Park Ji-soo (footballer)

Park Ji-soo (Korean: 박지수, Hanja: 朴志洙; born 13 June 1994) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a centre back for Guangzhou Evergrande.[1]

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.
Park Ji-soo
Personal information
Full name Park Ji-soo
Date of birth (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994
Place of birth Mungyeong, Gyeongbuk, South Korea
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Guangzhou Evergrande
Number 23
Youth career
2010–2012 Incheon United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Incheon United 0 (0)
2014 FC Uijeongbu 20 (1)
2015–2018 Gyeongnam FC 129 (6)
2019–2020 Guangzhou Evergrande 38 (1)
National team‡
2009 South Korea U17 2 (0)
2018– South Korea 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2019

Career

Park Ji-soo would play for top tier club Incheon United's youth setup before he was promoted to their senior team where he signed his first professional contract at the start of the 2013 league season. Throughout the season he did not make any appearances for the team and was released from the club at the end of the season.[2] This saw Park join K3 League club FC Uijeongbu for the 2014 league season before going on a practice match for K League 2 club Gyeongnam FC where he showed potential and was signed by the team.[3]

In January 2015, Park officially joined Gyeongnam FC and he would make his debut in a league game against Ansan Police on 22 March 2015 in a 0-0 draw.[4] This would be followed by his debut goal for the club in a league match against Chungju on 5 July 2015 in a 1-1 draw.[5] Park would establish himself as an integral part of the team's defence and go on to aid the club to win the 2017 K League Challenge division and promotion to the top tier.[6] Park and Gyeongnam FC would continue their upward trajectory and the club surprisingly came runners-up in the 2018 K League 1 campaign.[7]

On 20 February 2019, Park transferred to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande.[8] On 5 March 2019, he made his debut for the club in a 2–0 home win over Japanese side Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the 2019 AFC Champions League.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of 28 November 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Incheon United 2013 K League 1 0000——00
FC Uijeongbu 2014 K3 League 20100——201
Gyeongnam FC 2015 K League 2 28110——291
2016 35110——361
2017 33230——362
2018 K League 1 33200——332
Total 12965000001346
Guangzhou Evergrande 2019 Chinese Super League 20120120—341
2020 1801030—220
Total 3813015000561
Career total 187880150002108

International
As of 10 October 2019
South Korea
YearAppsGoals
201810
201920
Total30

Honours

Club

Gyeongnam FC:

Guangzhou Evergrande:

International

South Korea

Individual

References
  1. Park Ji-soo at Soccerway
  2. "FC의정부 출신 '박지수 선수' 국가대표로 발탁". fckht.co.kr. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  3. "족집게 과외 받고 프로로 돌아간 박지수". footballjournal.co.kr. 2015-02-09. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  4. "GYEONGNAM VS. CHUNGNAM ASAN 0 - 0". soccerway.com. 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  5. "경남FC, 충주와 무승부… 리그 6위 복귀" (in Korean). KNnews. 2015-07-05.
  6. "South Korea 2017". rsssf.com. 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  7. "South Korea 2018". rsssf.com. 2019-06-06. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  8. 恒大官宣归化球员布朗宁加盟 携手韩国外援朴志洙 (in Chinese). Sina Sports. 2019-02-20.
  9. "Group F: Guangzhou Evergrande FC (CHN) 2-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (JPN)". the AFC. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.


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