Hyunjun Yang, born in South Korea on 25 May 2002 (age 24), came through with Gangwon FC before Celtic moved for him in July 2023. His strongest league season there came in 2022, when he scored eight goals in 36 appearances, enough to mark him out as a wide player worth taking seriously rather than just another punt from a distant market.
Celtic paid around £2m to bring him to Glasgow, where he has operated mainly from the right wing and wears squad number 13. His time at the club has already brought two Premiership titles, a League Cup and a Scottish Cup, a decent haul for a player still working to make himself a fixed part of the side.
In 2026-27, Yang has made one league appearance, four Scottish Cup appearances and seven in the Europa League for Celtic, scoring once in Europe. He has also been involved with South Korea, making one World Cup appearance and three in Asian qualifying. His current market value is around £4.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
Yang remains a current Celtic player with useful European and international exposure behind him. His career so far has moved from a productive spell at Gangwon to a trophy-winning period in Scotland, with the next step still being to turn flashes and involvement into a more settled Celtic role.
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