Ri Kwang-chon

Ri Kwang-chon
Ri Kwang-chon (2013)
Personnel
birthday	4th September 1985
place of birth	Namp'o ,  North Korea
position	Defense
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2005-2011	April 25 SC
2012-2014	Muangthong United	52 (5)
2014	April 25 SC
2015	Pattaya United	14 (2)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
	North Korea U-23
2001–2012	North Korea	at least 70 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl	리 광천
Hancha	李光川
Revised Romanization	Ri Gwang-cheon
McCune- Reischauer	Ri Kwangch'on
See also : Korean name

Ri Kwang-chon (born September 4, 1985 in Namp'o ) is a former North Korean football player .

Career

Ri made international appearances as a player in the April 25 Sports Group , the club of the Korean People's Army .

The defender was a regular for the North Korean national team in 2004/05 and made ten appearances in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup . At the East Asian Championships , Ri was on several occasions, in 2005 he played the qualifying round, in 2008 he was part of the final squad . At the 2010 East Asian Championship , he surprisingly missed the final round with the team, but was named the best defender of the 2nd round. 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 , Ri formed the defensive line together with Ri Jun-il , Pak Nam-chol and Cha Jong-hyok , which in the 14 games of the 2nd and 3rd qualifying rounds remained 10 times without conceding and thus the Laying the foundation for success.

Web links

• Ri Kwang-chon in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Ri Kwang-chon in the database of FIFA (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kwang-Chon Ri. Retrieved June 25, 2018 (German). 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Ri is the family name here, Kwang-chon is the first name.