Kim Min-jae receives 'Serie A TIM Player Of The Month'

연합뉴스 / 2022-10-01 16:07:25

▲This photo shows Soccer player Kim Min-jae (Yonhap)

SEOUL October 1 (Yonhap) -- Kim Min-jae, the defensive player of the South Korea’s national football team, has been selected as the first ever Asian soccer player to have been appointed to participate at Serie A TIM Player Of The Month.

Professional League Competition for soccer clubs located at the top of Italian soccer league Serie A TIM addressed “Defender of Kim Min-jae of Napoli has been selected as Player Of The Month for September.” adding “The award will be presented to the Napoli defender in the pre-match of Napoli vs Torino.”

From the poll conducted between Kim Min-jae, Rodrigo Becao (Udinese), Merih Demiral (Atalanta), Theo Hernandez (Milan) and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), Kim Min-jae received the most amounts of votes.

For the Serie A TIM Player Of The Month for August, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia from Napoli has been selected.

“Min-Jae Kim in September proved to be a real wall, capable of leading the defence and efficiently op-posing two great Serie A strikers like Ciro Immobile and Olivier Giroud.” addressed A CEO Luigi De Siervo

Kim Min-jae who has showed his capacity through his time in Turkey league transferred to Napoli in July. Through his performance throughout his time in Napoli, showcasing strength in both defending and attacking, therefore he is awarded with an opportunity to be Serie a TIM Player Of The Month for September .

Award which was first awarded in 2019-2020 season Serie A Tim as Player Of The Month, Kim Min-jae has become the first Asian player to have been honored with the award.

Currently Napoli is leading the 2022-2023 season by successfully winning five games and 2 draws.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)

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