Cha Du-ri

Cha Du-ri

Personal information
Full name	Cha Du-Ri
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	SC Freiburg
Number	6
Youth career
1999–2002	Korea University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Bayer Leverkusen	0	(0)
2002–2003	→ Arminia Bielefeld (loan)	21	(1)
2003–2004	→ Eintracht Frankfurt (loan)	31	(1)
2004–2006	Eintracht Frankfurt	56	(11)
2006–2007	Mainz	12	(0)
2007–2009	Koblenz	61	(3)
2009–	Freiburg	19	(1)
International career‡
2001–	Korea Republic	42	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 03:05, 1 February 2010 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:30, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Cha Du-ri
Hangul	차두리
Hanja	車두리
Revised Romanization	Cha Du-ri
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'a Du-ri

Cha Du-Ri (Korean: 차두리; born 25 July 1980 in Frankfurt am Main) is a South Korean football player who currently plays for German club SC Freiburg in the Bundesliga.

Early years

The younger Cha was born in Germany while his father Cha Bum-Kun was starring in the German Bundesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt, and spent his first few years in Germany while his father was playing for Frankfurt and later for Bayer Leverkusen.

Career

2002

Cha was noticed by Guus Hiddink when the national team played a practice match against Korea University. Strong, aggressive and pacy, he was still playing amateur football when he made the Korea Republic national team that surprised the football world by advancing to the semifinals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, even though his playing time was limited to off-the-bench appearances. He can operate on either winger and also as a Striker. He played for one of his father's old clubs, Frankfurt.

2006

He was left off Korea's roster for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and instead provided color commentary for MBC's live telecasts of the tournament's games alongside his father. Pim Verbeek, South Korea's then head coach, has added Cha Du-Ri into his squad for the qualification of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup.

Before the 2006–07 kicked off, Cha Du-Ri has changed his position from Striker to Right wingback/sideback for the Mainz. But throughout the season, he was hampered with a foot injury that prevented him from joining the starting lineup or even getting some playing time.

After the 2006–07 ended, Mainz were relegated to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, and subsequently after, Cha terminated the contract.

2007

During the 2007 offseason, Cha signed a transfer-free contract with the Koblenz in 2. Fußball-Bundesliga for Second Fußball-Bundesliga 2007–08 season. He also has switched his positions back to right side midfielder / wing forward, supporting Striker, and the center forward position, after his failure to adjust to right side wingback/sideback for the Mainz.

2009

After two years Cha left TuS Koblenz and signed a contract for two years with SC Freiburg.

On 14 October 2009, Cha was called back to international duty against Senegal. It was first time Cha was called back to the Korean national team since late 2006.

Attributes

Cha is considered a very fast player (he can run 100m in under 11 seconds), and he can also jump very high. He regularly plays throughout an entire season with great stamina, his size is that of a prototypical forward: 184 cm in height, and 75–78 kg in weight.

Personal

He is the son of Cha Bum-Kun, who is frequently regarded as the best Asian football player of all time.

Miscellaneous

He speaks, reads, and writes fluently in Korean, German and Dutch (learned from Guus Hiddink).

Just like his father Cha Bum-Kun and many other popular players who played on Korea Republic national football team did, he attended Korea University in Seoul.

Club career statistics

As of 8 November 2009

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International goals

Results list Korea Republic's goal tally first.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
April 20, 2002	Daegu	Costa Rica	1 goal	2-0	Friendly match
February 18, 2004	Suwon	Lebanon	1 goal	2-0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
July 14, 2004	Seoul	Trinidad and Tobago	1 goal	1-1	Friendly match
July 27, 2004	Jinan	Kuwait	1 goal	4-0	2004 AFC Asian Cup

See also

• List of South Korean footballers
• List of Koreans
• List of football (soccer) players

External links

• National Team Player Record Template:Ko icon
• FIFA Player Statistics
• Club & Country Statistics
• Stats at fussballdaten.de Template:De icon