Abi Kim
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abigail Kofi Kim[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1998年07月19日) 19 July 1998 (age 27) | ||
| Place of birth | Monrovia, Liberia | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Neom | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Pacific Northwest SC | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | California Golden Bears | 80 | (18) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019 | LA Galaxy OC | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Fiorentina | 6 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | Orlando Pride | 17 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | Bordeaux | 22 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | Ankara BB Fomget | 22 | (17) |
| 2025– | Neom | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | United States U18 | ||
| 2017–2018 | United States U20 | 24 | (6) |
| 2019 | United States U23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Ghana | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 30 May 2025 | |||
Abigail Kofi Kim (born 19 July 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Women's Premier League club NEOM. Born in Liberia, she has represented the United States internationally up to under-23 level and currently represents Ghana.
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
[edit ]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
[edit ]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
[edit ]Fiorentina
[edit ]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 17 October.[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 13 December 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
[edit ]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 2 March 2021.[12] She made her professional NWSL debut for the club on 10 April 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 24 August 2022, Kim was waived. In two seasons she made 21 appearances in all competitions, scoring one goal and two assists.[14]
Bordeaux
[edit ]In August 2023, Kim signed a two-year contract with French Division 1 Féminine club Bordeaux.[15]
Ankara BB Fomget
[edit ]In September 2024, she moved to Turkey, and signed a deal with Ankara BB Fomget to play in the Turkish Super League.[16] She won the champions title in the 2024–25 Super League season.[17]
International career
[edit ]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.[18] 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.[19]
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.[20]
Kim was born in Liberia to a Ghanaian father and Liberian mother,[21] 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.[22]
On 30 May 2025, she made her senior debut for Ghana as an 83th-minute substitution in a 3–3 away friendly draw against Ivory Coast.[23]
On 30 October 2025, Kim's request to switch international allegiance to Ghana was approved by FIFA.[24]
Career statistics
[edit ]College
[edit ]| School | Season | Division | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Golden Bears | 2016 | Div. I | 21 | 3 |
| 2017 | 20 | 7 | ||
| 2018 | 18 | 6 | ||
| 2019 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 80 | 18 | ||
Club
[edit ]- As of 24 August 2022.
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| LA Galaxy OC | 2019 | USW | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Fiorentina | 2020–21 | Serie A | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 2[c] | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| Orlando Pride | 2021 | NWSL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2022 | NWSL | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Ankara BB Fomget | 2024–25 | Turkish Super League | 22 | 17 | 22 | 17 | ||||||
| Career total | 48 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 20 | ||
- ^ Includes Coppa Italia and NWSL Challenge Cup
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Women's Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Supercoppa Italia
Honors
[edit ]LA Galaxy OC
Fiorentina
- Supercoppa Italiana runner-up: 2020
Ankara BB Fomget
United States U20
- CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship runner-up: 2018
References
[edit ]- ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's WC France 2018 – List of Players: USA" (PDF). FIFA. 24 August 2018. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 November 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Abi Kim – California Golden Bears". UC Berkeley Athletics.
- ^ a b "Orlando Pride Trades to No. 3 Overall, Selects Midfielder Taylor Kornieck in the 2020 NWSL College Draft". www.orlandocitysc.com.
- ^ "Abigail Kim LA Galaxy Orange County Women's UWS Team". LA Galaxy OC. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Galaxy OC shuts out Foothills WFC for United Women's Soccer title". Calgary Sun. 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Statement from NWSL Commissioner Lisa Baird regarding the 2020 season". www.nwslsoccer.com. 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "TCF Calciomercato – Fiorentina, fatta per Abi Kim". app.tuttocalciofemminile.com (in Italian). 14 June 2022. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ McCormack, Mike (9 September 2020). "Fiorentina Femminile sign USWNT U20 Player Abi Kim". Viola Nation.
- ^ "Super Viola: sei reti in Coppa Italia". ACF Fiorentina. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Empoli Ladies-Fiorentina Femminile 1–1. Ora testa alla Champions League". FirenzeViolaSuperSpoxxrt Live (in Italian). 13 December 2020.
- ^ "Slavia Praha-Fiorentina December 2020". UEFA .
- ^ "Orlando Pride Signs 2020 Draft Pick Abi Kim". www.orlandocitysc.com.
- ^ "Racing Louisville vs Orlando Pride". Soccerway.
- ^ Citro, Michael (24 August 2022). "Orlando Pride Waive Forward Abi Kim". The Mane Land. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Abigail Kofi Kim rejoint Bordeaux". Girondins.com (in French).
- ^ "Abigail Kofi Kim" (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "Turkcell Kadın Futbol Süper Ligi'nde Şampiyon Ankara B.B. Fomget G.S.K." (in Turkish). Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu. 4 May 2025. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
- ^ "Mexico prevail in strengthened CONCACAF region". www.fifa.com.
- ^ "U.S. roster named for U20 Women's World Cup". TopDrawerSoccer.com.
- ^ "U.S. U-23 WNT Falls to France 3–1 at La Manga Tournament in Spain". www.ussoccer.com.
- ^ "Goal Chaser".
- ^ "Black Queens coach Nora Hauptle coach scouts Ghanaian players in France". 16 April 2024.
- ^ @GhanaWNT (30 May 2025). "83' - Triple Sub 🔄. ⬅️Doris, Sherifa, Jaqueline. ➡️Abigail Kim , Princess, Grace Acheampong. 🇨🇮 1:2 🇬🇭. #BlackQueens 🇬🇭. #ShineBlackQueens ✨. #BringBackTheLove 💕" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
- ^ "FIFA Change of Association Platform". knowledge.fifa.com. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
External links
[edit ]- California Golden Bears profile
- Fiorentina profile Archived 2021年01月24日 at the Wayback Machine
- Orlando Pride profile
- Abi Kim at Soccerway.comEdit on Wikidata
- Abi Kim at WorldFootball.netEdit on Wikidata
- Abi Kim at FBref.com Edit on Wikidata
- Abi Kim at kicker (in German)Edit on Wikidata
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Monrovia
- People from Vashon, Washington
- Soccer players from King County, Washington
- Ghanaian women's footballers
- Ghana women's international footballers
- American women's soccer players
- United States women's youth international soccer players
- United States women's under-20 international soccer players
- Liberian emigrants to the United States
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- Ghanaian people of Liberian descent
- Sportspeople of Liberian descent
- American people of Ghanaian descent
- Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
- Liberian people of Ghanaian descent
- American adoptees
- Women's association football forwards
- African-American soccer players
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- California Golden Bears women's soccer players
- Orlando Pride draft picks
- Orlando Pride players
- National Women's Soccer League players
- Naturalised association football players
- Serie A (women's football) players
- ACF Fiorentina (women) players
- American expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate women's footballers in France
- Première Ligue players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux (women) players
- Seconde Ligue players
- Turkish Women's Football Super League players
- Fomget Gençlik ve Spor players
- 21st-century Ghanaian sportswomen
- International sportspeople born abroad
- Ghanaian expatriate women's footballers
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- American expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey
- American expatriate women's soccer players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate women's footballers in Italy
- Saudi Women's Premier League players
- American expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate women's footballers in Saudi Arabia