Ri Kum-suk

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Ri Kum-suk
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Personal information
Date of birth (1978-08-16) August 16, 1978 (age 43)
Place of birth Hamhung, North Korea
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Central Forward
Club information
Current team
 4.25 Sports Club
Number 10
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–present 4.25 Sports Club 178 (125)
National team‡
1998–2008 DPR Korea 65 (40)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:37, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 3, 2007
Ri Kum-suk
Chosŏn'gŭl
리금숙
Hancha
李今淑
Revised RomanizationI Geumsuk
McCune–ReischauerRi Kŭmsuk
In this Korean name, the family name is Ri.

Ri Kum-suk (Korean: 리금숙; Korean pronunciation: [ɾi.ɡɯm.suk] or [ɾi] [kɯm.suk]; born 16 August 1978) is a North Korean footballer who plays for the 4.25 Sports Club. She plays a key role not only for her club, but also for national teams in the AFC Women's Asian Cup, Asian Games and FIFA Women's World Cup.[1] She is the highest goalscorer for North Korea with 40 goals and the most prolific female footballer ever from North Korea with 165 goals.

Club career[]

Ri Kum-suk began her international career at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup at age 20. She played as a midfielder during three matches, supporting their young and talented striker Jin Pyol-hui.

In 4 years, the PRK Women's National Team qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup and Ri teamed again with her friend Jin. In a winning match 3-0 over Nigeria she took 5 shots and 2 shots on goal. Even though, her team could not proceed to the quarterfinals, she played very well in last two games against Sweden and United States, with 6 Shots and 1 SOG.

The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was her best tournament. The team qualified for the finals by taking 3rd place in 2006 AFC Women's Championship due to referee judgement during the game against China. Her team belonged to Group B with United States, Sweden and Nigeria.

At their first game, against USA, and with the injury of key midfielder Ho Sun-hui at 10 minutes in the first half, they conceded a goal 50 minutes, but scored at 58 and 62 minutes. At 69 minutes the USA scored again. Ri scored in the next game against Nigeria with a head shot and the team played well enough against Sweden to get out of the group stage.

The most game she showed her strike and dribble skill was against China PR in the 15th Doha Asian Games, when the two teams tied after 90 minutes. Ri Kum-suk scored a goal in the 2nd extra time, by striking a powerful shot with her left foot.

Ri pulled a hat-trick sending DPRK into the final of the AFC Women's Asian Cup after they defeated Australia 3–0 at Thong Nat Stadium in the 2007 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[2]

Ri also played for DPRK at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[3]

She is the captain of the national team. Recently she retired to start a coaching career. She married Pak Chung Hyok(student of Kim Hyong Jik University Education[4]), coach of the women's football team of the Jebi Sports Team, in November 2008,[5] and gave birth to a son.

International goals[]

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 December 2001 Yunlin County Stadium, New Taipei City, Taiwan  Japan 1–0 2–0 2001 AFC Women's Championship
2. 10 June 2003 Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand  Hong Kong 2–0 13–0 2003 AFC Women's Championship
3. 6–0
4. 7–0
5. 8–0
6. 10–0
7. 11–0
8. 12 June 2003  Thailand 4–0 14–0
9. 5–0
10. 7–0
11. 11–0
12. 14 June  Singapore 3–0 16–0
13. 19 June 2003  Japan 1–0 3–0
14. 2–0
15. 21 June 2003  China PR 1–0 2–1 (a.e.t.)
16. 2–1
6. 18 July 2006 Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia  Thailand 1–0 9–0 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup
7. 3–0
8. 30 November 2006 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Vietnam 4–0 5–0 2006 Asian Games
9. 7 December 2006 Al-Rayyan Stadium, Al-Rayyan, Qatar  South Korea 1–0 4–1
10. 3–0
11. 10 December 2006 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar  China PR 2–1 3–1 (a.e.t.)
12. 18 September 2007 Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin, China  Sweden 1–1 1–2 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
13. 28 May 2008 Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam  Thailand 2–0 5–0 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup
10. 30 May 2008  Vietnam 2–0 3–0
11. 3–0
12. 5 June 2008  Australia 1–0 3–0
13. 2–0
14. 3–0
15. 8 June 2008  China PR 1–1 2–1
16. 9 August 2008 Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang, China  Brazil 1–2 1–2 2008 Summer Olympics

References[]

  1. ^ Ri Kum-Suk – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ "More to come from Ri". FIFA. 2007-09-16. Retrieved 2009-07-06.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Ri Kum-Suk Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  4. ^ "北여자축구 주장 리금숙 "국가대표팀 감독 될래요"". nocutnews. 2008-12-18.
  5. ^ "北 여자축구 스타 리금숙 결혼". hanjyung. 2008-11-11.


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