Abi Kim

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Abi Kim
Personal information
Full name Abigail Kofi Kim [1]
Date of birth (1998-07-19) July 19, 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Monrovia, Liberia
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Ankara BB Fomget
Number 19
Youth career
Pacific Northwest SC
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2019 California Golden Bears 80 (18)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 LA Galaxy OC 3 (0)
2020–2021 Fiorentina 6 (1)
2021–2022 Orlando Pride 17 (0)
2023–2024 Bordeaux 22 (3)
2024 Nantes
2024– ABB Fomget 4 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 United States U18
2017–2018 United States U20 24 (6)
2019 United States U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 6, 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 9, 2019

Abigail Kofi Kim (born July 19, 1998) is a professional women's soccer forward who plays in the Turkish Super League for Ankara BB Fomget. Born in Liberia, she has represented the United States internationally up to under-23 level.

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Having played college soccer for California Golden Bears, she has since appeared for LA Galaxy OC in United Women's Soccer, Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League and in Italy for Serie A team Fiorentina.

Early life

Born in Monrovia, Liberia, Kim grew up with an adopted family in Vashon, Washington. Kim attended Seattle Christian High School and helped lead the school's soccer team to the 1A state championship title in 2015, scoring 41 goals in 20 matches and was named MVP by the Washington State Soccer Coaches Association. She played club soccer for Pacific Northwest SC, winning the state championship in 2013 and 2014. Kim was also a track and field athlete for Seattle Christian, helping the team to three consecutive state titles. [2]

California Golden Bears

Kim was recruited to play college soccer for California Golden Bears. She was a four-year starter between 2016 and 2019, notably earning Pac-12 All-Freshman Team honors in a 2016 season in which she saw action in all 21 of Cal's matches, leading all freshmen with 16 starts. In 2019, Kim was named captain of the team for her senior season. A legal studies major, Kim was also a Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention in 2018. [2] [3]

In the 2019 offseason, Kim joined UWS club LA Galaxy OC, making three appearances as the team won the National Championship. [4] [5]

Club career

Fiorentina

Kim was selected in the third round (26th overall) of the 2020 NWSL College Draft by Orlando Pride. [3] Having joined up with the team for preseason, all NWSL activities were shut down just three days in to camp due to the developing coronavirus pandemic. [6] With the ongoing disruption of the 2020 NWSL season and having rehabbed from a knee injury sustained while training over summer, Kim elected to sign in Italy with Serie A team Fiorentina in June. [7] With issues surrounding travel and quarantines, Kim's signing wasn't officially completed until October 17. [8] She made her debut on November 1, starting in a 6–1 victory against second division ASD Riozzese in the 2020–21 Coppa Italia group stage. [9] She scored her first goal for the club on December 13 in a 1–1 Serie A draw with Empoli. [10] Three days later she made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut, starting in a Round of 32 second leg away at Slavia Prague. Fiorentina scored a stoppage time winner to progress 3–2 on aggregate. [11]

Orlando Pride

After a spell in Italy, Kim returned to Orlando Pride for preseason ahead of the 2021 season and signed a two-year contract with an option for an additional year on March 2, 2021. [12] She made her professional NWSL debut for the club on April 10, 2021, as a 78th-minute substitute in the team's Challenge Cup opener against Racing Louisville and scored to give Orlando the lead in the 88th minute. The game finished 2–2. [13] On August 24, 2022, Kim was waived. In two seasons she made 21 appearances in all competitions, scoring one goal and two assists. [14]

Bordeaux

In August 2023, Kim signed a two-year contract with French Division 1 Féminine club Bordeaux. [15]

Ankara BB Fomget

In September 2024, she moved to Turkey, and signed a deal with Ankara BB Fomget to play in the Turkish Super League. [16]

International career

Kim has represented the United States at the under-18 and under-20 and under-23 levels.

In January 2018, Kim was part of the under-20 team that finished as runners-up at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, losing the final to Mexico in a penalty shoot-out. [17] In August 2018, Kim was also named to the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squad. The team failed to get out of the group behind Spain and Japan as Kim made three substitute appearances. [18]

In April 2019, Kim was called up to the under-23 team to play at the La Manga U23 tournament, starting in two of the three games. [19]

Kim is of Ghanaian descent through her biological father, [20] which makes her eligible to represent Ghana. In April 2024, she was approached by Ghana women's national team head coach Nora Häuptle to talk about a possible call-up. [21]

Career statistics

College

SchoolSeasonDivisionAppsGoals
California Golden Bears 2016 Div. I 213
2017207
2018186
2019212
Career total8018

Club

As of August 24, 2022.
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] Continental [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
LA Galaxy OC 2019 USW 30———30
Fiorentina 2020–21 Serie A 6120102 [lower-alpha 3] 1112
Orlando Pride 2021 NWSL 6021——81
2022 11020——130
Total170410000211
Career total261611021353

Honors

LA Galaxy OC

Fiorentina

United States U20

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