Casey Phair

Casey Yu-Jin Phair (Korean: 케이시 유진 페어;[2] born 29 June 2007) is a South Korean footballer who play as forward. She is the youngest player ever to appear in a FIFA Women's World Cup, having made her tournament debut in 2023 at 16 years and 26 days old. A Korean–American who lives in the United States, Phair is also the first multiracial footballer named to the South Korea women's national football team.[3][4]

Casey Phair
Personal information
Full name Casey Yu-Jin Phair[1]
Date of birth (2007-06-29) 29 June 2007[1]
Place of birth South Korea
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Position(s) Striker
International career‡
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– South Korea U-17 2 (5)
2023– South Korea 3 (0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 August 2023

Early life and high school career

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 in Warren Township, New Jersey, where she subsequently started playing soccer for the Pingry School, and training at the Players Development Academy (PDA) in New Jersey.[5][7][8]

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;[9] the distinction had been previously held by Ifeanyi Chiejine.[10][11] 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.[12] 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.[13]

References
  1. "Phair Casey Yu-Jin Stats, News, Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  2. "대한민국 여자 A 국가대표 선수 명단 (2023년 7월 5일)" [Player list of South Korea women's national football team (5 July 2023)]. Korea Football Association. 5 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. Church, Michael (4 July 2023). "South Korea call up US-born teenager Phair for Women's World Cup". Reuters. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  4. "2023 FIFA Women's World Cup team-by-team preview". ESPN.com. 18 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  5. 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.
  6. Anzidei, Melanie. "Casey Phair, the US-based rising star poised to make World Cup history for South Korea". The Athletic.
  7. "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.
  8. 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.
  9. "Youngest 2023 Women's World Cup players: Phair, Dragoni, Scott". ESPN. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  10. Dure, Beau (25 July 2023). "Colombia v South Korea: Women's World Cup 2023 – live". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  11. Subramaniam, Tara (25 July 2023). "US-born Casey Phair becomes youngest player in World Cup history". CNN. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  12. Todić, Maja (25 September 2023). "Una Rankić, čudo od deteta i svetska rekorderka!". Sportklub (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  13. "South Korea Sends Germany Out, Letting Morocco Move On". The New York Times. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.


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