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| nickname = Ri Kum-Suk
| dateofbirth =
| cityofbirth =
Pyongyang
| countryofbirth =
North Korea
| currentclub =
April 25 Sports Group
| clubnumber = 10
| position =
Central Forward
| youthyears =
| youthclubs =
| years = ? - Present
| clubs =
April 25 Sports Group
| caps(goals) =
Ri Kum-Suk(리금숙;
August 16,
1978-) is a
North Korean
footballer who plays for
April 25 Sports Group. She plays a key role not only for her club, but also for her national teams in the
AFC Women's Asian Cup,
Asian Games and
FIFA Women's World Cup.
Club career
Ri Kum-Suk began her international career from
1999 FIFA Women's World Cup at age of 20, when her team couldn't get out of the group, losing to
Nigeria and
USA as 2-1, 3-0, and making a sunrise win over
Denmark, 3-1. She played as a midfielder during those games, supporting their young and talent striker
Jin Byol-Hui.
In 4 years,
PRK Women's National Team again qualified to the
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup and Ri played as a
key player of the team with her friend
Jin Byol-Hui. Short No. 7 on her back, she showed her potentials and talents to the world, with the sweet revenge over
Nigeria as 3-0, striking 5 times of
Shot and 2 times of
Shot on goals to the
goalpost. Even though, her team couldn't proceed to the semi-quarterfinals, she played very well in last two games against
Sweden and
USA, 6 times of Shot and 1 times of SOG.
In
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup was the most unforgettable game for her. Qualifying to the finals, by taking 3rd place in
2006 AFC Women's Championship with the wrong judgment of referee during the game against
China PR, her team belonged to Group B with
USA,
Sweden and
Nigeria.
At their very first game against
USA, Ri Kum-Suk and her friends shook the football world again. With the injury of key
midfielder Ho Sun-Hui at 10 minutes in the first half, they'd a very tough game and conceded a goal 50 minutes to
USA, but they didn't fall down and finally changed the situation by scoring at 58 minutes and 62 minutes. In 69 minutes, they again had to let the USA to score,by mistake of defender,but it was enough to surprise the world. Ri Kum-Suk scored in the next game against
Nigeria with her special head shot and also played enough against
Sweden to get out of the group stage.
The most game she showed her strike and dribble skill was against
China PR in the 15th Doha Asian Games, when two team tied after 90 minutes. Ri Kum-Suk scored goal in the 2nd extra time, by taking off a defender and striking a powerful shot with her left foot.
She is the captain of their national team and is regarded as a football hero in her country.
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