Ryang Yong-gi

Ryang Yong-gi
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-01-07) January 7, 1982
Place of birth Tadaoka, Osaka, Japan
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Vegalta Sendai
Number 10
Youth career
2000–2003 Hannan University
2003–2004 Vegalta Sendai
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004– Vegalta Sendai 412 (71)
National team‡
2008– North Korea 24 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 December 2014
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 January 2015
Ryang Yong-gi
Chosŏn'gŭl 량용기
Hancha 梁勇基
Revised Romanization Yang Yonggi
McCune–Reischauer Ryang Yonggi

Ryang Yong-gi (Chosŏn'gŭl: 량용기; Hancha: 梁勇基; born 7 January 1982 in Tadaoka, Osaka) is a Japanese-born North Korean footballer who plays for Vegalta Sendai in the J. League Division 1.[1]

Ryang is captain of his club where he is a creative midfielder.[2]

Ryang has made one appearance for the Korea DPR national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds [3] and was named as one of the North Korean squad for the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup.[4] 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.

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

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.[5]

In the aftermath of the disaster, Ryang and his teammates made frequent visits to affected areas to lend support.[5]

Club career stats

As of 1 January 2015

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2004Vegalta SendaiJ. League Division 232220--342
200539610--406
200642410--434
200748810--498
2008421300--4213
2009511441--5515
2010J. League Division 134110030-3711
20113440030-374
20122731051-334
2013304412051416
20143321050-402
2015000000-00
Career total 412711521815145074

International career statistics

[6]

North Korea national team
YearAppsGoals
200820
200910
201084
201180
201231
201521
Total246

International goals

Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 February 2010Colombo, Sri Lanka Turkmenistan1–11–12010 AFC Challenge Cup
2.21 February 2010Colombo, Sri Lanka India1–03–02010 AFC Challenge Cup
3.21 February 2010Colombo, Sri Lanka India3–03–02010 AFC Challenge Cup
4.27 February 2010Colombo, Sri Lanka Turkmenistan1–11–12010 AFC Challenge Cup
5.31 December 2010Doha, Qatar Qatar1–01–0Friendly*
6.9 December 2012Hong Kong Hong Kong2–04–02013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary round 2
7.14 January 2015Melbourne, Australia Saudi Arabia1–01–42015 AFC Asian Cup

Honours

Vegalta Sendai
North Korea

References

  1. ↑ "Stats Centre: Ryang Yong-gi Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  2. ↑ "Jong poised to fire Chollima". FIFA. 2008-09-03. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  3. ↑ Ryang Yong-gi – FIFA competition record (archive)
  4. ↑ "梁勇基選手 2010AFCチャレンジカップ及び朝鮮民主主義人民共和国代表強化合宿参加のお知らせ". Vegalta Sendai official site. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  5. 1 2 Paul Gittings and Yoko Wakatsuki (28 August 2013). "Korea United: Football hero Ryang Yong-gi's ambitious goal". CNN.
  6. ↑ "Ryang Yong-gi". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
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