Casey Phair
![]() Phair in January 2024 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Casey Phair [1] | ||
Date of birth | (2007-06-29) 29 June 2007 (age 17)[1] | ||
Place of birth | South Korea | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Angel City FC | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2024– | Angel City FC | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | South Korea U-17 | 6 | (7) |
2023– | South Korea | 5 | (4) |
Medal record | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:58, 19 May 2024 (UTC) |
Casey Yu-jin Phair (Korean: 케이시 유진 페어;[2] born 29 June 2007) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a striker for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Angel City FC and the South Korea national team. She was the youngest player to ever feature in a FIFA Women's World Cup, having made her debut in the tournament in 2023 at the age of 16 years and 26 days old.[3][4]
A Korean American who was raised in New Jersey, United States, Phair was the first multiracial footballer to ever receive a call-up to the South Korea women's national team.[3][4]
Early life
Phair was born in South Korea to an American father and South Korean mother.[3][5][6] Her family moved to the United States when she was one month old.[6] Formerly residing in Exeter, New Hampshire,[6] she then moved to Warren Township, New Jersey, where she subsequently started playing soccer at the Pingry School, and training at the Players Development Academy (PDA) in New Jersey.[5][7][8]
Club career
Angel City FC
Following her strong 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup performance, Phair trialed with local NWSL club NJ/NY Gotham FC as well as the Kansas City Current and Angel City FC.[9] On 18 January 2024, Angel City announced that they had signed Phair to a three-year deal through the NWSL Under-18 Entry Mechanism. She is the youngest player ever to sign with the club.[10] She made her debut for Angel City as a 66th-minute substitute in a Summer Cup game against Bay FC on 26 July 2024.[11]
International career
Phair played for the South Korea under-17 team before she was called up to the senior team for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[3] She helped the under-17 team qualify for the 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, scoring two goals against Tajikistan and three goals against Hong Kong.[5]
At the 2023 Women's World Cup, Phair became the youngest player to ever appear in a senior World Cup— men's or women's— at the age of 16 years and 26 days, coming on as a substitute in South Korea's opening game against Colombia on 25 July 2023;[12] the distinction had been previously held by Ifeanyi Chiejine.[13][14] In the process, she also became the youngest footballer to have reportedly won a cap for a women's senior national team, a record that was later broken by Una Rankić in September of the same year.[15] Phair played in all three of South Korea's group stage matches and went on to make her first start in the team's final match against Germany, which ended in a 1–1 draw.[16]
On 26 October 2023, Phair scored her first senior goal, as well as her first hat-trick, in a 10–1 win over Thailand in the second round of the 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament:[17][18] in the process, at 16 years and 119 days of age, she became the second youngest goalscorer in the history of the South Korean women's senior national team,[17][18] behind only Ji So-yun.[18] She also became the youngest player to ever score a hat-trick for any South Korean national team, in men's or women's football.[18]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 26 July 2024
Club | Season | League | Cup | Playoffs[a] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Angel City FC | 2024 | NWSL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | |
Career total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
- ^ Includes NWSL Playoffs.
International
- As of match played 24 February 2024
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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South Korea | 2023 | 4 | 3 |
2024 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 5 | 4 |
- Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Phair goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 26 October 2023 | Xiamen Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China | ![]() | 1–0 | 10–1 | 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | [17][18] |
2 | 6–0 | [17][18] | |||||
3 | 7–0 | [17][18] | |||||
4 | 24 February 2024 | Cidade do Futebol, Oeiras, Portugal | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | [19] |
References
- ^ a b c "Phair Casey Yu-Jin Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ Includes NWSL Playoffs.
- ^ a b c d Church, Michael (4 July 2023). "South Korea call up US-born teenager Phair for Women's World Cup". Reuters. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ a b "2023 FIFA Women's World Cup team-by-team preview". ESPN.com. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Yoo, Jee-ho (10 June 2023). "Half-Korean forward named to S. Korean training camp roster ahead of Women's World Cup". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ a b c Anzidei, Melanie. "Casey Phair, the US-based rising star poised to make World Cup history for South Korea". The Athletic.
- ^ "U.S. Under-15 Women's Youth National Team Will Bring 36 Players to March Training Camp in Chula Vista, Calif". U.S. Soccer. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ Olivola, James (25 September 2022). "Girls' Soccer: Phair's Hat Trick Propels Pingry to Comeback Win at Bridgewater-Raritan". TAPinto. Bridgewater/Raritan, New Jersey. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "After 16-year-old Casey Phair became the youngest-ever World Cup player with Korea, the NWSL is next". ESPN.com. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Angel City Signs South Korea International Casey Phair". Angel City. Archived from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ Best, Katelyn (26 July 2024). "Match Recap: Angel City 2, Bay FC 0 (Summer Cup) | 7.26.24". Angel City FC. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Youngest 2023 Women's World Cup players: Phair, Dragoni, Scott". ESPN. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ Dure, Beau (25 July 2023). "Colombia v South Korea: Women's World Cup 2023 – live". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ Subramaniam, Tara (25 July 2023). "US-born Casey Phair becomes youngest player in World Cup history". CNN. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ Todić, Maja (25 September 2023). "Una Rankić, čudo od deteta i svetska rekorderka!". Sportklub (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ "South Korea Sends Germany Out, Letting Morocco Move On". The New York Times. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Yoo, Jee-ho (26 October 2023). "S. Korea rout Thailand to begin women's football Olympic qualifiers". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g Jeong, In-seon (26 October 2023). "여자축구, 올림픽 예선서 태국 10–1 대파…케이시, 해트트릭 폭발". Naver (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ^ "Czechia vs Korea Republic - 24 February 2024". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
External links
- Casey Phair at the National Women's Soccer League
- Casey Phair at Angel City FC
- Casey Phair at WorldFootball.net
- Casey Phair at FBref.com
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