Ryang Yong-Gi

Ryang Yong-gi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-01-07) January 7, 1982 (age 35)
Place of birth	Tadaoka, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Vegalta Sendai
Number	8
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.

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

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

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.

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

As of 1 January 2015

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