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Former Chelsea midfielder Ji So-yun has finished paperwork for Suwon FC, a move that will see her play homegrown football in her local South Korea without precedent for her senior vocation.
The playmaker declared her profound takeoff from Chelsea toward the finish of the 2021/22 mission, stopping her eight-year stretch in west London.
Ji lifted 13 significant prizes during her experience with the Blues and is proclaimed by a larger number of people as the WSL's most prominent ever abroad player. In the wake of reporting her takeoff in April, Emma Hayes pronounced that she had 'never seen a player like Ji in the ladies' down'.
The following part of the 31-year-old's profession will see her re-visitation of South Korea with Suwon FC, who affirmed her appearance in the early long stretches of Tuesday morning.
"It's a distinction to begin my WK League profession with Suwon FC Women," Ji said in an explanation delivered by the club. "I will attempt to return to the fundamentals and become the player that can assist the club win."Suwon with having been delegated K League support once in 2010 and completed third during the 2021 season, prior to losing in the season finisher semi finals.
Ji is South Korea's unequaled top appearance creator and goalscorer, netting multiple times in 125 excursions for her country. Be that as it may, her transition to Suwon is whenever she first will have played non-worldwide football in her nation of origin since she addressed the Hanyang Women's University group somewhere in the range of 2009 and 2010.
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Before moving to Chelsea, Ji had carried out her specialty in Japan, enjoying two years with INAC Kobe Leonessa.
The South Korean global had been on Hayes' radar for some time before the Chelsea director originally saw her play at the 2013 International Women's Club Championship in Tokyo. Hayes was blown away inside the initial 10 minutes, and an arrangement was struck in January 2014.
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