Hyunjun Yang, born on 25 May 2002 (age 24), is a South Korean right winger for Celtic, wearing squad number 13. He came through at Gangwon FC, where his 2022 league season – 36 appearances and eight goals – gave Celtic enough to work with when they moved for him.
Celtic signed Yang from Gangwon in July 2023 for around £2m. Since then, his career has been shaped far more by Glasgow than by anything before it. Across four league seasons with the club he has made 84 appearances and scored 16 goals, a decent body of work for a wide player still developing his game.
His Celtic spell has also brought medals. Yang has won three Premiership titles, the League Cup in 2024/25 and a Scottish Cup, while also being part of sides that finished runners-up in both domestic cup competitions. That is not a bad start to life in Scotland, even if consistency remains the next obvious demand.
In 2026/27, he has made six league appearances and scored twice, with further outings in the Scottish Cup and Champions League qualifiers taking him to 12 Celtic appearances and two goals in all competitions for the season. He has also been involved with Korea Republic, making one World Cup appearance and three in Asian World Cup qualifying.
His current market value is around £4.5m, according to Transfermarkt. Yang remains part of Celtic’s present rather than just a squad project, and his career to this point is plainly centred on what he has done, and still has to do, at Parkhead.
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