Abigail Kofi Kim (born 19 July 1998) is a professional

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who plays in the

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for Ankara BB Fomget and the Ghana national team. Born in Liberia, she has represented the United States internationally up to under-23 level. Having played college soccer for

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, she has since appeared for LA Galaxy OC in

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of the

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and in Italy for

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team

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Early life

Born in

Monrovia Monrovia () is the administrative capital city, capital and largest city of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast and as of the 2022 census had 1,761,032 residents, home to 33.5% of Liber ...

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, Kim grew up with an adopted family in

Vashon, Washington Vashon () is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or Vashon–Maury Island, the largest island in Puget Sound south of Admiralty Inlet. Before the construc ...

. 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.

California Golden Bears

Kim was recruited to play

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for

. She was a four-year starter between 2016 and 2019, notably earning

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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. In the 2019 offseason, Kim joined UWS club LA Galaxy OC, making three appearances as the team won the

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Club career

Fiorentina

Kim was selected in the third round (26th overall) of the

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. Having joined up with the team for preseason, all NWSL activities were shut down just three days in to camp due to the developing

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. With the ongoing disruption of the

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and having rehabbed from a knee injury sustained while training over summer, Kim elected to sign in Italy with

team

in June. With issues surrounding travel and quarantines, Kim's signing wasn't officially completed until 17 October. She made her debut on November 1, starting in a 6–1 victory against second division ASD Riozzese in the

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group stage. She scored her first goal for the club on 13 December in a 1–1 Serie A draw with

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. Three days later she made her

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debut, starting in a

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second leg away at

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. Fiorentina scored a stoppage time winner to progress 3–2 on aggregate.

Orlando Pride

After a spell in Italy, Kim returned to

for preseason ahead of the

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and signed a two-year contract with an option for an additional year on 2 March 2021. She made her professional NWSL debut for the club on 10 April 2021, as a 78th-minute substitute in the team's

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opener against

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and scored to give Orlando the lead in the 88th minute. The game finished 2–2. On 24 August 2022, Kim was waived. In two seasons she made 21 appearances in all competitions, scoring one goal and two assists.

Bordeaux

In August 2023, Kim signed a two-year contract with French

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club

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Ankara BB Fomget

In September 2024, she moved to Turkey, and signed a deal with Ankara BB Fomget to play in the

. She won the champions title in the 2024–25 Super League season.

International career

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

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, losing the final to Mexico in a

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. In August 2018, Kim was also named to the

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squad. The team failed to get out of the group behind

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and

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as Kim made three substitute appearances. 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. Kim is of Ghanaian descent through her biological father, 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. On 30 May 2025, she made her senior debut for Ghana as an 83th-minute substitution in a 3–3 away friendly draw against

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Career statistics

College

Club

Honors

LA Galaxy OC * UWS National Championship:

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Fiorentina *

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runner-up:

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United States U20 *

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runner-up:

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;

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:; Ankara BB Fomget :: ''Champions'' (1): 2024–25

References

External links

California Golden Bears profile

Fiorentina profile

Orlando Pride profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Abi 1998 births Living people Footballers from Monrovia Liberian people of Ghanaian descent Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent Adoptees Liberian emigrants to the United States Naturalized citizens of the United States American people of Liberian descent Sportspeople of Liberian descent American adoptees People from Vashon, Washington Soccer players from King County, Washington American women's soccer players Women's association football forwards American sportspeople of Ghanaian descent 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 United States women's youth international soccer players United States women's under-20 international soccer players Naturalised association football players American expatriate women's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Italy 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 American expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate women's footballers in Turkey Turkish Women's Football Super League players Fomget Gençlik ve Spor players Ghanaian people of Liberian descent Ghanaian women's footballers 21st-century Ghanaian sportswomen Ghana women's international footballers International sportspeople born abroad Ghanaian expatriate women's footballers Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in France Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey