Park Ji-soo (footballer)

In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

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]

Park Ji-soo

Park in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Park Ji-soo
Date of birth	(1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 30)
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 FC	38	(1)
2021–2022	→ Suwon FC (loan)	14	(0)
2021–2022	→ Gimcheon Sangmu (draft)	37	(2)
2023	Portimonense	14	(0)
2023–	Wuhan Three Towns	23	(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 25 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

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 2 November 2024

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	—		—		14	0
Wuhan Three Towns	2023	Chinese Super League	9	1	1	0	5	0	—		15	1
	2024	Chinese Super League	29	1	0	0	—		—		29	1
	Total		38	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	44	2
Career total			290	12	11	0	20	0	2	0	323	12

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

• K League 2: 2017

Guangzhou Evergrande

• Chinese Super League: 2019^[11]

Gimcheon Sangmu

• K League 2: 2021

South Korea

• EAFF Championship: 2019

Individual

• K League 2 Best XI: 2017
• AFC Champions League All-Star Squad: 2019^[15]
• AFC Champions League Opta Best XI: 2019^[16]

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