Oh Hyeon-gyu
South Korean footballer
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Oh Hyeon-gyu (Korean: 오현규; born 12 April 2001) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Beşiktaş and the South Korea national team.
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Oh with Beşiktaş in 2026 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 April 2001[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Namyangju, South Korea | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Beşiktaş | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2019 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings[note 1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 49 | (13) |
| 2020–2021 | → Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 38 | (7) |
| 2023–2024 | Celtic | 36 | (11) |
| 2024–2026 | Genk | 56 | (15) |
| 2026– | Beşiktaş | 13 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | South Korea U14 | 4 | (5) |
| 2016–2018 | South Korea U17 | 13[α] | (4) |
| 2019 | South Korea U20 | 4 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | South Korea U23 | 4 | (1) |
| 2022– | South Korea | 26 | (6) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 31 March 2026 | |||
Club career
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Oh made his professional debut in K League 1 with Suwon Samsung Bluewings during the 2019 season, making eleven league appearances.[4] He spent the next two seasons on loan at military club Sangju Sangmu (renamed Gimcheon Sangmu in 2021), where he served his military service.[5] He returned to the Bluewings in the 2022 season and was the club's top scorer with 13 league goals.[4]
Celtic
On 25 January 2023, Oh joined Scottish Premiership club Celtic for an undisclosed fee, reported to be in the region of £2.5 million, signing a five-year contract.[6][7] He was assigned the number 19 shirt.[8]
He made his debut on 29 January 2023, in a league game against Dundee United, replacing Kyogo Furuhashi in the 82nd minute of an eventual 2–0 win.[9] Then, he scored his first goal for the Bhoys on 11 February, in a 5–1 Scottish Cup win over St. Mirren.[10] Oh scored 11 goals during 36 league appearances including six starts, while usually playing as a substitute for main striker Furuhashi.[5] However, he did not get playing time for half a year after Adam Idah came to the team on a loan deal.[11]
Genk
On 14 July 2024, Oh signed a four-year contract with Belgian Pro League club Genk.[12] On 22 September, he scored his first goal for Genk in a 4–0 win over Dender. On 28 September, he led Genk's 2–1 win by scoring twice, while playing 31 minutes as a substitute in the next Pro League match against Mechelen.[5][13] He scored 1.33 goals per 90 minutes (9 goals in 610 minutes) as he played as a substitute for main striker Tolu Arokodare in his first season at Genk.[14]
In the summer of 2025, Oh had a medical examination in Germany after receiving an offer from Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. However, the condition of his cruciate ligament did not satisfy Stuttgart, and they requested to convert his permanent move into a loan deal. He suffered a cruciate ligament injury in his boyhood, but his knee had no problems during his professional career until this point. Genk refused the request and cancelled his transfer.[15][16] On 22 August, he scored his first goal at UEFA competitions in the UEFA Europa League play-off first leg against Lech Poznań, which ended in a 5–1 win.[17] On 25 September, he scored the winning goal in a 1–0 win over Rangers, the first league phase match at the Europa League.[18] He played as a main striker for Genk during the first half of the 2025–26 season, but his status at the club was lowered again after manager Thorsten Fink was sacked for poor results until December.[19]
Beşiktaş
On 4 February 2026, Oh signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Süper Lig club Beşiktaş, who paid a transfer fee of €14 million.[20] On 8 February, he scored an equaliser and won a penalty in his first Süper Lig match against Alanyaspor, which ended in a 2–2 draw.[21] He also scored a goal in each of the two subsequent matches against İstanbul Başakşehir and Göztepe, becoming the first-ever Beşiktaş player to score in all of the first three matches.[22]
International career
Oh represented South Korea at between under-14 and under-23 level.[3] On 11 November 2022, he made his senior international debut in a friendly against Iceland.[23] On 10 October 2024, he scored his first goal for the senior national team in a FIFA World Cup qualifier against Jordan, which ended in a 2–0 win.[3]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 9 May 2026[5]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 2019 | K League 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | K League 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2022 | K League 1 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2[c] | 1 | 39 | 14 | |||
| Total | 49 | 13 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 53 | 14 | ||||
| Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 2020 | K League 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | |||
| 2021 | K League 2 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 35 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 40 | 9 | |||||
| Celtic | 2022–23 | Scottish Premiership | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 7 | ||
| 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | — | 26 | 5 | ||
| Total | 36 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 47 | 12 | |||
| Genk | 2024–25 | Belgian Pro League | 36 | 9 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 41 | 12 | |||
| 2025–26 | Belgian Pro League | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | 10[e] | 4 | — | 32 | 10 | |||
| Total | 56 | 15 | 7 | 3 | — | 10 | 4 | — | 73 | 22 | ||||
| Beşiktaş | 2025–26 | Süper Lig | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | 8 | |||
| Career total | 192 | 52 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 229 | 65 | ||
- Includes Korean FA Cup, Scottish Cup, Belgian Cup, Turkish Cup
- Includes Scottish League Cup
- Appearances in K League promotion-relegation play-offs
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 31 March 2026[3]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 6 | |
- Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Oh goal.[3]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 October 2024 | Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan |  Jordan | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 15 October 2024 | Yongin Mireu Stadium, Yongin, South Korea |  Iraq | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 5 June 2025 | Basra International Stadium, Basra, Iraq | Iraq | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 4 | 10 June 2025 | Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea |  Kuwait | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 9 September 2025 | Geodis Park, Nashville, United States |  Mexico | 2–1 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 6 | 14 October 2025 | Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea |  Paraguay | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |