Ri Chol-myong

Ri Chol-myong
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-02-18) February 18, 1988
Place of birth Pyongyang, North Korea
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Pyongyang City
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006– Pyongyang City ? (?)
National team‡
2007– Korea DPR 47 (7)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 17, 2015
Ri Chol-myong
Chosŏn'gŭl 리철명
Revised Romanization I Cheolmyeong
McCune–Reischauer Ri Ch'ŏlmyŏng
This is a Korean name; the family name is Ri.

Ri Chol-myong (Korean: 리철명, born 18 February 1988) is a North Korean international football player. He plays for Pyongyang City in the DPR Korea League.

He has played on 44 occasions for the North Korean national team, scoring a goal in the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup against Kyrgyzstan. He has been called up to their 23-man squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Ri Chol-myong was a part of the squad in the 2010 Asian Games. Korea DRR lost 8-9 in a penalty shoot-out in the hands of UAE in the quarter-finals. Korea DPR lost because of the penalty Ri missed.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 November 10, 2010 Aden, Yemen  Yemen 1-1 Draw Friendly
2 December 24, 2010 6th of October City, Egypt  Kuwait 1-2 Loss Friendly
3 March 13, 2012 Kathmandu, Nepal  India 4-0 Win 2012 AFC Challenge Cup


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