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My Take
Kwon Hyeok-kyu represents the steady, unglamorous engine that every successful team needs. As a defensive midfielder for Karlsruher SC and the South Korea national team, he does the work that rarely makes highlight reels but always shows up in the result. I find that profile underrated in a football culture obsessed with goals and flair. Coming up through Busan and earning a move into German football, he's quietly built the kind of disciplined, position-aware game that travels well across leagues. To me he's exactly the sort of player coaches trust and fans only fully appreciate once he's missing from the lineup.
Overview
Kwon Hyeok-kyu (Korean: 권혁규; born 13 March 2001) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC and the South Korea national team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kwon Hyeok-kyu
- Name (Japanese)
- 權赫奎
- Reading
- 不明
- Born
- March 13, 2001 (age 25)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Snake
- Origin
- South Korea, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Gaesung High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kwon_hk01/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%AC%8A%E8%B5%AB%E5%A5%8E
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.