Bae Jun-Ho

Bae Jun-ho is an attacking midfielder and left winger named in Hong Myung-bo's final 26-man Korea Republic squad for the 2026 World Cup, listed among the midfielders. He is 22 at kick-off and plays his club football for Stoke City in the Championship. He brings 11 senior Korea Republic caps and two international goals into the tournament, both recorded up to the squad announcement on 16 May 2026.

Korea Republic face Czech Republic, Mexico and South Africa in Group A, opening against the Czech Republic at Estadio Akron in Zapopan on 11 June. Hong Myung-bo's side qualified by winning their AFC third-round group on 5 June 2025, and Bae is one of the midfielders he named in that confirmed 26-man squad.

Bae is an attacking midfielder and left winger who carries the ball forward, the role he plays for Stoke City in the Championship, where he scored two goals in the 2025-26 season. That is the profile Hong Myung-bo named among Korea Republic's midfielders for the 2026 World Cup.

At 22, his international record for Korea Republic stands at two goals in 11 caps, a young attacking midfielder's start to his senior career.

Bae Jun-ho gives Korea Republic a ball-carrying attacking midfielder in their Goal Rush squad: a 22-year-old left winger who drives forward and has two goals in 11 caps for Korea Republic, with his club football at Stoke City. That forward-carrying threat is the contribution he offers the team pick. Korea Republic's £10m place sits in Tier 4, a low-band call within the game's £200m card budget, and the Group A draw sets the early fixtures for that pick.