Cha Gi-suk
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1986-12-26)26 December 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Pohang, South Korea | ||
Date of death | 13 July 2021(2021-07-13) (aged 34) | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2008 | Jeonnam Dragons | 0 | (0) |
2009 | Gyeongju Citizen | 12 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 17 | (0) |
Total | 29 | (0) | |
International career | |||
2002–2003 | South Korea U-17 | 17 | (0) |
2003–2005 | South Korea U-20 | 22 | (0) |
2004 | South Korea | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cha Gi-Suk (26 December 1986 – 13 July 2021) was a South Korean professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Cha was a member of South Korea U-17 and South Korea U-20. He had chronic kidney disease since 2006. Because of this, he never played in Chunnam. In 2006, he received a kidney transplant from his father and 2008 May, after two years, he received kidney again from his uncle.[1] He decided to retire from playing in 2010.[2] He worked as a goalkeeper coach at Yonsei University before quitting after another kidney transplant.[2]
He died on 13 July 2021, aged 34, of AIDS after receiving a donor kidney infected with HIV.[2]
References
- ^ "'부천 FC 이적, 지도자 준비'... 차기석의 무한도전" (in Korean). SpotalKorea. 23 July 2009.
- ^ a b c "국가대표 골키퍼 출신 차기석, 투병 끝에 35세 일기로 별세" [Former national goalkeeper Cha Ki-seok dies at the age of 35 after fighting a disease]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
External links
- FIFA Player Statistics
- Cha Gi-suk – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
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- 2 Park Jin-sub
- 3 Park Jae-hong
- 4 Choi Jin-cheul
- 5 Kim Nam-il
- 7 Kim Tae-young
- 9 Seol Ki-hyeon
- 10 Hyun Young-min
- 12 Lee Young-pyo
- 13 Lee Eul-yong
- 14 Chung Kyung-ho
- 15 Lee Min-sung
- 16 Cha Du-ri
- 17 Kim Jung-kyum
- 18 Kim Eun-jung
- 19 Ahn Jung-hwan
- 20 Lee Dong-gook
- 21 Park Ji-sung
- 23 Kim Yong-dae
- 25 Park Yo-seb
- 28 Kim Jin-kyu
- 30 Cha Gi-suk
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