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Cha Du-ri
Photo: Alasdair Middleton from Rothesay, Scotland · CC BY 2.0 · source
South Korea · 2002–15

Cha Du-ri

Stalwart RB Right-footed
Rating
80
Caps
76
Goals
4
Life
1980
Clubs
Eintracht Frankfurt, TuS Koblenz, FC Seoul
#25
Editorial rank of 33 for South Korea
The people's rank, live from duel votes

Korean fans called him the Chaminator, and on 22 January 2015 in Melbourne the name fit: 34, on as a substitute, he ripped down the right in extra time and squared for Son Heung-min to make it 2-0. He was in the squad that reached the 2002 World Cup semi-final, finished runner-up at the 2015 Asian Cup and made its Team of the Tournament, took bronze in 2011, and won a Scottish title and Scottish Cup at Celtic. Career record: 76 caps and 4 goals for South Korea; club career at Eintracht Frankfurt, TuS Koblenz, FC Seoul.

Career record

2002–2003Arminia Bielefeld
2002–2004Bayer 04 Leverkusen
2003–2006Eintracht Frankfurt
2006–20071. FSV Mainz 05
2007–2009TuS Koblenz
2009–2010SC Freiburg
2010–2012Celtic
2012–2013Fortuna Düsseldorf
2013–2015FC Seoul
South Korea76 caps, 4 goals

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Around Du-ri in the almanac

One rank above: Lee Chung-yong at #24.

One rank below: Cho Hyun-woo at #26.

South Korea's editorial top five: Son Heung-min · Cha Bum-kun · Park Ji-sung · Hong Myung-bo · Kim Min-jae.