing first ever women's treble]. Best Eleven (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  15. ↑ "Players". WK League News. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  16. ↑ Jeon, Young-ji (23 September 2017). "U-16 女대표팀, 북한에 0대2패...값진 준우승!" [U-16 women's national team lose 2-0 to North Korea to finish as runners-up!]. Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  17. ↑ Jung, Hyun-gyu (15 November 2018). "[U-17] 한국, 여자월드컵 첫 경기에서 스페인에 0:4로 패해" [[U-17] Korea lose 4-0 to Spain in first match of women's World Cup]. Sports Times (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  18. ↑ Yoo, Jee-ho (18 November 2018). "S. Korea knocked out of group stage at FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup". Yonhap News Agency . Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  19. 1 2 Yang, Kwang-yeol (7 April 2013). "춘계 한국여자축구연맹전, 한양여대, 울산현대공고 등 우승" [Spring KWFF Tournament: victory for Hanyang Women's University, Ulsan Hyundai High et al.]. Sports World (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  20. ↑ Choi, Man-su (28 May 2013). "경북선수단, 막바지 `금맥캐기' 스퍼트" [Gyeongbuk team goes on last-minute gold medal rampage]. Gyeongbuk Domin Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  21. ↑ Shim, Jae-cheol (6 December 2024). "수원FC 위민, WK리그 첫 챔피언 트로피 보인다" [First WK League trophy in sight for Suwon FC Women]. Oh My News (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025– via Nate Sports.
  22. ↑ Song, Sang-beom (15 May 2016). "세종 고려대, 충북 예성여고 우승" [Sejong Korea University, Chungbuk Yeseong Girls' High are victorious]. Gyeongnam Maeil (in Korean). Retrieved 8 December 2025.
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