Park Ye-eun

Park Ye-eun (; born 17 October 1996) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a midfielder for the WK League team Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels and the South Korea national team.

Youth career Park enjoyed playing football with her father and older brother as a young child, and took the sport up seriously in the fifth grade of elementary school after a friend of her parents suggested it. Having started out in the U-12 girls' football academy at Hanam Central Elementary School, she progressed to the U-15 team at Gwangju Gwangsan Middle School. Park moved to Seoul to play for Seoul Dongsan I.C.T. High School before continuing her youth career at Korea University.

Club career

Park started her club career with newly established South Korean side Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power WFC. She was chosen by the club as the overall first pick in the 2017 WK League new players draft, and became a core squad member as KHNP repeatedly challenged for the WK League title.

In 2022, Park signed for Brighton & Hove Albion, joining her former Gyeongju teammate Lee Geum-min at the English club. During her only season with Brighton, Park made four appearances, playing only 34 minutes in total.

In September 2023, Park signed for Scottish Women's Premier League side Heart of Midlothian.

She returned to the WK League ahead of the 2024 season, signing with Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels .

International career Park represented South Korea at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2014 and 2016. She scored her first senior international goal in an Olympic qualifying match against Myanmar on 3 February 2020, scoring twice. She was part of the South Korean squad that finished as runners-up in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Park goal.