Pak Kwang-ryong
{{Short description|North Korean footballer (born 1992)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Pak||lang=Korean}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Pak Kwang-ryong
| image = SC Wiener Neustadt vs. SKN St. Pölten 2018-05-31 (141).jpg
| upright = 0.9
| caption = Pak with SKN St. Pölten in 2018
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|9|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pyongyang, North Korea
| height = 1.88 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Unknown
| clubnumber =
| years1 = 2007–2008
| clubs1 = Kigwanch'a
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2010–2011
| clubs2 = Wŏlmido
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| years3 = 2010–2011
| clubs3 = Kigwanch'a
| caps3 =
| goals3 =
| years4 = 2011
| clubs4 = Wil
| caps4 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2011–2016
| clubs5 = Basel
| caps5 = 14
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2012–2016
| clubs6 = Basel U21
| caps6 = 12
| goals6 = 6
| years7 = 2013
| clubs7 = → Bellinzona (loan)
| caps7 = 17
| goals7 = 7
| years8 = 2013
| clubs8 = → Vaduz (loan)
| caps8 = 5
| goals8 = 2
| years9 = 2014–2015
| clubs9 = → Vaduz (loan)
| caps9 = 37
| goals9 = 10
| years10 = 2015–2016
| clubs10 = → Biel-Bienne (loan)
| caps10 = 17
| goals10 = 4
| years11 = 2016–2017
| clubs11 = Lausanne
| caps11 = 39
| goals11 = 10
| years12 = 2017–2020
| clubs12 = SKN St. Pölten
| years13 = 2021
| clubs13 = Sierning
| years14 = 2022–2025
| clubs14 = Unknown
| caps12 = 52
| goals12 = 10
| nationalyears1 = 2010–
| nationalteam1 = North Korea U23
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2009–
| nationalteam2 = North Korea
| nationalcaps2 = 39
| nationalgoals2 = 14
| pcupdate = 4 July 2020
| ntupdate = 15 October 2019
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
|context = north
|hangul = 박광룡
|hanja =
|mr = Pak Kwangnyong
|rr = Bak Gwangryong
}}
Pak Kwang-ryong ({{Korean|hangul=박광룡}}; born 27 September 1992) is a North Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward for the North Korea national football team.
Club career
Born in Pyongyang, Pak originally played for Kigwanch'a SC of Sinŭiju before joining FC Wil 1900 in Switzerland.{{cite web |url=http://naenara.com.kp/en/society/?sport+1+523 |title=Naenara Democratic People's Republic of Korea |website=Naenara |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223051834/http://naenara.com.kp/en/society/?sport+1+523 |archive-date=23 February 2018}} However, Pak did not make any league appearances for them, because the club's quota of foreigner players had already been exhausted.
On 27 June 2011 it was announced that FC Basel had signed Pak for a five-year contract.{{cite web | last = The Associated Press | author-link = | year = 2011 | url = http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2011-06-28-3715980806_x.htm | title = North Korea forward Pak joins Swiss champion Basel | publisher = USA Today | language = en | access-date = 16 November 2022 | archive-date = 10 December 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221210214524/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2011-06-28-3715980806_x.htm | url-status = live }}{{cite web | last = BaZ | author-link = | date = 27 June 2011 | url = https://www.bazonline.ch/fcb-verpflichtet-stuermer-aus-nordkorea-871862877589 | title = FCB verpflichtet stürmer aus Nordkorea | format = | work = FCB sign a striker from North Korea | publisher = Basler Zeitung | language = de | access-date = 16 November 2022 | archive-date = 10 December 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221210214523/https://www.bazonline.ch/fcb-verpflichtet-stuermer-aus-nordkorea-871862877589 | url-status = live }} He joined Basel's first team during their 2011–12 season under head coach Thorsten Fink. In his very first test game against a district selection team from Miesbach, Pak scored four goals after coming on as a substitute at half time.{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | date = 28 June 2011 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=19687 | title = Landkreisauswahl Miesbach - FC Basel 0:15 (0:7) | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 16 November 2022 | archive-date = 22 November 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211122003424/https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=19687 | url-status = live }} To the beginning of their 2011–12 season, Pak was a member of the Basel team that won the 2011 Uhrencup, beating both Hertha Berlin 3–0 and West Ham United 2–1 (here Pak scored the first goal of the match) to lead the table on goal difference above Young Boys.{{cite web | first = Erik | last = Garin | author-link = | year = 2011 | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uhren.html#11 | title = Coupe Horlogère - Uhren Cup (Switzerland) | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | access-date = 16 November 2022 | archive-date = 27 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100727042125/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uhren.html#11 | url-status = live }} After playing in seven test games Pak played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the Stadion Wankdorf on 16 July 2011 as Basel play a 1–1 draw with BSC Young Boys.{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | date = 16 July 2011 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=19710 | title = BSC Young Boys - FC Basel 1:1 (0:0) | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 16 November 2022 | archive-date = 22 November 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211122170747/https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=19710 | url-status = live }}
