Finally, the 8th Korean La Liga player was born. Kim Min-soo made his debut in the Girona first division.
Girona lost 0-1 to Real Sociedad in the 10th round of the "2024-2025 Spanish Primera Liga" at Estadi Montiliv, Spain on the 20th (Korea time).
Girona allowed the opening goal in the 44th minute of the first half. Mikel Oyarsabal scored a header off Sociedad Ander Barennechea's cross from the left side. The goal eventually became the winning goal and Sociedad beat Girona 1-0.
Kim Min-soo made his La Liga debut in the match. Girona, who needed an equalizer, took out center back Alejandro Franses and put striker Kim Min-soo in the 17th minute of the second half, but unfortunately failed to balance the game.
Kim didn't have any significant performance in her debut. The soccer statistics website "Sofa Score" gave Kim a relatively low rating of 6.5, and Kim finished her debut with a 100 percent pass success rate and one contest success.
Girona made a splash in La Liga last season. It secured the third place in La Liga, beating Atletico Madrid, and qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, but remains in 13th place this season due to transfers of its main players.
What's worse is that key players including Brian Hill and Oriol Romeu have been sidelined due to injury ahead of the match against Sociedad. Girona has taken extraordinary measures. It has included a large number of promising players from its youth team in the first division list. Kim Min-soo is close to making his professional debut as he is included in the first division list.
Kim Min-soo is a Korean striker. He is a multiplayer who can play as a winger, an attacking midfielder, and even a striker. His main position is left winger, who is capable of dribbling breakthrough and finishing.
Kim Min-soo, from Dongseon Elementary School - Gwangju Elementary School in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, boarded a flight to Spain as a child. He joined the Girona U-19 team in 2022 after passing through CE Mercantile and CF Wall in 2020, and was called up to the Girona B team by scoring three goals in four games in the U-19 league.
His performance also continued for Girona B team. Kim Min-soo was considered one of the academy's best talents, scoring two goals in 18 games. He then made Girona's first-team preseason roster in July 2023, making his name known to soccer fans.
Kim Min-soo, who showed off his presence by scoring two goals in the preseason, was excluded from the first team due to a "non-EU quarter" issue, and spent the season with Team B last season. Kim changed his position to a striker, scoring two goals in four games in the U-19 league and three goals in 26 games while playing for Team B.
Based on his performance, he was called to the first team again this preseason. Since the opening of the season, Kim has continued his upward trajectory with four goals and one assist in the last four games. He finally made his first team debut, marking the birth of Korea's eighth La Liga player. 메이저놀이터