Ri Chol-myong
North Korean footballer
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Ri Chol-myong (Korean: 리철명, born 18 February 1988) is a North Korean international football player. He plays for Pyongyang City in the DPR Korea League.
Full name
Ri Chol-myong[1]
Date of birth
18 February 1988
Place of birth
Pyongyang, North Korea
Height
1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ri Chol-myong[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 February 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Pyongyang, North Korea | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pyongyang City | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006– | Pyongyang City | ? | (?) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2016 | Korea DPR | 47 | (7) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of November 17, 2015 | |||
International career
He has played on 44 occasions for the North Korean national team, scoring a goal in the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup against Kyrgyzstan. He has been called up to their 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Ri Chol-myong was a part of the squad in the 2010 Asian Games. Korea DRR lost 8–9 in a penalty shoot-out in the hands of UAE in the quarter-finals. Korea DPR lost because of the penalty Ri missed.
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 February 2010 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |  Kyrgyzstan | 4-0 | 4–0 | 2010 AFC Challenge Cup |
| 2 | 10 November 2010 | Aden, Yemen |  Yemen | 1-1 | Draw | Friendly |
| 3 | 24 December 2010 | 6th of October City, Egypt |  Kuwait | 1-2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 4 | 13 March 2012 | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal |  India | 4-0 | 4–0 | 2012 AFC Challenge Cup |
| 5 | 13 November 2014 | Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei, Taiwan |  Hong Kong | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup |
