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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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Hong Jeong-ho received 48.98% of the votes in the MVP voting and won the first honor in his life, beating Jeju Jumin-gyu, the top scorer, in a close battle.
Defensive Number Theory It's been 24 years 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 a match against Son Heung-Min in the Chinese league, 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 over as the captain and led Jeonbuk to the team with the least goals, and took the lead in winning the championship for five years in a row by scoring two winning goals.
[Hong Jung-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 as well.]
Runner-up in Season Best 11 Team Ulsan produced the most 4 players, including goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo, and Jeonbuk, the winning team, only had one.
Ulsan Seol Young-woo won the Young Player Award, a newcomer award.