Soccer-Besiktas sign South Korea forward Oh from Genk


Soccer Football - UEFA Europa League - Rangers v KRC Genk - Ibrox, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - September 25, 2025 KRC Genk's Hyeon-Gyu Oh celebrates after the match REUTERS/Russell Cheyne

Feb 4 (Reuters) - ‌South Korea forward Oh ‌Hyeon-gyu has joined Besiktas ‌on a three-and-a-half-year contract from Genk, the Turkish club announced ‍on Wednesday.

Besiktas will ‍pay 14 ‌million euros ($16.5 million) to the Belgian ‍side, the ​club said in a statement.

"An ⁠agreement has been reached with ‌the club and the player ⁠regarding the ‍transfer of professional football player Hyeon-gyu Oh," ‍Besiktas added.

The former Celtic ‌forward, who has scored six goals in 24 international appearances, will wear the number nine shirt.

Oh, 24, scored 10 goals in 32 ‌games for Genk in all competitions.

($1 = 0.8470 euros)

(Reporting by ​Canan Sevgili, writing by Mohamed Yossry, editing by Ken Ferris)

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