Hwang Ui-jo will be on loan to another team in Greece this season, but he has signed with a topflight club.
The club announced Saturday that they had acquired Hwang and that he would be going to Greece for the rest of the campaign. The Greek shipping magnate is the owner of both clubs.
The Greek football club’s newest South Korean player is shown in the picture. The photo isn’t for sale.
The Greek football club’s newest South Korean player, Hwang Ui-jo, is shown in a photo on the official account. This photo isn’t for sale.
The announcement of Notthingham Forest FC’s signing of South Korean forward Hwang Ui-jo was captured on the club’s official website. There is a photo that is not for sale.
The Greek football club’s newest South Korean player is shown. There is a photo that is not for sale.
In Greece, he will join his South Korea teammate, Hwang In-beom, who joined the club earlier in the summer.
He spent the past three seasons with the FC Girondins de Bordeaux in the top French league. He scored 11 goals in the next season, after leading the team with 12.
After Bordeaux was demoted to the second-tier Ligue 2 last season, Hwang was looking for a new home.
He was rumored to be on his way to Wolves in the premier league, where he would have been teammates with another South Korean player, and he had also been linked to a couple of teams in the French top flight.
After appearing in two matches for Bordeaux this season, Hwang Ui-jo punched his ticket out of France, but he will have to wait at least another year to play in the premier league.
The English league has a promotion to this season. Though they are off to a good start, with a win, a draw and a loss in their first three matches, it is not uncommon for a team to be demoted back to the second-level English Football League Championship after just one season.
Son Heung-min of Spurs and Hwang Hee-chan of Wolves are both South Korean.
South Korea won the gold medal in the Asian Games. They are both expected to make the final World Cup squad this fall, and have played together on the senior national side.
The two Hwangs will be playing in their first continental competition this season as a result of Olympiacos earning a spot in the group stage of the European competition.
