Ji So-Yun

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.

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

Height

161 cm

Occupation

association football player

High school

Dongsan Information Industry High School

University

Hanyang Women's University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%20So-yun
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B1%A0%E7%AC%91%E7%84%B6
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q493184

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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