FC Blue Wings · Archive · February 2011
Suwon Bluewings, February 2011: the transfer window
A record of the squad changes Suwon Samsung Bluewings made in the weeks before the 2011 season, under Yoon Sung-hyo.
The February 2011 window followed a pattern common across the K League at that point in the calendar: two largely unknown Brazilian forwards brought in on loan in the hope that one of them would score fifteen goals, and one established Korean international signed to add weight to the midfield.
In
| Player | From | Position | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oh Jang-eun | Ulsan Hyundai | Midfielder or full back | A South Korea international who began his career with FC Tokyo, then Daegu, then Ulsan. |
| Bergson Gustavo Silveira da Silva | Grêmio, on loan | Forward | Known as Bergson; not yet twenty when he arrived. |
| Wando da Costa Silva | Saba Qom, on loan | Forward | Known as Wando; thirty years old, a career spent largely in Brazil, arriving from Iran. |
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Of the three, the signing expected to matter most was Oh Jang-eun. He could play as a combative central midfielder or at full back, had been called up by South Korea for the first time while at Ulsan, and followed the same Ulsan-to-Suwon path that Oh Beom-seok had taken before him. With Lee Yong-rae, who had just been part of the national side's run to third place at the Asian Cup, he gave the 2011 midfield a harder edge than the previous season's.
Out
| Player | To | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Shin Young-rok | Jeju United | A forward who had rejoined Suwon the previous summer after a spell in Turkey. |
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Shin Young-rok's departure to Jeju reunited him with Bae Ki-jong, a former Suwon strike partner. He had returned to Korea only the previous summer and, while he scored a reasonable number and struck up an understanding with the Japanese forward Naohiro Takahara, he had not recovered the form of his first spell at the club.
The 2011 season that followed produced the club's best run in the modern AFC Champions League format, a semi-final. The longer view of the period is on the history page.