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Defender Hong Jeong-ho, who led Jeonbuk's 5th consecutive championship in professional soccer, was selected as the K-League MVP. As a defender, he stood tall as the best star in 24 years.



This is Correspondent Ha Seong-ryong.



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ho received 48.98% of the votes in the MVP vote, beating the scorer Jumin-gyu Jeju, who was the top scorer in a close battle, to receive the first honor in his life.



It is the first time in 24 years as a defender since Kim Joo-seong in 1997.



[Hong Jung-ho / Jeonbuk Defender: It seems like a really trembling and happy day. I was able to become the best player because I met the best coach and had the best teammates.] After



joining Jeju 11 years ago, Hong Jung-ho received attention as the 'second Hong Myung-bo'. He played an active part for three years, such as playing against Heung-Min Son in the game, and after returning to the K-League four years ago after playing in the Chinese league, he was always with Jeonbuk winning the championship.



This season, he took on the role of captain and led Jeonbuk to the team that conceded the least, and took the lead in winning the championship for the fifth year in a row by scoring two winning goals.



[Hong Jeong-ho / Jeonbuk Defender: In the past, if players who score goals received attention, now I felt a lot that defenders could get attention even if they block well, and I want to become Jeonbuk's 'strong wall' next season.]



Runner-up team in Season Best 11 Ulsan produced the most four players, including goalkeeper Jo Hyun-woo, and Jeonbuk, the winning team, only had one.



Ulsan Seol Young-woo won the Young Player Award, a newcomer award.



(Video coverage: Kim Won-bae, video editing: Oh Young-taek)