Seol Ki-Hyeon

Seol Ki-Hyeon played for Fulham from 2007 until 2010, mainly as a winger or attacking midfielder. A South Korean international, he was the only player to date to have played at the club from Korea. Initially signed under Lawrie Sanchez, he was mainly used as a squad player and struggled to find playing time for most of his time at the club.

Before Fulham
Ki-Hyeon gained national attention with his displays for Gwangwoon University in his native South Korea, leading to over twnety appearances for the national U23 team before making his full international debut in 2000.

He made the move across to Belgium the same year, signing for Royal Antwerp. He spent only one season with them, but in doing so, he became the first Korean to score double digits in a European League in 15 years. This impressive debut season led to a move to Belgian champions Anderlecht.

During his stay at Anderlecht, he notably scored a 12 minute hat-trick in the 2001 Belgian Super Cup, and won the title with them in his final season, 2003-04. In August 2004, he moved to England, signing for Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Championship under the managerial reign of Glenn Hoddle. Frustrated at his team not gaining promotion to the Premier League in his time with the West Midlands outfit, Ki-Hyeon sought a move after the 2006 World Cup and signed for the newly-promoted Reading in the top flight for a fee of around £1.5 million on 12 July 2006.

Ki-Hyeon would spend only one season with Reading before his move to Craven Cottage.

Fulham (2007-2010)
On 31 August 2007, Ki-Hyeon signed for Fulham for a fee thought to be in the region of £2 million. The manager at the time, Lawrie Sanchez, used him as a squad player but his playing time drastically reduced as he was sacked and replaced with Roy Hodgson at the turn of the year.

Despite this, he stayed at the club for well over two years, making a smattering of appearances, usually off the bench and mostly in minor matches. In January 2009 he move to Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia on loan for 6 months, with a view to making the move permanent. However, he vowed to stay at Fulham at fight for his place and stayed for the first half of the 2009-10 season before he left by mutual consent in the January 2010 transfer window.

After Fulham
Ki-Hyeon decided to make the move back to South Korea on 17 January 2010, signing for Pohang Steelers on a free transfer. After one year here, he spent another at Ulsan Hyundai before spending his last two years playing at Incheon United. He announced his retirement from playing on 2 March 2015.

He moved into management, his first foray being with Sungkyunkwang University initially as a caretaker in 2015, before being handed the role full-time in 2016 until 2018. He joined Gyeongnam as manager in 2019, just after they had been relegated from the K League.