| Ryang Yong-gi | |
| Birth Date: | 7 January 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Tadaoka, Osaka, Japan |
| Height: | 1.72 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Collegeyears1: | 2000–2003 |
| College1: | Hannan University |
| Years1: | 2004–2019 |
| Caps1: | 522 |
| Goals1: | 76 |
| Years2: | 2020–2022 |
| Caps2: | 29 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022–2023 |
| Caps3: | 26 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2008–2017 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 26 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 7 |
| Pcupdate: | 18 December 2023, 14:44 (UTC) |
| Ntupdate: | 19 July 2020, 16:20 (UTC) |
| Hangul: | 량용기 |
| Hanja: | 梁勇基 |
| Rr: | Yang Yonggi |
| Mr: | Ryang Yonggi |
| Context: | north |
Ryang Yong-gi (; born 7 January 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1] Born in Japan, he represented North Korea internationally.
Ryang served as the captain of his club where he played as a creative midfielder.[2]
Ryang has made one appearance for the Korea DPR national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds and was named as one of the North Korean squad for the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup.[3] Ryang won the Golden Boot and Most Valuable Player awards at the competition that guided Korea DPR to win the title and qualify for 2011 AFC Asian Cup.
During the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Ryang was out driving when it hit. "I thought my tires had gone flat or I had driven over the curb, but the shaking continued and I saw the windows of shops shaking too," he recalled. "I knew it was a bad one and rushed home to see my wife." Ryang and his heavily pregnant wife spent the night sleeping in their car, fearful of further damage to buildings in an urban landscape that suffered severe wreckage.
In the aftermath of the disaster, Ryang and his teammates made frequent visits to affected areas to lend support.[4]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Vegalta Sendai | 2004 | J2 League | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 2 | |||
| 2005 | 39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 6 | |||||
| 2006 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 43 | 4 | |||||
| 2007 | 48 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 8 | |||||
| 2008 | 42 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 13 | |||||
| 2009 | 51 | 14 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 55 | 15 | |||||
| 2010 | J1 League | 34 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 11 | |||
| 2011 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 37 | 4 | ||||
| 2012 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 33 | 4 | ||||
| 2013 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 6 | |||
| 2014 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 40 | 2 | ||||
| 2015 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | 41 | 4 | ||||
| 2016 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 26 | 2 | ||||
| 2018 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | 21 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 522 | 76 | 21 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 584 | 81 | |||
| Sagan Tosu | 2020 | J1 League | 22 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ー | ー | 32 | 0 | |||
| Vegalta Sendai | 2022 | J2 League | 15 | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 577 | 76 | 24 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 645 | 81 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Korea | ||||
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 2011 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 26 | 7 | ||
Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ryang goal.
| scope=col | No. | scope=col | Date | scope=col | Venue | scope=col | Opponent | scope=col | Score | scope=col | Result | scope=col | Competition | scope=col class="unsortable" | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2010 AFC Challenge Cup | |||||||||||
| 2 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2010 AFC Challenge Cup | |||||||||||
| 3 | 3–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2010 AFC Challenge Cup | |||||||||||
| 5 | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | |||||||||||
| 6 | Hong Kong Stadium, Wanchai, Hong Kong | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary round 2 | |||||||||||
| 7 | AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2015 AFC Asian Cup |
Vegalta Sendai
2009North Korea
2010Individual