Ri Kwang-il explained

Ri Kwang-il
Birth Date:13 April 1988
Birth Place:Pyongyang, North Korea
Full Name:Ri Kwang-il[1]
Height:[2]
Position:Goalkeeper
Currentclub:Sobaeksu
Clubnumber:1
Years1:2006–2009
Clubs1:Sobaeksu
Years2:2009–2010
Clubs2:Radnički Kragujevac
Caps2:2
Goals2:0
Years3:2010
Clubs3:→ Erdoglija Kragujevac (loan)
Years4:2010–2013
Years5:2013–2016
Clubs5:April 25
Years6:2016–
Nationalyears1:2006–2007
Nationalteam1:North Korea U20
Nationalyears2:2014–
Nationalteam2:North Korea
Nationalcaps2:7
Nationalgoals2:0
Pcupdate:10 November 2017
Ntupdate:22 December 2019
Hangul:리광일
Hanja:李光一
Rr:I Gwangil
Mr:Ri Kwangil
Context:north

Ri Kwang-il (Korean: 리광일, born 13 April 1988) is a North Korean international football player. He played for Sobaeksu in the DPR Korea League.[3]

Career

In summer 2009 together with other two players from Sobaeksu, An Il-bom and Myong Cha-hyon, he moved to Serbia and signed a one-year contract with FK Radnički Kragujevac.[4] They played in one of the Serbian third levels, the Serbian League West.[5] After playing twice in the first six months, he was dropped by Radnički coach Vlado Čapljić for the second half of the season,[6] and he was loaned to another club from same city, FK Erdoglija Kragujevac for the last six months.[7]

He has been a part of the North Korea national football team since 2010, and was filled in the squad at the 2011 Asian Cup as a non-used substitute. He was part of the North Korean squad at the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup too. In 2014, he finally made his debut for the North Korean national team.[8] He was called for the 2010 Asian Games, 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup and 2015 AFC Asian Cup.

Earlier, he was part of North Korea squad at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Honours

Radnički Kragujevac

2009–10[8]

April 25

2015[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players . FIFA . 12 . 5 July 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000046/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2007/pdf/FWYC_2007_SquadLists.pdf . 31 December 2013.
  2. http://www.zerozero.pt/jogador.php?id=38645&search=1&search_string=ri+kwang-il&searchdb=1 Profile
  3. Web site: Ri Kwang-il. Naver. ko.
  4. http://www.fkradnicki.com/2009/08/korejanci-na-cika-daci/ Korejanci na Čika Dači
  5. http://www.fkradnicki.com/o_klubu/sezona/period-2000-2008godine/raspored-i-rezultati/ SRPSKA LIGA grupa “Z A P A D” Raspored prvenstva 2009/2010
  6. http://www.fkradnicki.com/2010/02/capljic-odabrao-tim-za-prolece/ Čapljić odabrao tim za proleće
  7. http://www.srbijafudbal.net/radnicki_kragujevac/kwang.htm Profile
  8. http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/57786/Kwang_Il_Ri.html Kwang-Il Ri