Ri Kwang-chon

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Ri Kwang-chon

Ri in 2013.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1985-09-04) September 4, 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Nampo, North Korea
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2011	April 25
2012–2014	Muangthong United	49	(5)
2014	April 25
2015	Pattaya United	14	(2)
International career‡
2001–2012	North Korea	69	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 11, 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of March 19, 2012

Ri Kwang-chon (Korean: 리광천; born 4 September 1985) is a North Korean former footballer who played as a centre-back.

From 2005 to 2011, Ri played for April 25 and helped them win the league three times in 2002, 2010 and 2011. In 2012, he had a chance to join Chinese side Tianjin Teda but had problems obtaining a work permit and eventually joined Muangthong United in Thailand.^[1] After his release from Muangthong, Ri returned to April 25 in 2014, but came back to Thailand a year later to join Pattaya United, retiring that same year. As with many other North Korean footballers, his whereabouts are unknown after his retirement.

Ri played for the North Korean national team between 2001 and 2012. He represented the country at the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.^[2]

April 25

• DPR Korea League: 2010, 2011

Muangthong United

• Thai Premier League: 2012

• AFC Challenge Cup: 2010, 2012

• Ri Kwang-chon at National-Football-Teams.com

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