The oldest player in the V-League history, Yeo Oh-hyun (45), Hyundai Capital’s playing coach, is about to set a record.
After the launch of the V-League in 2005, Yeo Oh-hyun, who has been running non-stop for 19 seasons from 2022 to 2023, participated in 599 regular league games through the Samsung Firefighting match on the 15th.
When playing in the game against KB Insurance on the 18th, it will write a new history of participating in 600 regular league games for the first time in the history of the V-League.
Born in 1978, Yeo Oh-hyun graduated from Hongik University and first joined Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance in 2000, before the launch of the professional league. Afterwards, he started his professional life with the launch of the V-League in 2005, played for Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance for 9 seasons, moved to Hyundai Capital, his current team in the 2013-2014 season, and has been together for 10 seasons so far.
Yeo Oh-hyun was the best libero in the league and brought the team to the top. He won 1st place in the regular league a total of 7 times, including 1st place in the regular season 5 times during his time at Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and 1st place in the regular season 2 times at Hyundai Capital.
This is a record tied for second place among all previous men’s V-League players, following Korean Air’s Kwang-woo Yoo, who achieved first 카지노사이트place in the regular season eight times.
In addition to winning seven championships during his time at Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, Yeo Oh-hyun, who led two championship wins at Hyun Capital, has won a total of nine championships, holding the most ‘Throne’ titles among all men’s V-League players.
Yeo Oh-hyun achieved the standard record of 5,000 first defenses in the V-League in the 2009-2010 season and 10,000 first defenses in the 2015-2016 season. Starting with the first V-League Libero Award in 2005, he won the V-League Defensive Award in the 2005-2006, 2006-2007, and 2009-2010 seasons. He enjoyed the honor of being selected as the All-Star MVP in the 2013-2014 season and the V-League Best 7 (Libero) in the 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 seasons.
Yeo Oh-hyun handed over the starting Libero position to his junior, Park Kyung-min, and his playing time has decreased somewhat, but his performance is ongoing.
Yeo Oh-hyun recorded 5,197 dig successes, 7,912 accurate receives, and 13,109 successful defenses, and is undisputedly ranked first in all categories in the defense category. Yeo Oh-hyun is the only player to have achieved 10,000 defenses in the men’s division.
In addition, Yeo Oh-hyun recorded a receiving efficiency of 52.72% this season, surpassing the outstanding Libero juniors and ranking first in the men’s receiving ranking. Yeo Oh-hyun is the only player with a receiving efficiency exceeding 50%.
Thanks to Yeo Oh-hyun’s performance, Hyundai Capital is aiming for a leap to the top spot while running second in the league this season.