Ri Myong-guk

Ri Myong-guk

File:FIFA World Cup 2010 Brazil North Korea 8.jpg
Personal information
Date of birth	(1986-09-09) September 9, 1986
Place of birth	Pyongyang, North Korea
Height
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Pyongyang City
Number	21
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–	Pyongyang City
International career‡
2007–	North Korea	77	(0)
Medal record Representing North Korea Men's football Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of November 12, 2015

Ri Myong-guk
Chosŏn'gŭl	리명국
Hancha	李明國
Revised Romanization	I Myeongguk
McCune–Reischauer	Ri Myŏngguk

This is a Korean name; the family name is Ri.

Ri Myong-guk (born 9 September 1986 in Pyongyang, North Korea) is a North Korean international footballer, He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Pyongyang City in the DPR Korea League.

He played 15 matches in 2010 World Cup qualifying for Korea DPR, including keeping a clean sheet in the decisive final group game against Saudi Arabia. After the match, he stated "I felt like I was defending the gateway to my motherland". His performances also saw him nominated for the 2009 Asian Footballer of the Year award. Ri was Korea DPR's first choice in goal in FIFA World Cup 2010. He played all Korea DPR's three World Cup matches including 7-0 loss to Portugal. He had played 77 matches for his national team since his debut in 2007, making him the most capped player in the history of Korea DPR.

Both his father and uncle were goalkeepers for the national team.

External links

• Ri Myong-guk – FIFA competition record
• Ri Myong-guk at Asian Games Incheon 2014