Han Kwang-song
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Han Kwang-song | ||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Pyongyang, Korea DPR | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Perugia (on loan from Cagliari) | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chobyong | |||
| 2013–2014 | TecnoFutbol CF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017– | Cagliari | 12 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | → Perugia (loan) | 17 | (7) |
| 2018– | → Perugia (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | North Korea U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | North Korea U19 | 3 | (1) |
| 2017– | North Korea | 2 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 8, 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of April 2, 2017 | |||
| Han Kwang-song | |
| Hangul | 한광성 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | Han Gwangseong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han Kwangsŏng |
Han Kwang-song (born 11 September 1998) is a North Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Perugia, on loan from Cagliari, and the North Korea national team.[1]
Career
Cagliari
Han Kwang-song joined Cagliari at academy level in 2015, after a successful trial period.[2] Han became the first North Korean to play in the Serie A in 3–1 away win over Palermo, on 2 April 2017, appearing as a substitute for Marco Sau in the 86th minute.[3] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 home defeat to Torino on 9 April with the final goal of the game 5 minutes into stoppage time, thereby becoming the first North Korean to score in Serie A.[3][4] On 13 April 2017, Han signed a contract extension to continue to play for Cagliari until 2022.[5]
Loan to Perugia
On 7 August 2017, he was loaned to Serie B team Perugia.[6] He debuted for the club in the Coppa Italia third round game against Benevento, where he was substituted off for Simone Emmanuello in the 79th minute. Perugia won the game 4–0.
On 27 August 2017, he scored a hat trick on his Serie B debut for Perugia in a 5–1 win over Virtus Entella.[7] On 1 February 2018, he was brought back to Cagliari.[8]
On 15 August 2018, Han joined on loan to Perugia for the second time.[9]
Career statistics
Club
Updated 20 May 2018
| Club | League | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Cagliari | Serie A | 2016–17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 1 | ||
| Perugia (loan) | Serie B | 2017–18 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 7 | ||
| Cagliari | Serie A | 2017–18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 29 | 8 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 8 | ||||
References
- ↑ "Kwang-Song Han – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- ↑ "Cagliari confirm signing of North Korean forward Han Kwang-Song". espnfc.com. March 10, 2017.
- 1 2 "Kwang Song Han: The First North Korean To Score In Serie A". forzaitalianfootball.com. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ↑ Campanale, Susan (10 April 2017). "Serie A Week 31: Did You Know?". Football Italia. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ↑ "Official: Cagliari sign Han to 2022". Football Italia. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ↑ "N.Korean Forward Han Kwang-song Loaned to Perugia FC". Choson Ilbo. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ↑ "Serie B: Han trascina il Perugia". La Repubblica. 27 August 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ https://www.football-italia.net/116571/han-%E2%80%98didn%E2%80%99t-expect-cagliari-return%E2%80%99
- ↑ "UFFICIALE: Perugia, torna il nordcoreano Han dal Cagliari". Retrieved 15 August 2018.
External links
- Han Kwang-song at Soccerway