Ri Myong-guk
| Ri Myong-guk | ||
 Ri Myong-guk in the World Cup game against Brazil
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | September 9, 1986 | |
| place of birth | Pyongyang , North Korea | |
| size | 188 cm | |
| position | goal | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 2006– | Pyongyang sports group | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) 2 |
| North Korea U-23 | ||
| 2007– | North Korea | 118 (0) |
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1 Only league games are given.
2 As of January 17, 2019 |
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| Korean spelling | |
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| Chosŏn'gŭl | 리 명국 |
| Hancha | 李明國 |
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Revised Romanization |
Ri Myeong-guk |
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McCune- Reischauer |
Ri Myŏngguk |
Ri Myong-guk (born September 9, 1986 in Pyongyang ) is a North Korean football goalkeeper .
Career
Ri appears internationally as a player in the Pyongyang sports group . He was a regular goalkeeper during qualifying for the Olympic soccer tournament in 2007 , but failed with his team in the final qualifying round to Australia and Iraq. Since 2007 Ri has also played in the North Korean national team . In the final round of the East Asian Championship in 2008 he was named the best goalkeeper, in 2009 he failed with the team in the qualifying round.
In the successful qualification for the 2010 World Cup , Ri came as North Korea's goalkeeper to a total of 15 missions and conceded only five goals. At the World Cup finals , Ri was used in all three preliminary round games, but had to accept most of all tournament participants with twelve goals; including a 7-0 defeat against Portugal , North Korea's biggest international defeat .
On July 14, 2017, he became the first North Korean to play his 100th international match .
Web links
- Ri Myong-guk in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Ri Myong-guk in the database of FIFA (English)
- rsssf.com: Ri Myong-Guk - Century of International Appearances
Individual evidence
- ^ Myong-guk Ri. Retrieved June 25, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ri, Myong-guk |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 리 명국 (Hangeul); 李明國 (Hanja); Ri Myeong-guk (Revised Romanization); Ri, Myŏngguk (McCune-Reischauer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | North Korean soccer goalkeeper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1986 |