91 / Ji So-yun
PRONOUNS: She/Her
POSITION: Midfielder
HEIGHT: 5-3
INTERNATIONAL: Korea Repulic
HOMETOWN: Seoul, South Korea
DOB: February 21, 1991 (33 years old)
COLLEGE: -
PREVIOUS CLUB: Suwon FC
NWSL EXPERIENCE: 2 (2nd Reign)
ACQUIRED: Transferred to Seattle Reign FC on January 24, 2024, from Suwon FC.
TRANSACTIONS: Signed with Seattle Reign FC through the 2025 season.
PROFESSIONAL (NWSL)
2024 • SEA • 26/22
Transferred to Seattle on January 24, 2024, from Suwon FC and signed through the 2025 season...Played 2,047 regular season minutes...Scored her first NWSL goal against the Chicago Red Stars on March 23, becoming the first-ever Korean player to score in the NWSL...Scored three goals...Added three assists...Took a team-leading 32 shots...Tied for leader in consecutive games played and games played for the Reign in 2024...Tied for leader in goals scored...Tied for club leader in assists...Led the team in shots and shots on target, as well as minutes played...Played in two Summer Cup matches
Ji joined the club from Suwon FC in the WK League, the highest-level women’s league in South Korea...Named Midfielder of the Year in consecutive seasons (2022-23) while at Suwon FC...Was the first South Korean player to play in the FA Women’s Super League when she first signed with Chelsea in 2014 and totaled eight seasons with the club.
KOREA REPUBLIC: Through 2023, Ji is the all-time leading goal scorer for her country with 69 goals across 154 senior national team appearances...In 2006, made her senior team debut and went on to become the nation’s youngest goal-scorer (15 years, 282 days)...Has represented Korea Republic at the U-17 and U-20 levels.
GLOBAL SUCCESS: Throughout Ji’s professional career, she has achieved various accolades at the international level. The midfielder has been shortlisted for FIFA Best Women’s Footballer and the FIFPRO World 11. Ji has been honored seven times as South Korea’s Women’s Footballer of the Year and was named the first female co-president of the Korean Pro-Footballer’s Association.
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