Cha Bum-kun

Cha Bum-kun
Cha in 1979
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-05-22) 22 May 1953 (age 73)
Place of birth Hwaseong, South Korea
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1967–1968 Kyungshin Middle School [ko]
1969–1971 Kyungshin High School [ko]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1975 Korea University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976 Korea Trust Bank [ko]
1976–1979 ROK Air Force (draft)
1978–1979 Darmstadt 98 1 (0)
1979–1983 Eintracht Frankfurt 122 (46)
1983–1989 Bayer Leverkusen 185 (52)
Total 308 (98)
International career
1970–1972 South Korea U20
1972–1986 South Korea 136 (58)
Managerial career
1991–1994 Hyundai Horang-i
1997–1998 South Korea
1998–1999 Shenzhen Ping'an
2004–2010 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's football
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 BangkokTeam
AFC Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place1972 ThailandTeam
AFC Youth Championship
Silver medal – second place1971 JapanTeam
Silver medal – second place1972 ThailandTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cha Bum-Kun (Korean: 차범근; born 22 May 1953) is a South Korean professional athlete. He is best known as an association football player. He was a member of the Korean national team.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Korea Trust Bank 1976Semipro League????—????
ROK Air Force (draft) 1976Semipro League????—????
1977Semipro League????—????
1978Semipro League????—????
1979Semipro League????—????
Total????—????
Darmstadt 98 1978–79Bundesliga10———10
Eintracht Frankfurt 1979–80Bundesliga311240113—4615
1980–81Bundesliga2786652—3816
1981–82Bundesliga31111061—3812
1982–83Bundesliga331510——3415
Total 12246126226—15658
Bayer Leverkusen 1983–84Bundesliga341210——3512
1984–85Bundesliga291034——3214
1985–86Bundesliga341742——3819
1986–87Bundesliga3362132—389
1987–88Bundesliga25400102—356
1988–89Bundesliga3035020—373
Total 18552157154—21563
Career total 3089827133710??372121
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in Korean National Championship
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in Korean President's Cup
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

International

As of 8 July 2020

The KFA is showing the list of Cha's 136 international appearances in its official website. The RSSSF is also claiming 136 appearances about Cha's international career, but its details have some discrepancies. FIFA registered him with 130 appearances in the FIFA Century Club by excluding six matches in the Summer Olympics qualification.

  • Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    South Korea 1972236
    1973178
    1974132
    1975189
    19762013
    19772615
    1978165
    198630
    Career total13658
  • Appearances and goals by competition
    CompetitionAppsGoals
    Friendlies102
    Minor competitions7644
    Asian Games122
    AFC Asian Cup qualification40
    AFC Asian Cup51
    Summer Olympics qualification62
    FIFA World Cup qualification207
    FIFA World Cup30
    Total13658
    • Scores list South Korea's goal tally first.
    No.DateVenue CapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    List of international goals scored by Cha Bum-kun
    110 May 1972National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 2 Khmer Republic3–04–11972 AFC Asian Cup
    219 July 1972Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia 8 Singapore2–04–11972 Pestabola Merdeka
    323 July 1972Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 9 Indonesia2–02–01972 Pestabola Merdeka
    429 July 1972Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 11 Malaysia2–02–11972 Pestabola Merdeka
    520 September 1972Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 13 Thailand3–03–01972 Korea Cup
    622 November 1972National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 21 Indonesia1–11–11972 King's Cup
    719 May 1973Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 24 Thailand2–04–01974 FIFA World Cup qualification
    828 May 1973Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 28 Israel1–01–01974 FIFA World Cup qualification
    922 September 1973Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 30 Khmer Republic2–06–01973 Korea Cup
    104–0
    1130 September 1973Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 33 Malaysia1–02–01973 Korea Cup
    1216 December 1973National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 37 Khmer Republic4–05–01973 King's Cup
    1322 December 1973National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 39 Burma2–02–01973 King's Cup
    1425 December 1973National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 40 Malaysia2–02–11973 King's Cup
    1518 May 1974Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 43 Burma2–03–01974 Korea Cup
    1625 December 1974Hong Kong 54 Indonesia2–03–1Hong Kong Tournament
    1729 July 1975Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 58 Malaysia2–03–11975 Pestabola Merdeka [ms]
    187 August 1975Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 61 Thailand3–06–01975 Pestabola Merdeka
    199 August 1975Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 62 Japan1–03–11975 Pestabola Merdeka
    202–1
    213–1
    2211 August 1975Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 63 Indonesia1–05–11975 Pestabola Merdeka
    2315 August 1975Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 64 Bangladesh4–04–01975 Pestabola Merdeka
    2421 December 1975National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 68 Burma1–03–11975 King's Cup
    252–0
    266 March 1976Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 73 Taiwan1–03–01976 Summer Olympics qualification
    2727 March 1976Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 75 Japan2–12–21976 Summer Olympics qualification
    2810 August 1976Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 79 India1–08–01976 Pestabola Merdeka [ms]
    295–0
    308–0
    3115 August 1976Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 81 Burma2–22–21976 Pestabola Merdeka
    3211 September 1976Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 84 Malaysia2–44–41976 Korea Cup
    333–4
    344–4
    3513 September 1976Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 85 India4–04–01976 Korea Cup
    3617 September 1976Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 86 Singapore1–07–01976 Korea Cup
    377–0
    3822 December 1976National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 91 Malaysia1–11–11976 King's Cup
    3914 February 1977Singapore 92 Singapore1–04–0Friendly
    4018 February 1977Al Ahli Stadium, Manama, Bahrain 93 Bahrain2–04–1Friendly
    4120 March 1977Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 96 Israel1–03–11978 FIFA World Cup qualification
    423 April 1977Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 98 Japan1–01–01978 FIFA World Cup qualification
    4326 June 1977Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 100 Hong Kong1–01–01978 FIFA World Cup qualification
    4417 July 1977Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 102 Libya2–04–01977 Pestabola Merdeka [ms]
    4522 July 1977Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 104 Indonesia3–15–11977 Pestabola Merdeka
    4624 July 1977Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 105 Burma2–04–01977 Pestabola Merdeka
    4731 July 1977Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 108 Iraq1–01–01977 Pestabola Merdeka
    4827 August 1977Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, Australia 109 Australia1–01–21978 FIFA World Cup qualification
    493 September 1977Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 110 Thailand3–05–11977 Korea Cup
    505 September 1977Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu, South Korea 111 India1–03–01977 Korea Cup
    513–0
    5213 September 1977Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 112 Malaysia2–03–01977 Korea Cup
    535 November 1977Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium, Kuwait City, Kuwait 115 Kuwait1–02–21978 FIFA World Cup qualification
    5419 July 1978Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 121 Japan2–04–01978 Pestabola Merdeka [ms]
    5522 July 1978Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 122 Iraq2–02–01978 Pestabola Merdeka
    5625 July 1978Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 123 Indonesia1–02–01978 Pestabola Merdeka
    5711 December 1978Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 127 Bahrain3–05–11978 Asian Games
    5817 December 1978Bangkok, Thailand 130 China1–01–01978 Asian Games

    Honours

    Player

    Korea University

    Korea Trust Bank

    ROK Air Force

    Eintracht Frankfurt

    Bayer Leverkusen

    South Korea U20

    South Korea

    Individual

    Records

    Manager

    Hyundai Horang-i

    Suwon Samsung Bluewings

    Individual

    References

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    2. ↑ "Cha confessed that he had run away from school because he hadn't wanted to be beaten" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
    3. 1 2 "18 national players were determined for the AFC Youth Championship". Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 12 March 1971. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
    4. 1 2 "18 national players were selected for the 14th AFC Youth Championship". Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 9 March 1972. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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    6. ↑ "Beom-geun Cha » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
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    11. 1 2 "Exchange Bank and Trust Bank shared the league title". Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 31 May 1976. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
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    25. 1 2 "The best XI was selected by the press corps, and the best player is Cha Bum-kun". Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 22 December 1973. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
    26. ↑ "The press corps selected the best XI, and Park Lee-chun became the most valuable footballer of the year". Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 28 December 1972. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
    27. ↑ "The press corps selected the best XI, and Byun Ho-young became the MVP". Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 24 December 1974. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
    28. ↑ "Kim Ho-kon was selected as the most valuable footballer by the press corps". Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 28 January 1976. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
    29. ↑ "Choi Jong-duk was selected as the footballer of the year by the press corps". Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 8 February 1977. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
    30. ↑ "Cho Young-jeung was selected as the MVP by football journalists". Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 26 December 1977. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
    31. ↑ "The MVP Kim Jae-han and the best XI". Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 16 January 1979. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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    44. ↑ "Cha Bum-kun received the manager award". Naver (in Korean). Sports Chosun. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
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