Asian Footballer of the Year
He also spent much of his career in the Japanese J1 League and enjoyed his most prolific season with Cerezo Osaka. He scored 24 goals in 25 matches of the 1999 J1 League, becoming the first South Korean footballer who won the top scorer award of a foreign league. He was also nominated for the Asian Footballer of the Year in that year. In late 2003, having finally retired, Hwang has now turned his attention to coaching.