Moon Seon-min

Moon Seon-min (Hangul: 문선민; Hanja: 文宣民; born 9 June 1992) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. He became the first football player from South Korea to play in Allsvenskan, the highest league in Sweden.

Club Career

Early career

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Moon began his football career at Janghoon High School in 2008 and spent two years there. After graduating high school in 2010, Moon's football career suffered a setback when there was no K League clubs offered him a contract and there wasn't an opportunity to join a college squad either. Moon had to pursued elsewhere when he took part in the Nike, Inc. sponsored competition "The Chance" in early 2011 and were among 100 players (later 32) to be selected for the next stage. He became one of the eight winners who got to move to England and join the Nike Academy that summer. While at the Nike Academy, Moon experienced training in a cold weather in England; opposite of the weather in South Korea.

Ostersunds FK

Moon was signed by third tier Swedish club Ostersunds FK on 26 January 2012, after their English manager Graham Potter spotted him while he was in his homeland to scout Ghanaian David Accam, who also was training with the Nike Academy at the time.

Moon made Ostersunds FK debut, where he started the whole game, in a 1–1 draw against IK Sirius in the opening game of the season. He appeared in two more matches before being sidelined for a month with a toe injury. It wasn't until on 16 June 2012 when Moon made his return from injury, coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute, in a 1–0 loss against IK Frej. In a follow–up match against BK Forward, he scored his first goal for the club, in a 2–1 loss. Moon then scored his second goal of the season on 14 July 2012, in a 1–1 draw against Vasteras SK. Since returning to the first team from injury, he regained his first team place and helped the side win the Division 1 Norra and promoted to th

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