Paik Seung-Ho

Paik Seung-ho (Korean: 백승호; born 17 March 1997) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for EFL Championship club Birmingham City and the South Korea national team.

In 2009, as a member of Seoul Daedong Elementary School, he played 18 games in the Elementary Weekend League and scored 30 goals. Since then, he has received attention as an outstanding prospect, winning the 22nd Cha Bum-kun Football Grand Prize. In December, he participated in the 1st Korea-Catalonia Youth Cup in Barcelona, Spain as a member of the South Korean national under-14 football team, and was offered a contract as a result of his impressive performance. However, he was already scouted by Maetan Middle School, a youth team of Samsung Bluewings in Suwon, and was scheduled to enter, but Samsung Bluewings decided to send Paik to Spain with a long-term vision and also to support him. Paik played for Maetan Middle School, the under-15 team of the Suwon Samsung Bluewings, until March 2010, before moving to Barcelona's under-13 team, Infantil A, in April 2010.