[People Profile] All We Know About Kim Min-jae Biography, Career, Family, Networth

 

Kim Min-jae, born on November 15, 1996 is an South Korean professional footballer who is a centre-back player with Super Lig club Fenerbahce and the South Korea national team.

Childhood and early life

Kim was born in Tongyeong. His parents were former athletes. the brother of Kim was also an professional footballer who played goalkeeper at Myongji University.

Profiling Kim Min-jae

A Quick Glance At Kim Min-jae

Full Names	Kim Min-jae
Place of birth	Tongyeong, South Korea
Date Of Birth	15 November 1996
State of Origin	Tongyeong, South Korea
Profession	Footballer
position	Centre-back
Current team	Fenerbahçe
career	Number 3 Youth career Yeoncho Middle School 2012–2015 Suwon Technical High School College career Years Team 2015–2016 Yonsei University Senior career* Years 2016 Gyeongju KHNP 2017–2018 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2019–2021 Beijing Guoan 2021–2022 Fenerbahçe National team‡ 2014 South Korea U20 2016–2018 South Korea U23 2017– South Korea
Salary	£33,000 per week
Net Worth	$1.5 Million

Kim began his football career at the club football team from Tongyeong elementary school. He then moved onto Gaya elementary school in Haman and was able to graduate from there. He then attended Yeoncho Middle School and Suwon Technical High School that has produced numerous international footballers like Park Ji-sung and Kim Sun-min.

After graduating from high school in the year 2015 and enrolled at Yonsei University. In July of 2016, when he was a sophomore the student dropped out of school in order to realize his goal of making his debut on the professional stage, however, Yonsei University tried to dissuade him from doing so.

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Club careers

Gyeongju KHNP

Kim was signed to semi-professional team Gyeongju KHNP on 1 July 2016, and has been a participant in the Korea National League since the beginning year of 2016. Kim participated in 15 matches for KHNP through the end of regular league play taking his team to play-offs.

On the 2nd of November, Kim played the quarter-final game of the play-offs , lasting the duration of 78 minutes, which led to a 2-0 win against Changwon City. However, on November 5 Kim was not able to help KHNP reach the final, despite being full-time in the semi-final match in the semi-final against Hyundai Mipo Dockyard.

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

On the 22nd of December, the 22nd of December, Kim was signed by K League club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors with a no-cost transfer. Jeonbuk manager Choi Kang-hee expressed his excitement regarding him during the preseason sessions for training in Dubai and also referred to Kim as a central player right from the beginning.

Kim scored his first goal of his career in an K League 1 match against Daegu FC on 25 June 2017. Kim got his second score in the match for Jeonbuk at Gwangju FC with a mid-range shot on the 19th of August. The club reprimanded him from the match in the match against Sangju Sangmu for warnings accumulated on the 20th of September. On October 15 it was discovered that Kim was suffering from an injury to the semilunar valve and, as a result of this, Kim needed surgery in Japan and was unable to play the remainder during the regular season. In recognition of his efforts and performance, he was named”the” K League Young Player of the Year and was also nominated for an appearance in the K League Best XI, even though he was slapped with nine yellow along with one red in 29 games.

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Kim made his debut AFC Champions League debut in an 3-2 win against Kashiwa Reysol on 13 February 2018. Kim made his debut goal for the season by scoring a header, in addition to playing a solid defense during the K League 1 match against FC Seoul on 18 March and was named top player for the day. In the following match, he helped lead the defense of Jeonbuk to six straight clean sheets. Unfortunately, Kim suffered from a fractured fibula in a game with Daegu FC on 2 May and was unable to participate in his participation in the 2017 FIFA World Cup.

Beijing Guoan

On January 29, 2019, Kim transferred to Beijing Sinobo Guoan. Thanks to his outstanding defensive performances, Kim went on to be a key player in Beijing’s second place finish in the 2019 CSL Season.

In May of 2020, Kim engendered controversy by declaring his displeasure with Beijing players’ methods of play on the YouTube channel run by an South Korean football commentator, following the wedding ceremony at the wedding in South Korea. The same time, he garnered a lot of interest from a variety of European clubs as well as European media forecast EUR15 million for Kim’s move. Of these, Tottenham Hotspur actively tried to reach an agreement with Beijing however they could not conclude the deal before the transfer window ended.

Fenerbahce

Kim was transferred to Fenerbahce on the 16th of August, 2021, paying a transfer charge of EUR3 million. Kim also signed a four-year contract.

Kim had the most amount of balls that were not claimed and also won the most tackles of Fenerbahce players in his debut game with Fenerbahce in a match against Antalyaspor on the 22nd of August. Kim was able to make the European debut during the UEFA Europa League Group D match against Eintracht Frankfurt on 16 September. A few days after being sent off for his first offense in the Super Lig against Trabzonspor on 17 October, 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.” Kim played a key role in leading Fenerbahce to a 2-1 win with the

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highest number of passes and blocks during the Intercontinental Derby on 21 November and was voted the player of the match by Fenerbahce supporters, receiving 76.3 per cent of their votes. Kim was the first player to score a goal in his career for Fenerbahce at Konyaspor on the 20th of March in 2022. Then, at the conclusion of the 2021-22 campaign, International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) and FIFA 22 selected Kim for the Super Lig Team of the season.

International career

On the 14th of August, 2017 Kim was selected as a South Korean player for the final two qualifying matches in the 2018 World Cup against Iran and Uzbekistan. In a qualifying match against Iran on August 31, 2017 Kim made his debut for the international team as a player in the starting line-up and was dismissed Iranian player Saeid Ezatolahi , as in addition to playing a great defense for the entire 84 minutes. On September 5, Kim played as a full-time player against Uzbekistan in order to help South Korea keep one more clean sheet. Following these games, South Korea qualified for the ninth time in a row for FIFA World Cup. However, he suffered an injury on May 8th, 2018 and was is unable to participate in the 2018. FIFA World Cup.

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On September 1, 2018 South Korea defeated Japan 2-1 in the gold medal match at the 2018 Asian Games. In the wake of this win, Kim and his teammates were granted an exempt from military service, cutting the conscription from two years to a mere handful of months of training.

The style of the game

As a central defensive player, Kim has outstanding physical characteristics such as speed, strength and agility. Kim is extremely observant ability in defense and is often able to start and end plays as the team moves. The accuracy of his long passes allows him to instantly strike the ball following the steal to finish an immediate counterattack and his superior aerial skill and position allows him to execute headers to stop opposition attacks and kick off offensive play.

Personal life

January 20, 2021 Kim was appointed an ambassador of The Purme Foundation. Kim decided to aid in helping children suffering from disabilities as well as the independence of children who are disabled, and gave W50 million.