Park Ji-soo
Park in 2021
Personal information
Full name Park Ji-soo
Date of birth (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Mungyeong, Gyeongbuk, South Korea
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Wuhan Three Towns
Number 5
Youth career
2010–2012 Incheon United[note 1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013 Incheon United 0 (0)
2014 FC Uijeongbu 20 (1)
2015–2018 Gyeongnam FC 129 (6)
2019–2022 Guangzhou Evergrande 38 (1)
2021 → Suwon FC (loan) 14 (0)
2021–2022 → Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) 37 (2)
2023 Portimonense 14 (0)
2023– Wuhan Three Towns 9 (1)
International career‡
2009 South Korea U17 2[α] (0)
2021 South Korea U23 4[β] (0)
2018– South Korea 16 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  South Korea
EAFF Championship
Winner 2019 South Korea Team
Runner-up 2022 Japan Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

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 Chinese Super League club Wuhan Three Towns and the South Korea national team.[2]

Playing 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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] This would be followed by his debut goal for the club in a league match against Chungju Hummel on 5 July 2015 in a 1–1 draw.[6] 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 2 division and promotion to the top tier.[7] Park and Gyeongnam FC would continue their upward trajectory and the club surprisingly came runners-up in the 2018 K League 1 campaign.[8]

On 20 February 2019, Park transferred to Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande.[9] 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.[10] He would go on to establish himself as a regular within the team and go on to win the 2019 Chinese Super League title with the club.[11]

On 25 January 2023, Park signed for Portuguese club Portimonense on a one-and-a-half-year contract.[12] He played as a main defender of Portimonense for half a year, but left the club after the end of the first season to get a higher salary.[13]

On 15 July 2023, Park returned to China and signed a with Chinese Super League club Wuhan Three Towns.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Incheon United 2013 K League 1 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
FC Uijeongbu 2014 K3 League 20 1 0 0 — — 20 1
Gyeongnam FC 2015 K League 2 28 1 1 0 — — 29 1
2016 K League 2 35 1 1 0 — — 36 1
2017 K League 2 33 2 3 0 — — 36 2
2018 K League 1 33 2 0 0 — — 33 2
Total 129 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 134 6
Guangzhou Evergrande 2019 Chinese Super League 20 1 2 0 12 0 — 34 1
2020 Chinese Super League 18 0 1 0 3 0 — 22 0
Total 38 1 3 0 15 0 0 0 56 1
Suwon FC (loan) 2021 K League 1 14 0 1 0 — — 15 0
Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) 2021 K League 2 7 1 1 0 — — 8 1
2022 K League 1 30 1 0 0 — 2[a] 0 32 1
Total 37 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 40 2
Portimonense 2022–23 Primeira Liga 14 0 0 0 — 0 0 14 0
Wuhan Three Towns 2023 Chinese Super League 9 1 1 0 — 0 0 10 1
Career total 261 11 11 0 15 0 2 0 289 11
  1. ^ Appearance in K League promotion-relegation playoffs

International

As of 20 June 2023[1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
South Korea 2018 1 0
2019 2 0
2021 5 0
2022 6 0
2023 2 0
Career total 16 0

Honours

Gyeongnam FC

Guangzhou Evergrande

Gimcheon Sangmu

South Korea

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ Played for Incheon Daegun High School [ko], which was an academy of Incheon United.
  1. ^ Includes one appearance against non-national team.[1]
  2. ^ Appearances as an overage player in Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ a b "Park Ji-soo at Korea Football Association" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  2. ^ Park Ji-soo at Soccerway
  3. ^ FC의정부 출신 '박지수 선수' 국가대표로 발탁. FC KHT. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  4. ^ 족집게 과외 받고 프로로 돌아간 박지수. Football Journal. 9 February 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. ^ "GYEONGNAM VS. CHUNGNAM ASAN 0 - 0". Soccerway. 22 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  6. ^ 경남FC, 충주와 무승부… 리그 6위 복귀 (in Korean). KNnews. 5 July 2015.
  7. ^ "South Korea 2017". RSSSF. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  8. ^ "South Korea 2018". RSSSF. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  9. ^ "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. 20 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Group F: Guangzhou Evergrande FC (CHN) 2-0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima (JPN)". AFC. 5 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  11. ^ a b "China » Super League 2019 » 30. Round". worldfootball.net. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Portimonense garante contratação do internacional sul-coreano Park Ji-soo" (in Portuguese). record.pt. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  13. ^ '중국행' 현실 택한 박지수, 연봉 8500만→21억 '25배 상승'…포르티모넨세에 이적료 35억 '선물' (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 16 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  14. ^ "官宣｜欢迎朴志洙、段刘愚加盟武汉三镇" (in Chinese). dongqiudi. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  15. ^ "AFC Champions League 2019 Technical Report & Statistics". AFC. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  16. ^ "The Best ACL2019 XI announced!". AFC. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

External links

2017 K League Challenge Best XI
South Korea men's football squad – 2020 Summer Olympics
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