Yang Hyun-Jun

Yang Hyun-jun 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 Celtic in the Scottish Premiership. He brings six senior Korea Republic caps into the tournament, with that total current to late 2025, 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 Yang is one of the players he named in that confirmed 26-man squad.

Yang is a winger, the wide attacking role he plays for Celtic in the Scottish Premiership, where he scored eight 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 senior Korea Republic career is at an early stage: he has won six caps and is yet to score at international level, his goals so far coming in club football.

Yang Hyun-jun gives Korea Republic a goalscoring winger in their Goal Rush squad: a 24-year-old whose goals have come in club football for Celtic, and who has six caps for Korea Republic. That wide attacking 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.