Cha Gi-suk
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Date of birth | 26 December 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Pohang, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 13 July 2021 | (aged 34)||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2008 | Jeonnam Dragons | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Gyeongju Citizen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2010 | Bucheon FC 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | South Korea U17 | 17[α] | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | South Korea U20 | 24[β] | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cha Gi-suk (26 December 1986 – 13 July 2021) was a South Korean professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Playing career
[edit]Cha was a member of South Korea national under-17 and under-20 teams. He was a champion and the Most Valuable Player at the 2002 AFC U-17 Championship,[2] and participated in a summer training camp of PSV Eindhoven after the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship.[3]
However, Cha had chronic kidney disease since 2006, and so he could not play for his club Jeonnam Dragons. He received kidney transplants from his father in 2006 and his uncle after two years. After leaving Jeonnam, he played for Gyeongju Citizen in 2009 and Bucheon FC 1995 from 2009 to 2010 at the third division despite strong opposition from his parents.[4][5]
After retirement
[edit]Cha retired from playing in 2010, and worked as a goalkeeper coach at Yonsei University and youth team of Bucheon FC 1995.[6] He had a kidney transplant from his another uncle due to the side effects of his second transplant in 2013.[7] He suffered from Polymyositis since 2019 and thromboangiitis obliterans in 2020 due to a relapse of the side effects.[8] He had both his legs amputated below his knees and put two stents in his heart.[9] He died on 13 July 2021 at the age of 34.[10]
Honours
[edit]South Korea U17
South Korea U20
Individual
- AFC U-17 Championship Most Valuable Player: 2002[2]
Note
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Cha Gi-suk" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ a b c 한국, 아시아청소년축구 대회서 16년만에 우승. KBS (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 23 September 2002. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ 차기석, PSV 합동 훈련 마치고 전남 복귀. Nate (in Korean). Osen. 21 July 2005. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ “축구는 내 운명… 병도 나를 꺾을수 없다” (in Korean). The Dong-A Ilbo. 22 September 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ '부천 FC 이적, 지도자 준비'... 차기석의 무한도전. Naver (in Korean). Spotalkorea. 23 July 2009.
- ^ 히딩크도 극찬한 골키퍼 차기석, 투병 끝 35세에 하늘로 (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ Lee, Young-mi (16 September 2015). 비운의 축구선수, 지금 어디에<1> 골키퍼 차기석. Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ Lee, Young-mi (18 June 2020). [이영미 人터뷰] 병마와 싸우는 골키퍼, 그를 지키는 어머니의 오열. Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ ‘투병’ 차기석 “마음의 빚, 다 갚기 전엔 무너질 수 없어” (in Korean). Sports-G. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ 국가대표 골키퍼 출신 차기석, 투병 끝에 35세 일기로 별세 [Former national goalkeeper Cha Gi-suk died at the age of 35 after fighting a disease]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Cha Gi-suk at FIFA
- Cha Gi-suk – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- Cha Gi-suk at KFA (in Korean)
- 1986 births
- 2021 deaths
- South Korean men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Jeonnam Dragons players
- Gyeongju Citizen FC players
- Bucheon FC 1995 players
- K League 1 players
- K3 League players
- Kidney transplant recipients
- AIDS-related deaths in South Korea
- Footballers from Pohang
- 21st-century South Korean sportsmen
- South Korean football goalkeeper stubs