Seo Young-jae

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Seo Young-jae

| fullname =

| image =서영재 20.jpg

| caption =GOAL Interview, 2020

| height = 1.82 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|5|23}}

| birth_place = Wonju, Gangwon, South Korea{{cite web |url=https://www.msv-duisburg.de/fileadmin/content/user_upload/Autogrammkarten/2018-19/Herren/AK-Seo-18_19.pdf |title=Autogrammkarten – Young-Jae Seo |trans-title=Autograph card – Seo Young-jae |website=msv-duisburg.de |publisher=MSV Duisburg |page=2 |year=2018 |access-date=8 October 2018 |language=German |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008215634/https://www.msv-duisburg.de/fileadmin/content/user_upload/Autogrammkarten/2018-19/Herren/AK-Seo-18_19.pdf |archive-date=8 October 2018}}

| position = Left back

| currentclub = Daejeon Hana Citizen

| clubnumber = 2

| youthyears1 = 2014–2015

| youthclubs1 = Hanyang University

| years1 = 2015–2018

| clubs1 = Hamburger SV II

| caps1 = 60

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2018–2019

| clubs2 = MSV Duisburg

| caps2 = 7

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2019–2020

| clubs3 = Holstein Kiel

| caps3 = 9

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2021–

| clubs4 = Daejeon Hana Citizen

| caps4 = 71

| goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2015–2016

| nationalteam1 = South Korea U23

| nationalcaps1 = 7

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2015{{cite web |url=https://www.kfa.or.kr/national/?act=m_uni&position=&s_idx=1271&search_val=2019&cursor=#cursor_location |script-title=ko:2015년 6월 25일 남자 유니버시아드 (광주하계유니버시아드대회 참가) |language=ko |publisher=KFA |access-date=2 June 2020}}

| nationalteam2 = South Korea Universiade

| nationalcaps2 = 5

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| pcupdate = 13:43, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 13:41, 5 May 2019 (UTC)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{fb|KOR}}}}

}}

Seo Young-jae ({{ko-hhrm|서영재}}; born 23 May 1995) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Daejeon Hana Citizen.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/young-jae-seo/ |title=Seo Young-jae |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=8 October 2018}}

Club career

After moving to MSV Duisburg in the summer of 2018,{{cite web|url=https://www.msv-duisburg.de/aktuelles/artikel/die-vielen-guten-ansaetze-verfeinern-abwehrspieler-seo-wird-ein-zebra/|title="Die vielen guten Ansätze verfeinern": Abwehrspieler Seo wird ein Zabra|website=msv-duisburg.de|access-date=23 May 2018}} he moved to Holstein Kiel for the 2019–20 season.{{cite web|url=https://holstein-kiel.de/herren-news-lesen/young-jae-seo-verstaerkt-kieler-defensive|title=Young-jae Seo verstärkt Kieler Defensive|website=holstein-kiel.de|access-date=27 May 2019}}

International career

Seo was included in South Korea's squad for the 2014 edition of the AFC U-19 Championship in Myanmar, but did not make an appearance in the tournament.{{cite news |url=http://news1.kr/articles/?1866712 |title=AFC U-19 챔피언십 대비 소집명단 확정...백승호-김영규 포함 |trans-title=AFC U-19 championship squad announced – including Paik Seung-ho and Kim Young-gyu |website=news1.kr |publisher=News1 Korea |date=21 September 2014 |access-date=8 October 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008214022/http://news1.kr/articles/?1866712 |archive-date=8 October 2018 |language=Korean}} The following year, he was included in South Korea's squad for the football tournament at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju, South Korea. In the group stage, Seo opened the scoring in the 18th minute against Canada, which finished as a 3–1 win for South Korea. Overall, he scored one goal in five appearances, with South Korea finishing as runners-up after losing 0–3 to Italy in the Gold medal match.{{cite web |url=http://www.kfa.or.kr/archive/player_history.php?search_val=%EC%84%9C%EC%98%81%EC%9E%AC |title=서영재 |trans-title=Seo Young-jae |website=KFA.or.kr |publisher=Korea Football Association |access-date=8 October 2018 |language=Korean |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008214318/http://www.kfa.or.kr/archive/player_history.php?search_val=%EC%84%9C%EC%98%81%EC%9E%AC |archive-date=8 October 2018}}

Seo also appeared for South Korea's under-23 team, appearing seven times from 2015 to 2016.

Honours

South Korea Universiade

Summer Universiade silver medal: 2015{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fisu2015.html |title=Universiade 2015 |first=Erik |last=Garin |date=19 April 2018 |website=RSSSF |access-date=2 June 2020}}