Kang Chaerim | A major Korean player is brought up with the roses

The Roses of Montreal strike a big blow to finish the season in force. In addition, They have just announced that they have recruited the Korean International Kang Chaerim.

It is an offensive midfielder, which can also evolve as an as an ascenter. Therefore, At 27, Kang already has 42 selections in the Korean national team, she who is a key player.

She arrives in Montreal after playing more than 120 WK-League games in her country. Moreover, Trained in Seoul, she wore the colors of the Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels and Suwon FC clubs.

The roses speak of a player with an “excellent sense of game” and a “technical finesse”, which can evolve both in the axis and on the wings. We praise his right foot, his “tactical intelligence” and his “ability to eliminate” adversaries in one against one.

“What attracted us to Chaerim is both its technical profile. its speed and its ability to hit, but also what it represents on the human level,” says Marinette Pichon. It comes with different culture. vision of the game, and it is exactly the type of player capable of kang chaerim | major korean pulling a group up. »»

The sports director, like her head coach Robert Rositoiu, both underline that there will be “linguistic challenges” with Korean, who speaks very little English. Precisely, she is accompanied by an interpreter for her first days in Montreal: her friend Gina Kim.

But beyond his adaptation to come, Kang is an “experience player who arrives in the force of age”, subjects Rositoiu. “His arrival represents a major addition for our collective, and will bring healthy competition on the offensive front. »»

The roses will face the Toronto AFC this Saturday, at the Boréale stadium in Laval, at 1 p.m.

Details and reactions will follow.