Hwang Hee-chan is a South Korean forward born in Chuncheon on 26 January 1996. He moved to Europe with Red Bull Salzburg, where he developed through loans and first-team football before joining RB Leipzig in 2020. After a loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers, he signed permanently with the Premier League club. Hwang has represented South Korea at youth and senior level, played at the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups, and scored the decisive late goal against Portugal that sent South Korea into the 2022 knockout stage.
