Ji So-yun
Ji in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 21 February 1991 | ||
| Place of birth | Seoul, South Korea | ||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Chelsea | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Dongsan Info & Industry HS | ||
| 2009–2010 | Hanyang Women's College | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | INAC Kobe Leonessa | 48 | (21) |
| 2014– | Chelsea | 42 | (13) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | South Korea U17 | 14 | (11) |
| 2007–2010 | South Korea U20 | 17 | (13) |
| 2006– | South Korea | 87 | (39) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 November 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 March 2016 |
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| Ji So-yun | |
| Hangul | 지소연 |
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| Hanja | 池笑然 |
| Revised Romanization | Ji Soyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chi Soyŏn |
Ji So-yun (Korean: 지소연, born 21 February 1991) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays for Chelsea LFC in the FA WSL and the South Korean national team.
Ji started her career in Japan, playing for L. League champions INAC Kobe Leonessa between 2011 and 2013. In November 2013, Ji was subject to a transfer bid from English club Chelsea. She agreed to a two-year contract in January 2014. When the transfer was officially confirmed later that month, Chelsea coach Emma Hayes said of Ji: "She is one of the best midfielders in the world and our fans will love her." In one of her final matches for the Japanese club, Ji scored against her soon to be new club, Chelsea in the International Women's Club Championship final.
Ji was named Players' Player of the Year after her first season in England, as Chelsea narrowly missed out on the FA WSL 1 league title on the last day of the season. She was named PFA Women's Players' Player of the Year in April 2015 and was also named in the PFA WSL Team of the Year.
At the 2015 FA Women's Cup Final, staged at Wembley Stadium for the first time, Ji scored the only goal of the match to win the Cup for Chelsea. In October 2015 she also scored in Chelsea's 4–0 win over Sunderland which secured the club's first FA WSL title and a League and Cup "double".
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