Ulsan Heo Yul, who is settling down smoothly, said, "The title of a replacement for resident regulation is motivation, not burden."
Ulsan Heo Yul, who is settling down smoothly, said, "The title of a replacement for resident regulation is motivation, not burden."
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Ulsan HD striker Heo Yul (24) is settling down smoothly in the first year of his transfer. He moved from Gwangju FC to Ulsan early this year, and is living up to his expectations.
As of Tuesday, Hur has scored three goals in five matches of Hana Bank's K League 1 2025. He already has the highest number of goals scored by an individual in a single season of the K League 1 this season. Since his debut in Gwangju in the 2020 season, Hur had career-high scores of 33 matches in the 2023 season, three goals and three assists in the 2022 season, and six goals and four assists in 33 matches in the 2022 season in the K League 2.
Many of his experiences have come to fruition. During the past six seasons, Heo Yul has significantly improved his ability to penetrate and link spaces behind the defense, including competition for aerial balls using his tall (192 centimeters) height. Due to Gwangju's lack of tall defenders, he even played center back in the last season, and as a result, his ability to cope with one-on-one situations has also improved.
"I was grateful to have experience as a center back in Gwangju. From the coaching staff's point of view, it would have been difficult to give me a chance as a defender instead of my original position," Heo Yul said. "Now that I have realized how to block the striker, I am confident that I can overcome the defender's check well."
His goal-scoring ability is improving little by little. In the opening match against FC Anyang (0-1 loss) held at its home turf on April 16, the team was under considerable criticism for failing to penetrate the opponent team's dense defense, but has shown signs of change since then. In addition to scoring a multi-goal in the season against the Daejeon Hana Citizen (2-0 win) on April 23, he also scored multiple goals in the match against the Jeju SK Wyverns (2-0 win) on April 9. Thanks to this performance, Ulsan is cruising smoothly with three wins, one draw and one loss, and 10 points.
He is also getting out of the shadow of his predecessor, Joo Min-gyu (35, Daejeon Hana). Joo Min-gyu is a top striker who has scored 27 goals and 6 assists in 69 games for Ulsan in the past two seasons. Ulsan left for Daejeon Hana because it started a generational change after the end of the last season, but he is also active as a five-goal and one-assist in five games this season. Heo Yul, a substitute, 메이저놀이터 is under a lot of pressure, but his appearance so far is comparable to Joo Min-gyu.
He says the title of "substitute for Joo Min-gyu" is motivation, not pressure. "I'm grateful that (Kim Pan-gon) coach didn't put pressure on me. The first goal made it easier to adapt to Ulsan," Heo said. "I can play various roles (as much as Joo Min-gyu) and I'm confident of scoring a lot of goals." I will build a lot of offensive points and help the team win four consecutive league games," he said.