Cha Jong-hyok

Cha Jong-hyok
Personnel
birthday	September 25, 1985
place of birth	Pyongyang ,  North Korea
position	Defense
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
until 2010	Amrokgang sports group
2010–	FC Wil	105 (2)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
	North Korea U-23
2005–	North Korea	at least 36 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of September 11, 2014 2 As of October 1, 2010

Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl	차 정혁
Hancha	車 正 赫
Revised Romanization	Cha Jeong-hyeok
McCune- Reischauer	Ch'a Chŏnghyŏk
See also : Korean name

Cha Jong-hyok (born September 25, 1985 in Pyongyang ) is a North Korean football player .

Career

He played in the football league of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for the sports group Amrokgang , but did not play any international club games.

The defender moved up to the national team in 2005 and, among other things, played a role in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup . In the same year he was also in the squad for the final round at the East Asian Championship 2005 and took third place there. With the final round in 2008 and qualifying round in 2010 , two more, less successful, participation in the East Asian Cup followed. In 2007 he stood several times for the North Korean U-23 selection in qualifying for the 2008 Olympic Games , but failed with the team in the final qualifying round.

In the successful qualification for the 2010 World Cup , Cha formed the defensive line together with Ri Jun-il , Pak Nam-chol and Ri Kwang-chon , which in the 14 games of the 2nd and 3rd qualifying rounds remained 10 times without conceding and thus the Formed the basis for success. At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, he was the right defender on the starting line-up in all three games, the team was eliminated with three defeats in the preliminary round.

In the summer of 2010, Cha moved to the Swiss second division club FC Wil , where Kim Kuk-jin is another North Korean under contract.

Web links

• Cha Jong-hyok in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Cha Jong-Hyok in the database of FIFA (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jong-Hyok Cha. Accessed June 25, 2018 (German). 
2. ↑ bazonline.ch: A North Korean for FC Wil (June 28, 2010)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Cha is the family name here, Jong-hyok is the first name.