Eom Ji-Sung

Eom Ji-sung is a winger named in Hong Myung-bo's final 26-man Korea Republic squad for the 2026 World Cup. He is 24 at kick-off and plays his club football for Swansea City in the Championship. He brings eight senior Korea Republic caps and two international goals into the tournament, having been named in the official 26-man squad announced 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 Eom is one of the players he named in that confirmed 26-man squad.

Eom is a winger who can play across the forward line, the role he fills for Swansea City in the Championship, where he scored two goals in the 2025-26 season. That is the profile Hong Myung-bo named in Korea Republic's 26-man squad for the 2026 World Cup.

At 24, his international record for Korea Republic stands at two goals in eight caps, the early returns of a wide forward in the senior side.

Eom Ji-sung gives Korea Republic a wide forward in their Goal Rush squad: a 24-year-old winger who plays across the front and has two goals in eight caps for Korea Republic, with his club football at Swansea City. That work from wide 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.