Cha Du-ri
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cha Du-Ri | ||
| Date of birth | 25 July 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Frankfurt am Main, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2002 | Korea University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Bayer Leverkusen | 0 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Arminia Bielefeld (loan) | 22 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | → Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) | 31 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 56 | (11) |
| 2006–2007 | Mainz 05 | 12 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | TuS Koblenz | 61 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | SC Freiburg | 23 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Celtic | 31 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 10 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | FC Seoul | 82 | (2) |
| Total | 328 | (21) | |
| National team | |||
| 2001–2015 | South Korea | 76 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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| Cha Du-ri | |
| Hangul | 차두리 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 車두리 |
| Revised Romanization | Cha Du(-)ri |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'a Turi |
Cha Du-Ri (Hangul: 차두리; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʰa.du.ɾi] or [tɕʰa] [tu.ɾi]; born 25 July 1980) is a retired German-born South Korean professional footballer. He played as a right back, right winger, or striker. He is the first Korean player who was born outside of Korea to have played in a FIFA World Cup. Cha's father, Cha Bum-Kun played in the 1986 World Cup. Cha Du-Ri has also played for one of his father's old clubs, Eintracht Frankfurt. During the third-place match of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup against Uzbekistan, Cha captained the national team in place of the regular Korean captain, Park Ji-Sung.
Cha was born in Frankfurt am Main in West Germany, when his father Cha Bum-Kun was starring in the German Bundesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt, and spent his childhood in Germany while his father was playing for Frankfurt and later for Bayer Leverkusen. Cha remained living in West Germany until he moved back to native country when he was ten. Growing up, Cha was described by his father as "a very optimistic mindset", who is "open and honest"
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