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Ji So-Yun

池笑然　/　ち・そよん

Association football player from South Korea

February 21, 1991 (age 35)　・　Seoul, South Korea

association football player

My Take

Ji So-yun is a player I genuinely admire. As South Korea's all-time top goalscorer with 75 international goals, she's not just good — she's the standard. A midfielder who built her reputation abroad and kept delivering for the national team, she's exactly the kind of athlete who carries a country's hopes without much global fanfare. At 161cm she's never been the most physically imposing figure on the pitch, which makes her vision and finishing all the more impressive to me. She's proof that women's football in Korea has a genuine icon, and I'd love to see her get wider recognition.

Overview

Ji So-yun (Korean: 지소연, Korean pronunciation: [tɕi.so.jʌn]; born 21 February 1991) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for WK League club Suwon FC and the South Korea national team. She is South Korea's all-time top goalscorer, with 75 goals.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ji So-Yun
Name (Japanese): 池笑然
Reading: ち・そよん
Born: February 21, 1991 (age 35)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Goat
Origin: Seoul, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: 161 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Dongsan Information Industry High School
University: Hanyang Women's University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ji_soyun10/
Xhttps://x.com/jsy0341
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%A0%E7%AC%91%E7%84%B6

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