Ri Kwang-il

Ri Kwang-il

Personal information
Date of birth	(1988-04-13) April 13, 1988
Place of birth	Pyongyang, North Korea
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	April 25
Number	1
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	Sobaeksu
2009–2010	Radnički Kragujevac	2	(0)
2010	→ Erdoglija Kragujevac (loan)
2010–2014	Sobaeksu
2014–	April 25
International career‡
2014–	North Korea	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2015

Ri Kwang-il
Chosŏn'gŭl	리광일
Revised Romanization	I Gwangil
McCune–Reischauer	Ri Kwangil

Ri Kwang-il (Korean: 리광일, born 13 April 1988) is a North Korean international football player. He played for Sobaeksu in the DPR Korea League.

In summer 2009 together with other two players from Sobaeksu, An Il-bom and Myong Cha-hyon, he moved to Serbia and signed a one-year contract with FK Radnički Kragujevac. After playing twice in the first six months, he was loaned to another club from same city, FK Erdoglija Kragujevac for the last six months.

He has been a part of the North Korea national football team since 2010, and was filled in the squad at the 2011 Asian Cup as a non-used substitute. In 2014 he finally made his debut for the North Korean national team.

External sources

• Ri Kwang-il – FIFA competition record (archived)