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 1978 Bangkok Team AFC Asian Cup 1972 Thailand Team AFC Youth Championship 1971 Japan Team[3] 1972 Thailand Team[4]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

1. ↑ "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. ↑ "18 national players were determined for the AFC Youth Championship". Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 12 March 1971. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
4. ↑ "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.