Kim Minjae World Cup 2026 player profile
Kim Minjae is listed for South Korea as a Defender. Kickoff Lens uses caps, goals, career context, role, and team strength to explain how this player can affect fixture reads.
Deep player read
Kim Minjae is currently classified as a high-impact defender: established international, defensive role profile, and strong aerial frame. This is a derived Kickoff Lens profile built from the public squad fields, not a private scouting report.
- established international; 80 caps and 4 international goals are used as stable public career context.
- high-impact player in this data package, ranked 5 by impact inside the South Korea squad and 1 among defender entries.
- defensive role profile; strong aerial frame.
- The match model uses this profile through role, experience, impact score, and team context rather than treating the player as a standalone model context.
Player signal
| Team | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Role | Defender · DF |
| Caps | 80 |
| International goals | 4 |
| Impact score | 88 |
| Squad impact rank | 5 |
| Role impact rank | 1 |
| Role profile | high-impact · defensive role profile |
Model context
The player impact score is not a standalone rating. It is one input inside the contextual match model, alongside squad depth, team radar, venue adaptation, travel/rest load, and group pressure.
Match questions
- Can the player protect the box when the opponent's attack signal rises?
- Would late absence or reduced minutes materially change the team's ceiling?
- Does aerial size matter against the next opponent's set-piece and crossing profile?
Archive context
| Team power score | 79 |
|---|---|
| Team FIFA rank | 25 |
| Group path | A |
| Squad size in archive | 26 |
| Squad average caps | 37 |
South Korea fixtures
- Korea vs CzechiaFinished 2-1 · Jun 12, 10:00 · Guadalajara (Zapopan)
- Mexico vs KoreaScheduled · Jun 19, 09:00 · Guadalajara (Zapopan)
- South Africa vs KoreaScheduled · Jun 25, 09:00 · Monterrey (Guadalupe)
Related teammates
- Hwang HeechanMidfielder · impact 96
- Lee JaesungMidfielder · impact 96
- Son HeungminForward · impact 96
- Lee KanginMidfielder · impact 90
- Hwang InbeomMidfielder · impact 85
- Cho GuesungForward · impact 85
- Kim SeunggyuGoalkeeper · impact 77
- Paik SeunghoMidfielder · impact 76
Related pages
- World Cup 2026 data libraryTeams, players, matches, venues, and model explainers in one crawlable archive.
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