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Kim Min-jae
Kim in 2021
Personal information
Full name Kim Min-jae[1]
Date of birth (1996-11-15) 15 November 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Tongyeong, South Korea
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Napoli
Number 3
Youth career
Yeoncho Middle School
2012–2015 Suwon Technical High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Yonsei University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Gyeongju KHNP 17 (0)
2017–2018 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 52 (3)
2019–2021 Beijing Guoan 45 (0)
2021–2022 Fenerbahçe 31 (1)
2022– Napoli 14 (2)
International career‡
2014 South Korea U20 2 (0)
2016–2018 South Korea U23 8 (0)
2017– South Korea 47 (3)
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's football
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Team
EAFF Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 South Korea Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:17, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 December 2022
Kim Min-jae
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGim Minjae
McCune–ReischauerKim Minchae
IPA[kim.min.dzɛ]
In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Min-jae (Korean: 김민재; born 15 November 1996) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Napoli and the South Korea national team.

Early life

Kim was born in Tongyeong.[3] Both of his parents are former athletes and his brother was also a footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Myongji University.[4][5]

Kim started his youth football career with the football club of Tongyeong Elementary School.[6] He later transferred to Gaya Elementary School in Haman and graduated from there. He entered Yeoncho Middle School and Suwon Technical High School which has produced many international footballers such as Park Ji-sung and Kim Sun-min.[7]

After he graduated from high school in 2015, he went on to Yonsei University. In July 2016, when he was sophomore, he dropped out of school to fulfill his dream of making his professional debut, although Yonsei University tried to dissuade him.[8]

Club career

Gyeongju KHNP

Kim joined semi-professional club Gyeongju KHNP on 1 July 2016, and participated in the Korea National League since the middle of the 2016 season.[9] Kim played 15 matches for KHNP until the end of the regular season, leading his team to the play-offs.[10]

On 2 November, Kim played the quarter-final game of the play-offs for 78 minutes, contributing to a 2–0 victory over Changwon City.[11] On 5 November, however, he failed to help KHNP advance to the final despite playing as a full-time player in the semi-final game against Hyundai Mipo Dockyard.[12]

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

On 22 December 2016, Kim joined K League club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on a free transfer.[13] Jeonbuk manager Choi Kang-hee expressed his expectancy about him during the pre-season training camps in Dubai,[14] and used him as a key player from the beginning.[15]

Kim made his debut goal for his career in a K League 1 match against Daegu FC on 25 June 2017.[16] He scored his second goal for Jeonbuk against Gwangju FC with a mid-range volley on 19 August.[17] He was ousted from the game against Sangju Sangmu for warnings accumulated on 20 September.[18] On 15 October, it turned out that Kim suffered a semilunar valve injury and for this reason Kim had to have surgery in Japan, being unable to play remaining games of the season.[19] With his performance, he was named the K League Young Player of the Year and nominated for a part of the K League Best XI, although he was shown nine yellow cards and one red card during 29 appearances.[20][21]

Kim made his first AFC Champions League debut in a 3–2 victory over Kashiwa Reysol on 13 February 2018.[22] Kim scored his first goal of the 2018 season with a header as well as showing strong defense in a K League 1 match against FC Seoul on 18 March, and was named the MVP of the week.[23] Afterwards, he led Jeonbuk's defense to six consecutive clean sheets.[24] Unfortunately, however, Kim suffered from a fibula injury in a match against Daegu FC on 2 May, absenting himself from the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[25]

Beijing Guoan

On 29 January 2019, Kim transferred to Beijing Sinobo Guoan.[26] With his impressive defensive performance, Kim went on to play an integral role in Beijing's runner-up finish in the 2019 CSL Season.

In May 2020, Kim engendered controversy by expressing dissatisfaction about Beijing teammates' method of play in a YouTube channel, which was being operated by a South Korean football commentator, after his wedding in South Korea.[27] At a similar time, he received intensive attention from a wide range of European clubs,[28] and European media predicted €15 million for Kim's transfer.[29][30] Among them, Tottenham Hotspur actively tried to negotiate with Beijing, but they did not finish the deal before the transfer window closed.[31]

Fenerbahçe

Kim transferred to Fenerbahçe on 16 August 2021 with a transfer fee of €3 million and signed a 4-year contract.[32]

Kim won the most number of unclaimed balls and won the most tackles among Fenerbahçe defenders in his first match for Fenerbahçe against Antalyaspor on 22 August.[33] He made his European debut in the UEFA Europa League Group D match against Eintracht Frankfurt on 16 September. Two days after receiving his first red card in the Süper Lig against Trabzonspor on 17 October,[34] Kim said "This was a first for me in my 5-year career playing football at the highest level, I guess we have to have such experiences in Turkey."[35] Kim led Fenerbahçe to a 2-1 victory by making the most passes and blocks in the Intercontinental Derby on 21 November,[36] and was selected as the man of the match by Fenerbahçe fans with 76.3 percent of the votes.[37] Kim scored his first goal for Fenerbahçe against Konyaspor on 20 March 2022. At the end of the 2021–22 season, International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES), FIFA 22 and Opta Sports selected Kim for the Süper Lig Team of the Season.[38][39][40]

Napoli

On 27 July 2022, Kim signed for Serie A club Napoli[41] for a reported fee of €18.05 million,[42] as a replacement for Kalidou Koulibaly, who departed to join Chelsea. He was named Serie A player of the month for September 2022, in his second month at Italy.[43]

International career

On 14 August 2017, Kim was named in South Korea's squad for the last two qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup against Iran and Uzbekistan.[44] In a qualifier against Iran on 31 August 2017, Kim made his international debut as a starter and sent off Iranian player Saeid Ezatolahi as well as showing great defense for 84 minutes.[45] On 5 September, Kim played as a full-time player against Uzbekistan,[46] helping South Korea keep one more clean sheet. After these matches, South Korea qualified for the ninth consecutive FIFA World Cup.[47] But he was injured on 8 May 2018 and unable to take part in 2018 FIFA World Cup.

On 1 September 2018, South Korea defeated Japan 2–1 in the gold medal match of the 2018 Asian Games. As a result of this victory, Kim and his teammates received an exemption from military service, reducing the two-year conscription to just a few weeks of basic training.[48]

Style of play

As a central defender, Kim has excellent physical attributes, notably his strength, speed, and flexibility. Kim has a strong predictive ability in defense, and can often start and finish plays when the team advances. His long pass accuracy enables him to immediately hit the ball after the steal to complete a quick counterattack, and his excellent aerial ability and positioning allows him to perform headers to break up opposition attacks and start offensive plays.[49]

Personal life

January 2021, Kim was appointed as an ambassador for the Purme Foundation. He decided to contribute to the rehabilitation of children with disabilities and the independence of young people with disabilities, and donated ₩50 million.[50]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2022[51]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Gyeongju KHNP 2016 Korea National League 17 0 0 0 — 17 0
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2017 K League 1 29 2 1 0 — 30 2
2018 K League 1 23 1 1 0 6[a] 0 30 1
Total 52 3 2 0 6 0 60 3
Beijing Guoan 2019 Chinese Super League 26 0 2 0 6[a] 0 34 0
2020 Chinese Super League 17 0 0 0 6[a] 0 23 0
2021 Chinese Super League 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Total 45 0 2 0 12 0 59 0
Fenerbahçe 2021–22 Süper Lig 31 1 1 0 8[b] 0 40 1
Napoli 2022–23 Serie A 14 2 0 0 6[c] 0 20 2
Career total 159 6 5 0 32 0 196 6
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in AFC Champions League
  2. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 5 December 2022[2]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
South Korea 2017 2 0
2018 10 0
2019 18 3
2021 8 0
2022 9 0
Career total 47 3
As of match played 15 December 2019
Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kim goal.
List of international goals scored by Kim Min-jae
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 January 2019 Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates  Kyrgyzstan 1–0 1–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup
2 16 January 2019 Al Nahyan Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  China 2–0 2–0 2019 AFC Asian Cup
3 15 December 2019 Busan Asiad Main Stadium, Busan, South Korea  China 1–0 1–0 2019 EAFF Championship

Honours

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

South Korea U23

South Korea

Individual

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