Hong attended Hyundai Technical High School,followed by attending Korea University.[1][2] At Korea University,she played for the women's football team.[citation needed]
Club career
In December 2016,Hong signed a one-year contract with Japanese Nadeshiko League club INAC Kobe Leonessa for the 2017 season.[3] At the end of the season,after having only made two appearances,she departed the club to join the South Korean WK League,where she would participate in the draft.[4]
In December 2017,she was drafted first overall in the 2018 WK League Draft by Changnyeong WFC.[5][6] She scored the winning goals that led to the team's first wins of the season in both the 2018 and 2019 season.[7]
On 29 November 2015,Hong made her senior debut in a 1–0 loss to Australia.[13] In December 2015,she won the Korea Football Association Young Player of the Year Award.[14] On 4 June 2016,she scored her first goal in a 5–0 victory against Myanmar.[15] She was regularly called up to the senior team for several tournaments,but suffered an injury in April before the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup,resulting in her not being selected to the squad.[13][16]
↑ Hong, In-taek (25 November 2017). "고베 수비수 홍혜지, "언니들 상대로 질 수 없었다""[Kobe defender Hong Hye-ji: "I couldn't lose to my sisters"]. Sports-G (in Korean). Retrieved 13 January 2025.
↑ Lim, Jeong-taek (27 December 2017). "'신생팀' 창녕WFC, 드래프트 '최대어' 홍혜지-손화연 싹쓸이"['New team' Changnyeong WFC sweeps draft 'biggest fish' Hong Hye-ji and Son Hwa-yeon]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 13 January 2025.
↑ Kim, Chan-young (13 August 2019). "[WK리그] '홍혜지 결승골' 창녕WFC, 개막 15경기 만에 첫 승...현대제철 13연승"[[WK League] 'Hong Hye-ji's winning goal' Changnyeong WFC, first win in 15 games since opening... Hyundai Steel 13 consecutive wins]. SWTV News (in Korean). Retrieved 13 January 2025.
1 2 "[인터뷰] 홍혜지는 웃고 싶다"[Interview: Hong Hye-ji wants to smile]. Naver (in Korean). 13 July 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
↑ "현대고 이상민-고려대 홍혜지,'올해의 영플레이어상 영광'"[Hyundai High School's Lee Sang-min and Korea University's Hong Hye-ji, 'Honorable Young Player of the Year']. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). 23 December 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
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