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Seol Ki-Hyeon
Personal information
Date of birth	8 January 1979 (1979-01-08) (age 28)
Place of birth	Jeongseon, Republic of Korea
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.84 m)
Playing position	Winger/Striker
Club information
Current club	Fulham
Number	7
Youth clubs
2000	Kwangwoon University
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000–2001 2001–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–	Antwerp Anderlecht Wolves Reading Fulham	25 (10) 72 (18) 69 0(8) 27 0(4) 06 0(0)
National team2
2000–	Korea Republic	75 (16)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:23, 2 November 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 14:00, 25 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Seol Ki-Hyeon (Korean: 설기현, Hanja: 薛琦鉉) (born 8 January 1979 in Jeongseon, South Korea) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Fulham in the English Premier League. He is a strong, pacy, right-footed winger who can operate on the left or right.

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.3 Reading 1.4 Fulham 2 International career 3 Club career stats 4 Honours 5 References 6 External links

Seol was born in Jeongseon, Gangwon-do, South Korea. At the end of his time as a college player in Korea, the young striker was advised to join the J League in Japan, but chose instead to try and establish his career in Europe.

After one successful season with Antwerp (2000-01), he moved to Anderlecht. He played in the UEFA Champions League, and in the Belgian Super Cup, he gained a hat-trick in the space of 12 minutes.

In 2004, Seol moved to the English league, joining Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers. He made over 30 appearances by the end of the 2004-05 season, scoring a few goals too. The Wolverhampton coach at the time, Glenn Hoddle, preferred Seol as one of his first-choice strikers, using him in a wide, supporting role to the main strikers.

Disappointed with the failure of Wolves to win promotion from The Championship, Seol sought a move to the Premier League following the 2006 FIFA World Cup, despite having two years of his contract left. He was reported as saying "At this stage, I'm frustrated not to be in the Premiership. I think there will be some good news after the World Cup."^[1]

Seol eventually joined newly promoted Premier League club Reading on July 12, 2006 for a fee of £1 million (rising to £1.5 million based on certain criteria).^[2] He scored his first Premiership goal as Reading won 2-1 at Sheffield United on September 16, 2006.^[3] He scored his second goal for Reading against West Ham United, proving to be only goal of the match.^[4] His third goal for Reading, his first at home, came on November 18, 2006 in the 2-0 win against Charlton Athletic.^[5] He scored his fourth goal against Blackburn, the last game of the season.

Seol left Reading for Fulham on August 31, 2007 for an undisclosed fee on a three-year contract, with Liam Rosenior going the other way.^[6] Reading boss Steve Coppell admitted that strained relations between him and Seol led to the move.^[7]

Seol plays for Korea Republic (South Korea) internationally. He played in his first World Cup in front of his home crowd, the Republic of Korea being co-hosts with Japan for the 2002 finals. Seol was a key member of the Korea Republic squad during the tournament, memorably scoring the equalising goal against Italy in the knockout stages. He was also the most tackled player of the 2002 World Cup.^{[citation needed]}

Last update: 22:03, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Season	Team	Country	Division	Apps	Goals
00–01	Antwerp	Belgium	1	25	10
01–02	Anderlecht	Belgium	1	20	3
02–03	Anderlecht	Belgium	1	32	12
03–04	Anderlecht	Belgium	1	19	3
04–05	Anderlecht	Belgium	1	1	0
04–05	Wolves	England	1	37	4
05–06	Wolves	England	C	32	4
06–07	Reading	England	P	27	4
07–08	Reading	England	P	3	0
07–08	Fulham	England	P	4	0

Seol was voted by Reading Fans as the official Player of the Month for August^[8] and September 2006. Seol played in all three of the Royals Premiership games in August when he helped to create three of the four goals scored.

• Seol Ki-Hyeon career stats at Soccerbase
• Seol Ki-Hyeon profile at readingfc.co.uk
• Seol Ki-Hyeon profile on the KFA official site

v • d • e Fulham F.C. – current squad

1 Keller • 2 Volz • 3 Bocanegra • 4 Konchesky • 5 Christanval • 6 Stefanović • 7 Seol • 8 Smertin • 9 Healy • 10 Davis • 11 Kamara • 12 Warner • 13 Batista • 14 Kuqi • 15 John • 16 Timlin • 17 Cook • 18 Hughes • 19 Pearce • 20 McBride (c) • 21 Bullard • 22 Omozusi • 23 Dempsey • 24 Bouazza • 25 Davies • 27 Murphy • 28 Milsom • 29 Niemi • 30 Brown • 31 Watts • 34 Baird • 37 Leijer • 38 Ashton • –– Ehui • –– Elliott • Manager: Sanchez

v • d • e South Korea squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup

1 Lee Woon‑Jae • 2 Kim Young‑Chul • 3 Kim Dong‑Jin • 4 Choi Jin‑Cheul • 5 Kim Nam‑Il • 6 Kim Jin‑Kyu • 7 Park Ji‑Sung • 8 Kim Do‑Heon • 9 Ahn Jung‑Hwan • 10 Park Chu‑Young • 11 Seol Ki‑Hyeon • 12 Lee Young‑Pyo • 13 Lee Eul‑Yong • 14 Lee Chun‑Soo • 15 Baek Ji‑Hoon • 16 Chung Kyung‑Ho • 17 Lee Ho • 18 Kim Sang‑Sik • 19 Cho Jae‑Jin • 20 Kim Yong‑Dae • 21 Kim Young‑Kwang • 22 Song Chong‑Gug • 23 Cho Won‑Hee • Coach: Advocaat

v • d • e South Korea squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

1 Lee Woon‑Jae • 2 Hyun Young‑Min • 3 Choi Sung‑Yong • 4 Choi Jin‑Cheul • 5 Kim Nam‑Il • 6 Yoo Sang‑Chul • 7 Kim Tae‑Young • 8 Choi Tae‑Uk • 9 Seol Ki‑Hyeon • 10 Lee Young‑Pyo • 11 Choi Yong‑Soo • 12 Kim Byung‑Ji • 13 Lee Eul‑Yong • 14 Lee Chun‑Soo • 15 Lee Min‑Sung • 16 Cha Du‑Ri • 17 Yoon Jung‑Hwan • 18 Hwang Sun‑Hong • 19 Ahn Jung‑Hwan • 20 Hong Myung‑Bo • 21 Park Ji‑Sung • 22 Song Chong‑Gug • 23 Choi Eun‑Sung • Coach: Hiddink

Persondata
NAME	Seol Ki-Hyeon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH	8 January 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jeongseon County
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH