Hong Hye-ji (born 25 August 1996) is a South Korean

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who plays as a defender for the

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side Hyundai Steel Red Angels and the South Korea national team.

Club career

On 24 December 2016, Hong signed a one-year contract with

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club

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, where she made only two appearances before returning to South Korea. On 27 December 2017, she was drafted first overall in the 2018 WK League Draft by

Changnyeong WFC Changnyeong Women's Football Club ( ko, 창녕 WFC) is a South Korean women's football team based in Bugok, Changnyeong County. The team joined the WK League The WK League (Hangul: WK리그) is a semi-professional women's football league, run ...

. On 23 April 2018, she made her debut in a 1–0 away loss to Suwon UDC. On 9 July 2018, she scored her first goal in a 3–0 away win over Boeun Sangmu.

International career

Hong was part of the under-16 team that finished in fourth place at the

2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship The 2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship. The top 3 teams qualify for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Venues The host city was Nanjing in Jiangsu, China. The Final round was played o ...

in China. She helped the under-19 team win the

2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship The AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2013 is the seventh edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship. It was played from 11 to 20 October 2013. The top three teams (South Korea, North Korea, and China PR) qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's Wor ...

and finish third at the

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. She also represented South Korea at the

2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was an international association football tournament and the world championship for women's national teams under the age of 20, presented by Grant Connell, organized by the sport's world governing body FIFA. ...

in Canada and at the

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in Papua New Guinea. On 29 November 2015, Hong made her senior debut in a 1–0 loss to

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. On 4 June 2016, she scored her first goal in a 5–0 victory against

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Career statistics

International

Honours

South Korea *

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Individual * KFA Young Player of the Year: 2015

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hong, Hye-ji 1996 births Living people South Korean women's footballers South Korea women's youth international footballers South Korea women's under-20 international footballers South Korea women's international footballers Women's association football defenders Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in football Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games INAC Kobe Leonessa players Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC players Nadeshiko League players WK League players South Korean expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Japan South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players