Ryang Yong-gi

This is a Korean name; the family name is Ryang.

Ryang Yong-gi

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1982-01-07) January 7, 1982
Place of birth	Tadaoka, Osaka, Japan
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Vegalta Sendai
Number	8
Youth career
2000–2003	Hannan University
2003–2004	Vegalta Sendai
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–	Vegalta Sendai	412	(71)
International career‡
2008–	North Korea	24	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 January 2015

Ryang Yong-gi
Chosŏn'gŭl	량용기
Hancha	梁勇基
Revised Romanization	Yang Yonggi
McCune–Reischauer	Ryang Yonggi

Ryang Yong-gi (Chosŏn'gŭl: 량용기; hancha: 梁勇基; born 7 January 1982 in Tadaoka, Osaka) is a Japanese-born North Korean footballer who plays for Vegalta Sendai in the J. League Division 1.

Ryang is captain of his club where he is a creative midfielder.

Ryang has made one appearance for the Korea DPR national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds and was named as one of the North Korean squad for the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup. Ryang won the Golden Boot and Most Valuable Player awards at the competition that guided Korea DPR to win the title and qualify for 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

During the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Ryang was out driving when it hit. "I thought my tires had gone flat or I had driven over the curb, but the shaking continued and I saw the windows of shops shaking too," he recalled. "I knew it was a bad one and rushed home to see my wife." Ryang and his heavily pregnant wife spent the night sleeping in their car, fearful of further damage to buildings in an urban landscape that suffered severe wreckage.

In the aftermath of the disaster, Ryang and his teammates made frequent visits to affected areas to lend support.

Club career stats

As of 1 January 2015

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2004	Vegalta Sendai	J. League Division 2	32	2	2	0	-		-		34	2
2005			39	6	1	0	-		-		40	6
2006			42	4	1	0	-		-		43	4
2007			48	8	1	0	-		-		49	8
2008			42	13	0	0	-		-		42	13
2009			51	14	4	1	-		-		55	15
2010		J. League Division 1	34	11	0	0	3	0	-		37	11
2011			34	4	0	0	3	0	-		37	4
2012			27	3	1	0	5	1	-		33	4
2013			30	4	4	1	2	0	5	1	41	6
2014			33	2	1	0	5	0	-		40	2
2015			0	0	0	0	0	0	-		0	0
Career total			412	71	15	2	18	1	5	1	450	74

International career statistics

North Korea national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	2	0
2009	1	0
2010	8	4
2011	8	0
2012	3	1
2015	2	1
Total	24	6

International goals

Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	17 February 2010	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Turkmenistan	1–1	1–1	2010 AFC Challenge Cup
2.	21 February 2010	Colombo, Sri Lanka	India	1–0	3–0	2010 AFC Challenge Cup
3.	21 February 2010	Colombo, Sri Lanka	India	3–0	3–0	2010 AFC Challenge Cup
4.	27 February 2010	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Turkmenistan	1–1	1–1	2010 AFC Challenge Cup
5.	31 December 2010	Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–0	1–0	Friendly*
6.	9 December 2012	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	2–0	4–0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary round 2
7.	14 January 2015	Melbourne, Australia	Saudi Arabia	1–0	1–4	2015 AFC Asian Cup

Honours

Vegalta Sendai

• J. League Division 2 - 2009

North Korea

• 2010 AFC Challenge Cup
• 2012 AFC Challenge Cup

External links

• Ryang Yong-gi – FIFA competition record
• Ryang Yong-gi at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ryang Yong-gi at Soccerway