Ri Un-chol (; born 13 July 1995) is a North Korean

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for

Sonbong Sonbong County, formerly called Unggi (Chosŏn'gŭl: 웅기, Hancha: 雄基), is a subdivision of the North Korean city of Rason. It is located at the northeastern extreme of North Korea, bordering Russia and China. It lies on Unggi Bay, an extensi ...

and the North Korea national team.

Career

Ri was included in

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

's squad for the

2019 AFC Asian Cup The 2019 AFC Asian Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Asian Cup, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Asia organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was held in the United Arab Emirates from 5 January to 1 ...

in the United Arab Emirates.

Career statistics

International

International goals

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

References

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Ri Un-chol
at WorldFootball.com 1995 births Living people People from Hamhung North Korean men's footballers North Korea men's international footballers North Korea men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders 2019 AFC Asian Cup players North Korea men's under-20 international footballers {{NorthKorea-footy-bio-stub