Park Ye-eun (footballer)
South Korean footballer
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Park Ye-eun (Korean: 박예은; born 17 October 1996) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a midfielder for the WK League team Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels and the South Korea national team.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 17 October 1996 | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2022 | Gyeongju KHNP | ||
| 2022–2023 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 | (0) |
| 2023 | Heart of Midlothian | 0 | (0) |
| 2024- | Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2016 | South Korea U20 | 15 | (1) |
| 2019– | South Korea | 16 | (4) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 November 2022 | |||
Youth career
Park enjoyed playing football with her father and older brother as a young child, and took the sport up seriously in the fifth grade of elementary school after a friend of her parents suggested it.[1] Having started out in the U-12 girls' football academy at Hanam Central Elementary School, she progressed to the U-15 team at Gwangju Gwangsan Middle School.[2][3] Park moved to Seoul to play for Seoul Dongsan I.C.T. High School before continuing her youth career at Korea University.[1] In 2016, she was named Young Player of the Year by the Korea Football Association.[4]
Club career
Park started her club career with newly established South Korean side Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power WFC.[5][6] She was chosen by the club as the overall first pick in the 2017 WK League new players draft, and became a core squad member as KHNP repeatedly challenged for the WK League title.[7][8]
In 2022, Park signed for Brighton & Hove Albion, joining her former Gyeongju teammate Lee Geum-min at the English club.[9][10][11] During her only season with Brighton, Park made four appearances, playing only 34 minutes in total.[12]
In September 2023, Park signed for Scottish Women's Premier League side Heart of Midlothian.[13][12] She scored her first and only goal in Europe for Hearts the following month.[14]
She returned to the WK League ahead of the 2024 season, signing with Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels .[15]
International career
Park represented South Korea at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2014 and 2016.[4]
Park received her first senior call-up for South Korea in 2015 under manager Yoon Deok-yeo.[16] She scored her first senior international goal in an Olympic qualifying match against Myanmar on 3 February 2020, scoring twice.[17][18] She was part of the South Korean squad that finished as runners-up in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[19]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Total | |||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2022–23 | WSL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Heart of Midlothian | 2023–24 | SWPL 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
International
- As of match played 15 November 2022[22]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 2019 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | 4 | |
- Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Park goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 3 February 2020 | Jeju World Cup Stadium, Seogwipo, South Korea |  Myanmar | 4–0 | 7–0 | 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 2 | 5–0 | |||||
| 3 | 17 September 2021 | Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan |  Mongolia | 11–0 | 12–0 | 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| 4 | 15 November 2022 | Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand |  New Zealand | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |