| Ri Kum-suk | |
| Birth Date: | 16 August 1978 |
| Currentclub: | 4.25 Sports Club |
| Clubnumber: | 10 |
| Position: | Central Forward |
| Years1: | ?–present |
| Clubs1: | 4.25 Sports Club |
| Caps1: | 178 |
| Goals1: | 125 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1998–2008 |
| Nationalteam1: | North Korea |
| Nationalcaps1: | 123[1] |
| Nationalgoals1: | 40 |
| Club-Update: | 19:37, 3 November 2007 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | November 3, 2007 |
| Hangul: | 리금숙 |
| Hanja: | 李今淑 |
| Rr: | I Geumsuk |
| Mr: | Ri Kŭmsuk |
| Context: | north |
Ri Kum-suk (Korean: 리금숙; pronounced as /ko/ or pronounced as /ko/ pronounced as /ko/; born 16 August 1978) is a North Korean footballer who plays for the 4.25 Sports Club. She plays a key role not only for her club, but also for national teams in the AFC Women's Asian Cup, Asian Games and FIFA Women's World Cup. She is the highest goalscorer for North Korea with 40 goals and the most prolific female footballer ever from North Korea with 165 goals.
Ri Kum-suk began her international career at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup at age 20. She played as a midfielder during three matches, supporting their young and talented striker Jin Pyol-hui.
In 4 years, the PRK Women's National Team qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup and Ri teamed again with her friend Jin. In a winning match 3-0 over Nigeria she took 5 shots and 2 shots on goal. Even though, her team could not proceed to the quarterfinals, she played very well in last two games against Sweden and United States, with 6 Shots and 1 SOG.
The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was her best tournament. The team qualified for the finals by taking 3rd place in 2006 AFC Women's Championship due to referee judgement during the game against China. Her team belonged to Group B with United States, Sweden and Nigeria.
At their first game, against USA, and with the injury of key midfielder Ho Sun-hui at 10 minutes in the first half, they conceded a goal 50 minutes, but scored at 58 and 62 minutes. At 69 minutes the USA scored again. Ri scored in the next game against Nigeria with a head shot and the team played well enough against Sweden to get out of the group stage.
The most game she showed her strike and dribble skill was against China PR in the 15th Doha Asian Games, when the two teams tied after 90 minutes. Ri Kum-suk scored a goal in the 2nd extra time, by striking a powerful shot with her left foot.
Ri pulled a hat-trick sending DPRK into the final of the AFC Women's Asian Cup after they defeated Australia 3–0 at Thong Nat Stadium in the 2007 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[2]
Ri also played for DPRK at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]
She is the captain of the national team. Recently she retired to start a coaching career. She married Pak Chung Hyok(student of Kim Hyong Jik University Education[4]), coach of the women's football team of the Jebi Sports Team, in November 2008,[5] and gave birth to a son.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10 December 2001 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2001 AFC Women's Championship | ||
| 2. | 16 December 2001 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |||
| 3. | 11 October 2002 | Changwon, South Korea | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2002 Asian Games | |
| 4. | 10 June 2003 | 2–0 | 13–0 | 2003 AFC Women's Championship | ||
| 5. | 6–0 | |||||
| 6. | 7–0 | |||||
| 7. | 8–0 | |||||
| 8. | 10–0 | |||||
| 9. | 11–0 | |||||
| 10. | 12 June 2003 | 4–0 | 14–0 | |||
| 11. | 5–0 | |||||
| 12. | 7–0 | |||||
| 13. | 11–0 | |||||
| 14. | 14 June 2003 | 3–0 | 16–0 | |||
| 15. | 19 June 2003 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 16. | 2–0 | |||||
| 17. | 21 June 2003 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |||
| 18. | 2–1 | |||||
| 19. | 24 February 2004 | 1–0 | 11–0 | 2004 Australia Cup | ||
| 20. | 18 April 2004 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2004 Summer Olympics qualification | ||
| 21. | 4–0 | |||||
| 22. | 20 April 2004 | 4–0 | 9–0 | |||
| 23. | 5–0 | |||||
| 24. | 9–0 | |||||
| 25. | 22 April 2004 | 3–0 | 8–0 | |||
| 26. | 4–0 | |||||
| 27. | 26 April 2004 | 2–0 | 5–1 | |||
| 28. | 18 July 2006 | Adelaide, Australia | 1–0 | 9–0 | 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup | |
| 29. | 3–0 | |||||
| 30. | 30 November 2006 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2006 Asian Games | ||
| 31. | 7 December 2006 | Al-Rayyan, Qatar | 1–0 | 4–1 | ||
| 32. | 3–0 | |||||
| 33. | 10 December 2006 | Doha, Qatar | 2–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 34. | 3 June 2007 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2008 Summer Olympics qualification | ||
| 35. | 2–0 | |||||
| 36. | 10 June 2007 | Coffs Harbour, Australia | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 37. | 14 September 2007 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup | ||
| 38. | 18 February 2008 | Chongqing, China | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2008 EAFF Women's Football Championship | |
| 39. | 24 February 2008 | 3–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 40. | 28 May 2008 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup | ||
| 41. | 30 May 2008 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 42. | 3–0 | |||||
| 43. | 5 June 2008 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |||
| 44. | 2–0 | |||||
| 45. | 3–0 | |||||
| 46. | 8 June 2008 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |||
| 47. | 9 August 2008 | Shenyang, China | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2008 Summer Olympics | |