Hwang In-Jae

In-Jae's current-season form is up 27% on last season (Season 11→14), while his Rating eased 28→18. His peak season for form remains 2023/24 (Season 29).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	CS	CS%	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	Pohang Steelers	16	0	0%	7.3	—	—
2025/26	Pohang Steelers · 4th	33	5	15%	7.03	18	14
2024/25	Pohang Steelers · 6th	29	6	21%	6.95	28	11
2023/24	Pohang Steelers · 3rd	38	12	32%	6.73	37	29
2022/23	Gimcheon Sangmu FC · 3rd	16	4	25%	6.89	32	8

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 5 earlier seasons in the full career.

Scout report

Experienced headGoalkeeper

Hwang In-Jae is a 32-year-old goalkeeper at Pohang Steelers, rated 17.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 108th of 148 on scout potential in the K League 1. A seasoned veteran, he has been a rotation option this season (39.5% of available minutes). Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on In-Jae.

Judged on this season alone, In-Jae graded 14 — a solid campaign that ranks top 31% of the 13 goalkeepers in the K League 1, on 5 clean sheets across 33 appearances.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 11 → 14). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2023/24.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 18, 7th of 13 of the 13 goalkeepers in the K League 1. At 32 In-Jae is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 2.3 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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Past his 2023/24 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.

Peak: 2023/24Trending downBreakout: 2023/24

Current potential7th of 13 goalkeepers · K League 1 Current seasonTop 31% goalkeepers · K League 14th-best goalkeeper in the K League 1108th in the K League 1 · potential7th-highest potential goalkeeper in the K League 1

17.7

Ratingi

7th of 13 goalkeepers

14.2

Seasoni

below regular-starter level

39.5%

Minutes

rotation minutes

Def. actions / 90

light defensive volume

Output in context · Pohang Steelers finished 4th of 6 · a relegation-threatened side

Apps

Clean sheets

15%

CS rate

39.5%

Minutes

5 clean sheets in 33 appearances (15% of games). Keeping that many behind a relegation-threatened side (4th of 6) — a side that concedes more — points to a busy, productive season between the posts.

Watch points

Game time. Only 39.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
Age curve. At 32, both level and resale value are on the downslope.
Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 17.7, In-Jae carries the 7th-highest potential of the goalkeepers in the K League 1 of 13, and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Pohang Steelers finished 4th of 6) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. A rotation minutes keeper carrying the gloves this season. Veteran phase — a short-term, lower-fee proposition as both level and value decline (0.8× and falling).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %39.5%

Available fixtures38 of 38

Goals / 900

Assists / 900

Goal contribution / 900

Defensive actions / 900

Player flow

Goal involvements0

Cards / 900.067

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~6), then tapers with age. At 32, In-Jae sits on 2.3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is In-Jae's projected Rating — 17.7 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.