Kim Min-jae

South Korea · DF · age 30

2026 World Cup squad profile

Team
South Korea
Position
DF
Squad role
Projected starter
Position rank
#1
Intl caps
77
Intl goals
4
Intl assists
5
Composite rating
0.41(model rating, 0–1)
P(scores ≥1)
0.4%

See Kim Min-jae on the full South Korea scoring list →

Recent form

Cooling

2025/26 club form vs the player's multi-season baseline (4.45 vs 4.63).

Major tournament stats

TournamentMPMinGAxGShKPPrgPPrgCTklInt
World Cup 20223281000.120643514
Event data from StatsBomb open data, covering the World Cup, Euro, Copa América and AFCON finals. Small per-tournament samples — totals shown, not per-90 rates.
How to read this table11 columns explained
MP
Matches played in the tournament.
Min
Total minutes on the pitch.
G
Goals scored (penalties in normal play included; shootouts excluded).
A
Assists — passes that directly led to a goal.
xG
Expected goals — summed per-shot quality (StatsBomb's model).
Sh
Shots taken.
KP
Key passes — passes that led to a shot.
PrgP
Progressive passes — completed passes moving the ball ≥10m toward goal.
PrgC
Progressive carries — carries advancing ≥5m toward goal.
Tkl
Tackles won.
Int
Interceptions.

Full definitions in the glossary.

11
Career matches
990
Career minutes
2
Goals
0
Assists
0.5
xG

Career percentiles

Goals / 90
0.18
99
xG / 90
0.05
83
xAG / 90
0.03
72

vs 393 DF players with ≥3,000 career minutes in the dataset. Higher = better.

Career — goals & xG by season

GoalsxG
Career goals and xG by season — 1 season from 2022-23 to 2022-23, 2 total goals, 0.5 total xG.Career goals and xG by season — 1 season from 2022-23 to 2022-23, 2 total goals, 0.5 total xG.01223

Season-by-season

SeasonClubLeagueMPMinsGoalsAssistsxGxAG
2022-23NapoliSerie A11990200.50.3
FBref data ≤ 2022-23. Rows tagged wiki are top-scorer entries from Wikipedia and only carry goals.
How to read this table6 columns explained
MP
Matches played in that season (start or sub counts as one).
Mins
Total minutes on the pitch — better signal for workload than MP alone.
Goals
Goals scored (penalties included).
Assists
Passes that directly led to a goal (FBref attribution).
xG
Expected goals — per-shot quality scored 0–1 by distance / angle / pressure, summed across the season.
xAG
Expected assisted goals — the xG of shots created by this player's passes, summed.
FBref data ends 2022-23; current-season rows tagged wiki come from Wikipedia top-scorer tables and carry only goals.

Full definitions in the glossary.