Seo-In Kim


Seo-In Kim is a South Korean-born, American footballer currently playing for SK Zápy of the Bohemian Football League.

Early Life

Kim was born on April 18, 1995 in Seongnam, South Korea to Brian Jin and Jennifer Sunhee Kim. Soon after, him and his family emigrated Korea and settled in Overland Park, Kansas. Seo-In Kim has one older brother who also played soccer at the Division 1 collegiate level for University of Tulsa and the United States Air Force Academy.

Youth and college career

Youth career

Seo-In Kim was a member of the US Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program. He made appearances in the Region II team in 2008 and 2009.
In 2008, Seo-In Kim was invited to the U14 US Men's National Team camp in Boston, Massachusetts.
Seo-In Kim played for Blue Valley West High School in Overland Park, Kansas. In his 3 active years, Seo-In Kim had a successful high school career. In his sophomore year, the Jaguars won the 2010 6A Kansas State Championship. At the time, Top Drawer Soccer ranked Kim #23 nationally.
Showcasing his youth career, Kim was selected to play for the Sporting Kansas City Academy. During his time at the academy, He was frequently brought up to train with the Major League Soccer first team and made three appearances with the MLS reserve team against KC Brass, Real Salt Lake, and Chicago Fire. In 2011, he attended the U17 Generations Adidas Cup. The following season, Kim was brought up to the U18 squad by head coach, Paul Rideout, making him the youngest player rostered. In 2013, Sporting Kansas City nominated Seo-In Kim for the US Soccer Federation's Young Male Athlete of the Year Award. In his last season with Sporting, Seo-In started 20 matches and scored 3 goals. Kim was ranked #1 in Kansas and in the Midwest Region. He was also ranked #63 nationally by TopDrawerSoccer.com.

Duke University

During his time at Duke University, Seo-In Kim made 37 appearances and 14 starts. Kim played in all 19 games his rookie season registering him 4 assists. His sophomore season, Kim made 18 appearances and 5 starts earning him 2 goals and 1 assist.

University of California, Santa Barbara

Seo-In Kim transferred to UCSB following his sophomore season at Duke University. In 2015, he ended his junior year with 22 appearances, 2 goals, and 1 assist. Highlighting his UCSB career, Kim scored a diving header against Blue Green Rivals, Cal Poly. Seo-In scored the opening goal against Clemson during the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament. Kim utilized a medical redshirt for the 2016 season due to an ACL tear. In 2017, he played his senior season appearing in all 19 matches.

Professional career

Sima Àguilas

In 2018, Seo-In Kim briefly played for Sima Àguilas in the USL League 2. In his time there he played in 5 games and registered 1 goal. Kim was brought in by Michael Potempa in anticipation of Orlando City B's return to USL League 1.

Qormi F.C.

In July 2018, Kim signed for Qormi F.C. of the Maltese Premier League. He started in 11 matches out of 12 appearances, one being in the Maltese FA Trophy. Kim was selected as Man of the Match during Week 1 and 8. In January 2019, Qormi announced that Kim was not retained. Kim requested for his release from Qormi FC and became a free agent on January 4th, 2019.

SK Zápy

Kim joined Czech club SK Zápy in Spring 2019.

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