Moon Mi-ra
{{short description|South Korean footballer (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{family name hatnote|Moon||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Moon Mi-ra
| image = 문미라 2021.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|2|28|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Gyeongju KHNP
| clubnumber = 27
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Yeoju Institute of Technology
| years1 = 2012–2014
| clubs1 = Hyundai Steel Red Angels
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2015–2017
| clubs2 = Icheon Daekyo
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2018–2024
| clubs3 = Suwon FC
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2025–
| clubs4 = Gyeongju KHNP
| caps4 =
| goals4 =
| nationalyears1 = 2008–2012
| nationalteam1 = South Korea U20
| nationalcaps1 = 11
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| nationalyears2 = 2016–
| nationalteam2 = South Korea
| nationalcaps2 = 45
| nationalgoals2 = 19
| ntupdate = 7 April 2025
}}
Moon Mi-ra ({{ko-hhrm|hangul=문미라}}; born 28 February 1992)[https://web.archive.org/web/20190607171054/https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/players/player/357467/ Moon Mi-ra] FIFA is a South Korean footballer who plays as a forward for Gyeongju KHNP and the South Korea national team.
Club career
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels selected Moon as their first choice draftee at the 2012 WK League draft, signing her on a three-year contract.{{Cite web |date=15 November 2011 |title=김상은, 여자축구 WK리그 신인 1순위로 KSPO행 |url=https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1001026207 |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=SBS News |language=ko}} She joined Icheon Daekyo in 2015 and became the first player in the WK League to score ten goals in one season.{{Cite web |last=Kim |first=Hee-jun |date=2 July 2024 |title=수원FC위민 문미라, WK리그 사상 최초 통산 100골 |url=https://www.footballist.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=186060 |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=Footballist |language=ko}} Following Icheon's disbandment in 2017, Moon signed with Suwon FMC, where she became known for her goal scoring ability, scoring ten or more goals in every season except 2020. She was the league's top goal scorer in 2022 and 2023. In July 2024, she scored twice in an away match against Seoul City, becoming the first player in history to have scored 100 goals in the WK League.{{Cite web |last=Ko |first=Sung-hwan |date=2 July 2024 |title=문미라, WK리그 역사상 최초 '통산 100골' 달성!수원FC위민, 기념식 진행 |trans-title=Moon Mi-ra becomes first player in WK League history to score 100 goals, Suwon FC Women celebrate the achievement |url=https://www.chosun.com/sports/football/2024/07/02/5RM76GM3E562L5ZVNTKJTZAVVM/ |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=The Chosun Ilbo |language=ko}} As captain of Suwon FC Women, she led her team to their first league title since 2010 and was named as MVP in the second leg of the 2024 championship final.{{Cite web |last=Park |first=Jun-beom |date=10 November 2024 |title=챔프전 MVP 수원FC ‘캡틴’ 문미라 “선수들에게 큰소리쳐 미안, 두 번 다시 실수하지 말자고 했다” |trans-title=Championship final MVP Suwon FC captain Moon Mi-ra: 'I was sorry to yell it, but I told the players, "Let's not make the same mistake again"' |url=https://www.sportsseoul.com/news/read/1475657 |access-date=25 February 2025 |website=Sports Seoul |language=ko}} In January 2025, Gyeongju KHNP announced that they had signed Moon for the forthcoming season.{{Cite instagram |postid=DEjf21tSGKO |user=khnp_fc |title=💚𝑾𝑬𝑳𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑬 문미라💛 |author=Gyeongju KHNP FC |date=8 January 2025}}
International career
Moon played eleven matches for the South Korea under-20 team between 2008 and 2012, scoring five goals. She was a member of the squad that finished third in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and reached the quarter-finals of the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. She made her full international debut on 4 June 2016 in a friendly against Myanmar and scored her first goal in her third cap against Guam on 8 November 2016.[https://www.kfa.or.kr/national/?act=nt_woman Moon Mi-ra] Korea FA
Career statistics
= International =
:Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moon goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Moon Mi-ra | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center|1 | rowspan=2| 8 November 2016 | rowspan=2| Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong | rowspan=2| {{fbw|GUM}} | align=center|2–0 | rowspan=2 align=center| 13–0 | rowspan=2| 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| align=center|2 | align=center|4–0 | |||||
| align=center|3 | 14 November 2016 | Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong | {{fbw|TPE}} | align=center|7–0 | align=center| 9–0 | 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
| align=center|4 | rowspan=2| 19 August 2018 | rowspan=2| Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia | rowspan=2| {{fbw|MDV}} | align=center|4–0 | rowspan=2 align=center| 8–0 | rowspan=2| 2018 Asian Games |
| align=center|5 | align=center|5–0 | |||||
| align=center|6 | rowspan=2| 21 August 2018 | rowspan="2"|Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia | rowspan=2| {{fbw|IDN}} | align=center|2–0 | rowspan=2 align=center| 12–0 | rowspan=2| 2018 Asian Games |
| align=center|7 | align=center|4–0 | |||||
| align=center|8 | 24 August 2018 | Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia | {{fbw|HKG}} | align=center|4–0 | align=center| 5–0 | 2018 Asian Games |
| align=center|9 | 31 August 2018 | Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia | {{fbw|TPE}} | align=center|4–0 | align=center| 4–0 | 2018 Asian Games |
| align=center|10 | 28 February 2019 | Leichhardt Oval, Sydney, Australia | {{fbw|ARG}} | align=center|1–0 | align=center| 5–0 | 2019 Cup of Nations |
| align=center|11 | 6 March 2019 | AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia | {{fbw|NZL}} | align=center|2–0 | align=center| 2–0 | 2019 Cup of Nations |
| align=center|12 | rowspan=3| 17 September 2021 | rowspan=3| Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | rowspan=3| {{fbw|MNG}} | align=center|9–0 | rowspan=3 align=center| 12–0 | rowspan=3| 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| align=center|13 | align=center|10–0 | |||||
| align=center|14 | align=center|12–0 | |||||
| align=center|15 | rowspan=2| 23 September 2021 | rowspan=2| Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | rowspan=2| {{fbw|UZB}} | align=center|3–0 | rowspan=2 align=center| 4–0 | rowspan=2| 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification |
| align=center|16 | align=center|4–0 | |||||
| align=center|17 | rowspan="2"|28 September 2023 | rowspan="2"|Wenzhou Sports Centre, Wenzhou, China | rowspan="2"|{{fbw|HKG}} | align=center|1–0 | rowspan="2" align=center|5–0 | rowspan="2"|2022 Asian Games |
| align=center|18 | align=center| 2–0 | |||||
| align=center|19 | 26 October 2023 | Xiamen Egret Stadium, Xiamen, China | {{fbw|THA}} | align="center" |9–0 | align="center" | 10–1 | 2024 Olympic Games qualification |
References
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External links
- {{FIFA player|357467}}
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