# Yoon Do-young (윤도영)
**Yoon Do-young** (윤도영; born 2006) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a left-footed winger and attacking midfielder for Brighton & Hove Albion of the English Premier League, currently on loan to 1. FC [Magdeburg](https://www.edgepedia.org/magdeburg) in the German 2. Bundesliga. He came through the youth system of Daejeon Hana Citizen, debuted in [K League 1](https://www.edgepedia.org/k-league-1) at 17, and moved to Brighton in 2025 before a series of Dutch and German loans.[1](https://www.transfermarkt.us/do-young-yoon/profil/spieler/1015959) • [2](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%9C%A4%EB%8F%84%EC%98%81(%EC%B6%95%EA%B5%AC%EC%84%A0%EC%88%98))
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 2006, Yongin, Gyeonggi, South Korea[1](https://www.transfermarkt.us/do-young-yoon/profil/spieler/1015959) |
| Position | Right winger; also attacking midfield and right midfield; left-footed[1](https://www.transfermarkt.us/do-young-yoon/profil/spieler/1015959) |
| Physical | 172 cm, 63 kg[2](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%9C%A4%EB%8F%84%EC%98%81(%EC%B6%95%EA%B5%AC%EC%84%A0%EC%88%98)) |
| K League 1 record (Daejeon Hana Citizen, 2024–2025) | 31 appearances, 1 goal, 4 assists[3](https://www.kleague.com/record/playerDetail.do?playerId=20240156) |
| Brighton contract | Joined 1 July 2025; contract to 30 June 2030[1](https://www.transfermarkt.us/do-young-yoon/profil/spieler/1015959) |
| Loans | Excelsior Rotterdam and FC Dordrecht (2025–26), 1. FC Magdeburg (from July 2026)[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/6165/yoon-do-yong/career) |
| Youth internationals | South Korea U-20: 12 caps, 3 goals; U-23: 1 cap[2](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%9C%A4%EB%8F%84%EC%98%81(%EC%B6%95%EA%B5%AC%EC%84%A0%EC%88%98)) • [1](https://www.transfermarkt.us/do-young-yoon/profil/spieler/1015959) |
## Youth career in Daejeon
Yoon began at Suji Junior FC (수지주니어FC) in 2017–2018 before joining the Daejeon Hana Citizen under-15 team in 2019, continuing through the club's under-18 side from 2022 to 2024.[1](https://www.transfermarkt.us/do-young-yoon/profil/spieler/1015959) He attended Yuseong Middle School and Chungnam Mechanical Technical High School while in the Daejeon system.[2](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%9C%A4%EB%8F%84%EC%98%81(%EC%B6%95%EA%B5%AC%EC%84%A0%EC%88%98))
He debuted in the first division at 17.[5](https://magdeburg-fussball.de/news/doyoung-yoon-fcm-analyse-staerken-schwaechen-profil-4281183)
## Daejeon Hana Citizen, 2024–2025
Over two K League 1 seasons Yoon made 31 league appearances with 1 goal and 4 assists, wearing the number 77 shirt. In 2024 he played 19 league games with 1 goal and 3 assists; in 2025, 12 games with 1 assist.[3](https://www.kleague.com/record/playerDetail.do?playerId=20240156) Most of his minutes came as a substitute: of his 31 league appearances he was substituted on 8 times and off 23 times, totaling 1,425 league minutes.[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/6165/yoon-do-yong/career)
## Brighton and the loan path
Brighton & Hove Albion agreed the transfer in March 2025, with the contract taking effect on 1 July 2025 and running to 30 June 2030; the German site Magdeburg-Fussball reports a fee of two million euros.[6](https://gegensports.com/en/yoon-do-young-scout-report-magdeburg-en/) • [1](https://www.transfermarkt.us/do-young-yoon/profil/spieler/1015959) • [5](https://magdeburg-fussball.de/news/doyoung-yoon-fcm-analyse-staerken-schwaechen-profil-4281183) He has made zero league appearances for Brighton, with his development handled through successive loans.[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/6165/yoon-do-yong/career)
**Excelsior Rotterdam (2025–26).** The first loan, to the [Eredivisie](https://www.edgepedia.org/eredivisie) club [Excelsior](https://www.edgepedia.org/excelsior), brought little playing time: 6 league appearances totaling 97 minutes, all as a substitute, with 1 goal.[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/6165/yoon-do-yong/career) The Magdeburg-Fussball analysis describes this spell as unsuccessful before he moved a division lower.[5](https://magdeburg-fussball.de/news/doyoung-yoon-fcm-analyse-staerken-schwaechen-profil-4281183)
**FC Dordrecht (2025–26).** In the [Eerste Divisie](https://www.edgepedia.org/eerste-divisie), the Dutch second tier, Yoon found regular football: 15 appearances, 1,098 minutes, 1 goal and 3 assists, with 4 yellow cards and 1 red card.[4](https://theanalyst.com/players/6165/yoon-do-yong/career) • [7](https://www.fotmob.com/players/1613077/yoon-do-young) He also took corners and free kicks, and his only goal of the season was scored directly from a corner.[5](https://magdeburg-fussball.de/news/doyoung-yoon-fcm-analyse-staerken-schwaechen-profil-4281183) The Gegen Pres scout report reads the assist column as a shift in his senior role from finishing toward chance creation.[6](https://gegensports.com/en/yoon-do-young-scout-report-magdeburg-en/)
**1. FC Magdeburg (2026–27).** On 5 July 2026 Magdeburg announced a season-long loan in the 2. Bundesliga, making Yoon the club's fifth summer signing.[6](https://gegensports.com/en/yoon-do-young-scout-report-magdeburg-en/) • [5](https://magdeburg-fussball.de/news/doyoung-yoon-fcm-analyse-staerken-schwaechen-profil-4281183) As of late October 2026 he had not yet made his 2. Bundesliga debut, though he had played 5 cup and reserve-team matches, including 4 Regionalliga games for Magdeburg II with 1 goal.[8](https://theanalyst.com/players/6165/yoon-do-yong) • [4](https://theanalyst.com/players/6165/yoon-do-yong/career)
## Playing style
Yoon is left-footed, 1.73 m by Transfermarkt's listing, with a low center of gravity, and in Korea his profile was built on cutting in from the right to finish with his left foot or play a reverse-angle pass.[6](https://gegensports.com/en/yoon-do-young-scout-report-magdeburg-en/) The Magdeburg-Fussball analysis names his dynamics with the ball as his greatest strength: very agile around his own axis, quick and secure in ball carrying, and notably stronger as a creator than as a finisher, with a good low pass that lets him act as a playmaker in the half-spaces (vertical zones between center and wing on the pitch). It flags as weaknesses an overly high rate of unnecessary dribbles, a lack of physicality in duels, imprecise crossing, and below-average shot sharpness.[5](https://magdeburg-fussball.de/news/doyoung-yoon-fcm-analyse-staerken-schwaechen-profil-4281183) At Magdeburg he is planned on the right flank, cutting inside as a left-footer, and is considered versatile enough for a half-space number ten role or right wing-back.[5](https://magdeburg-fussball.de/news/doyoung-yoon-fcm-analyse-staerken-schwaechen-profil-4281183) • [6](https://gegensports.com/en/yoon-do-young-scout-report-magdeburg-en/)
## International career
Yoon progressed through South Korea's junior national teams from the U-16 level to the U-23.[5](https://magdeburg-fussball.de/news/doyoung-yoon-fcm-analyse-staerken-schwaechen-profil-4281183) His strongest youth scoring record is 12 goals in 21 matches for the South Korea U-17 side, and he was part of the squad that finished runner-up at the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup.[6](https://gegensports.com/en/yoon-do-young-scout-report-magdeburg-en/) • [1](https://www.transfermarkt.us/do-young-yoon/profil/spieler/1015959) For the U-20 team he has 12 caps and 3 goals, and Transfermarkt lists him as a current South Korea U-23 international with 1 cap.[2](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%9C%A4%EB%8F%84%EC%98%81(%EC%B6%95%EA%B5%AC%EC%84%A0%EC%88%98)) • [1](https://www.transfermarkt.us/do-young-yoon/profil/spieler/1015959)
## References
1. [Do-young Yoon – Player profile, Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.us/do-young-yoon/profil/spieler/1015959)
2. [윤도영(축구선수), Namu Wiki](https://d.namu.moe/w/%EC%9C%A4%EB%8F%84%EC%98%81(%EC%B6%95%EA%B5%AC%EC%84%A0%EC%88%98))
3. [Yoon Do-young player record, K League](https://www.kleague.com/record/playerDetail.do?playerId=20240156)
4. [Yoon Do-Young Career History, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/players/6165/yoon-do-yong/career)
5. [Doyoung Yoon: Soforthilfe für den FCM? Zugang in der Analyse, Magdeburg-Fussball](https://magdeburg-fussball.de/news/doyoung-yoon-fcm-analyse-staerken-schwaechen-profil-4281183)
6. [Yoon Do-young scout report: Brighton's Korean winger turning into a wing-back at Magdeburg, Gegen Pres](https://gegensports.com/en/yoon-do-young-scout-report-magdeburg-en/)
7. [Do-Young Yoon – stats, career and market value, FotMob](https://www.fotmob.com/players/1613077/yoon-do-young)
8. [Yoon Do-Young, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/players/6165/yoon-do-yong)
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