Cha Bum-kun

Cha Bum-kun
Cha in 1979
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-05-22) 22 May 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Hwaseong, South Korea
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1967–1968[2] Kyungshin Middle School [ko]
1969–1971 Kyungshin High School [ko]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1972–1975 Korea University [ko]
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)
National team
1970–1972 South Korea U20
1972–1986 South Korea 136 (58)
Teams managed
1991–1994 Hyundai Horang-i
1997–1998 South Korea
1998–1999 Shenzhen Ping'an
2004–2010 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Honours
Representing  South Korea
Men's football
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 Bangkok Team
AFC Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place 1972 Thailand Team
AFC Youth Championship
Silver medal – second place 1971 Japan Team[3]
Silver medal – second place 1972 Thailand Team[4]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
This is a Korean name; the family name is Cha.

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.[5]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[6]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Korea Trust Bank 1976 Semipro League ? ? ?[a] ? — ?[b] ? ? ?
ROK Air Force (draft) 1976 Semipro League ? ? ?[a] ? — ?[b] ? ? ?
1977 Semipro League ? ? ?[a] ? — ?[b] ? ? ?
1978 Semipro League ? ? ?[a] ? — ?[b] ? ? ?
1979 Semipro League ? ? ?[a] ? — ?[b] ? ? ?
Total ? ? ? ? — ? ? ? ?
Darmstadt 98 1978–79 Bundesliga 1 0 — — — 1 0
Eintracht Frankfurt 1979–80 Bundesliga 31 12 4 0 11[c] 3 — 46 15
1980–81 Bundesliga 27 8 6 6 5[c] 2 — 38 16
1981–82 Bundesliga 31 11 1 0 6[d] 1 — 38 12
1982–83 Bundesliga 33 15 1 0 — — 34 15
Total 122 46 12 6 22 6 — 156 58
Bayer Leverkusen 1983–84 Bundesliga 34 12 1 0 — — 35 12
1984–85 Bundesliga 29 10 3 4 — — 32 14
1985–86 Bundesliga 34 17 4 2 — — 38 19
1986–87 Bundesliga 33 6 2 1 3[c] 2 — 38 9
1987–88 Bundesliga 25 4 0 0 10[c] 2 — 35 6
1988–89 Bundesliga 30 3 5 0 2[c] 0 — 37 3
Total 185 52 15 7 15 4 — 215 63
Career total 308 98 27 13 37 10 ? ? 372 121
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Appearance(s) in Korean National Championship
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Appearance(s) in Korean President's Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 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.[1] The RSSSF is also claiming 136 appearances about Cha's international career, but its details have some discrepancies.[7] FIFA registered him with 130 appearances in the FIFA Century Club by excluding six matches in the Summer Olympics qualification.[8]

  • Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National team Year Apps Goals
    South Korea 1972 23 6
    1973 17 8
    1974 13 2
    1975 18 9
    1976 20 13
    1977 26 15
    1978 16 5
    1986 3 0
    Career total 136 58
  • Appearances and goals by competition
    Competition Apps Goals
    Friendlies 10 2
    Minor competitions 76 44
    Asian Games 12 2
    AFC Asian Cup qualification 4 0
    AFC Asian Cup 5 1
    Summer Olympics qualification 6 2
    FIFA World Cup qualification 20 7
    FIFA World Cup 3 0
    Total 136 58
    • Scores list South Korea's goal tally first.[1][7]
    No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
    List of international goals scored by Cha Bum-kun
    1 10 May 1972 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 2  Khmer Republic 3–0 4–1 1972 AFC Asian Cup
    2 19 July 1972 Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Malaysia 8  Singapore 2–0 4–1 1972 Pestabola Merdeka
    3 23 July 1972 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 9  Indonesia 2–0 2–0 1972 Pestabola Merdeka
    4 29 July 1972 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 11  Malaysia 2–0 2–1 1972 Pestabola Merdeka
    5 20 September 1972 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 13  Thailand 3–0 3–0 1972 Korea Cup
    6 22 November 1972 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 21  Indonesia 1–1 1–1 1972 King's Cup
    7 19 May 1973 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 24  Thailand 2–0 4–0 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
    8 28 May 1973 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 28  Israel 1–0 1–0 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification
    9 22 September 1973 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 30  Khmer Republic 2–0 6–0 1973 Korea Cup
    10 4–0
    11 30 September 1973 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 33  Malaysia 1–0 2–0 1973 Korea Cup
    12 16 December 1973 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 37  Khmer Republic 4–0 5–0 1973 King's Cup
    13 22 December 1973 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 39  Burma 2–0 2–0 1973 King's Cup
    14 25 December 1973 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 40  Malaysia 2–0 2–1 1973 King's Cup
    15 18 May 1974 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 43  Burma 2–0 3–0 1974 Korea Cup
    16 25 December 1974 Hong Kong 54  Indonesia 2–0 3–1 Hong Kong Tournament
    17 29 July 1975 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 58  Malaysia 2–0 3–1 1975 Pestabola Merdeka [ms]
    18 7 August 1975 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 61  Thailand 3–0 6–0 1975 Pestabola Merdeka
    19 9 August 1975 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 62  Japan 1–0 3–1 1975 Pestabola Merdeka
    20 2–1
    21 3–1
    22 11 August 1975 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 63  Indonesia 1–0 5–1 1975 Pestabola Merdeka
    23 15 August 1975 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 64  Bangladesh 4–0 4–0 1975 Pestabola Merdeka
    24 21 December 1975 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 68  Burma 1–0 3–1 1975 King's Cup
    25 2–0
    26 6 March 1976 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 73  Taiwan 1–0 3–0 1976 Summer Olympics qualification
    27 27 March 1976 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 75  Japan 2–1 2–2 1976 Summer Olympics qualification
    28 10 August 1976 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 79  India 1–0 8–0 1976 Pestabola Merdeka [ms]
    29 5–0
    30 8–0
    31 15 August 1976 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 81  Burma 2–2 2–2 1976 Pestabola Merdeka
    32 11 September 1976 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 84  Malaysia 2–4 4–4 1976 Korea Cup
    33 3–4
    34 4–4
    35 13 September 1976 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 85  India 4–0 4–0 1976 Korea Cup
    36 17 September 1976 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 86  Singapore 1–0 7–0 1976 Korea Cup
    37 7–0
    38 22 December 1976 National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 91  Malaysia 1–1 1–1 1976 King's Cup
    39 14 February 1977 Singapore 92  Singapore 1–0 4–0 Friendly
    40 18 February 1977 Al Ahli Stadium, Manama, Bahrain 93  Bahrain 2–0 4–1 Friendly
    41 20 March 1977 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 96  Israel 1–0 3–1 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
    42 3 April 1977 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 98  Japan 1–0 1–0 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
    43 26 June 1977 Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong 100  Hong Kong 1–0 1–0 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
    44 17 July 1977 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 102  Libya 2–0 4–0 1977 Pestabola Merdeka [ms]
    45 22 July 1977 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 104  Indonesia 3–1 5–1 1977 Pestabola Merdeka
    46 24 July 1977 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 105  Burma 2–0 4–0 1977 Pestabola Merdeka
    47 31 July 1977 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 108  Iraq 1–0 1–0 1977 Pestabola Merdeka
    48 27 August 1977 Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney, Australia 109  Australia 1–0 1–2 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
    49 3 September 1977 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 110  Thailand 3–0 5–1 1977 Korea Cup
    50 5 September 1977 Daegu Civic Stadium, Daegu, South Korea 111  India 1–0 3–0 1977 Korea Cup
    51 3–0
    52 13 September 1977 Dongdaemun Stadium, Seoul, South Korea 112  Malaysia 2–0 3–0 1977 Korea Cup
    53 5 November 1977 Al Kuwait Sports Club Stadium,[9] Kuwait City, Kuwait 115  Kuwait 1–0 2–2 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
    54 19 July 1978 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 121  Japan 2–0 4–0 1978 Pestabola Merdeka [ms]
    55 22 July 1978 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 122  Iraq 2–0 2–0 1978 Pestabola Merdeka
    56 25 July 1978 Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 123  Indonesia 1–0 2–0 1978 Pestabola Merdeka
    57 11 December 1978 Chulalongkorn University Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand 127  Bahrain 3–0 5–1 1978 Asian Games
    58 17 December 1978 Bangkok, Thailand 130  China 1–0 1–0 1978 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

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cha Bum-kun at Korea Football Association" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
    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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "18 national players were determined for the AFC Youth Championship". Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 12 March 1971. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "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.
    5. ↑ National-Football-Teams.com, "Cha, Bum-Kun"; retrieved 2012-9-21.
    6. ↑ "Beom-geun Cha » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Mamrud, Roberto; Villante, Eric (8 July 2020). "Bum-Kun Cha - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
    8. ↑ "FIFA Century Club" (PDF). FIFA. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
    9. ↑ "Kuwait v Korea Republic, 05 November 1977". 11v11. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
    10. ↑ "Korea University won the National Football Championship for the first time in 3 years". Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 2 December 1974. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
    11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Exchange Bank and Trust Bank shared the league title". Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 31 May 1976. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
    12. ↑ "Korea University became champions after defeating Air Force". Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 10 November 1976. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
    13. ↑ Stokkermans, Karel (4 June 2015). "European Competitions 1979-80". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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    25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 "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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    43. ↑ "The 2004 K League Awards became a festival of Suwon". Naver (in Korean). OhmyNews. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
    44. ↑ "Cha Bum-kun received the manager award". Naver (in Korean). Sports Chosun. 9 December 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
    45. ↑ "Cha Bum-kun received the best manager award". Naver (in Korean). Newsis. 8 November 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2019.

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