Weight 79 kg Years Team Height 1.88 m | Number 21 Role Footballer Playing position Name Ri Myong-guk Date joined 2006 | |
 | ||
Date of birth (1986-09-09) September 9, 1986 (age 29) Current teams Pyongyang City Sports Club (#21 / Goalkeeper), North Korea national football team (Goalkeeper) People also search for Kim Jong-hun, Jo Tong-sop, Yun Jong-su | ||
Ri Myong Guk North Korean goalkeeper saves
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 87 official 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.