Because he was born in 1992 he was eligible to play for the newly formed Basel Under-19 team in the 2011–12 NextGen series. He scored his first goal for them during the team's first game against Tottenham Hotspur F.C. on 17 August 2011.{{cite web | last = Marti | first = Caspar | year = 2011 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/26396 | title = Punkteteilung im ersten Spiel der "Nachwuchs-Champions League" | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 17 August 2011 | language = de | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120925042343/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/26396 | archive-date = 25 September 2012 | url-status = dead }}
On 14 September 2011 Pak became the first North Korean to play in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League campaign, coming on the field in the 92nd minute. On his 19th birthday, 27 September 2011, Pak came on as a substitute in the 81st minute of FC Basel's 3–3 away draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford in another UEFA Champions League match.
Pak scored his first competition goal for the team in an away game in the 2011–12 Swiss Cup on 17 September 2011. In fact he netted the first two goals as Basel won 4–0 against amateur club FC Eschenbach.{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | date = 17 September 2011 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=24649 | title = FC Eschenbach - FC Basel 0:4 (0:3) | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 16 November 2022 | archive-date = 23 November 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211123233811/https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/spiele?command=detail&id=24649 | url-status = live }} At the end of the 2011–12 season he won the Double with his new club. They won the League Championship title with 20 points advantage.{{cite web | first = Karel | last = Stokkermans | author-link = | year = 2017 | url = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit2012.html | title = Switzerland 2011/12 | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation | language = fr | access-date = 16 November 2022 | archive-date = 30 October 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221030035121/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwit2012.html | url-status = live }} The team won the Swiss Cup, winning the final 4–2 in a penalty shootout against Luzern.{{cite web | last = Swiss Football Verband (SFV) | author-link = | date = 16 May 2012 | url = https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2012/cp-1693/cr-0/tg-1973921/ | title = FC Basel - FC Luzern 4:2 n.P. (1:1, 1:1, 0:0) | format = | publisher = Swiss Football Verband (SFV) internet | access-date = 16 November 2022 | archive-date = 5 December 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221205232919/https://www.football.ch/sfv/schweizer-cups/schweizer-cup/statistik-und-resultate.aspx/oid-1/s-2012/cp-1693/cr-0/tg-1973921/ | url-status = live }}
Pak could not gain a place in the first team during the 2012–13 season but played regularly in their U-21 side, scoring six goals in twelve appearances, during the first half of the season. On 11 January 2013, Basel announced that some of their youngsters would be loaned out to lower league clubs and Pak signed a deal with Bellinzona, so that he could gain playing experience in the Challenge League.{{cite web | last = FC Basel 1893 | year = 2013 | url = http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/29413/26/7/7 | title = Kwang Ryong Pak leihweise zu Bellinzona | publisher = FC Basel 1893 | access-date = 11 January 2013 | language = de | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131202224333/http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/de-de/10044/29413/26/7/7 | archive-date = 2 December 2013 | url-status = dead }}
On 20 June 2013, Basel announced that they would loan Pak to the Liechtensteiner club Vaduz in the Swiss Challenge League, again so that he could gain more playing experience. However, following the transfer of Raúl Bobadilla to Augsburg, in the Bundesliga, and the injury to Marco Streller, Basel decided to recall the striker to their squad.{{cite web | last = Baz | author-link = | year = 2013 | url = https://www.bazonline.ch/fc-basel-holt-pak-zurueck-310490077611 | title = FC Basel holt Pak zurück | format = | work = FC Basel recalls Pak | publisher = | access-date = 16 November 2022 | archive-date = 10 December 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221210214524/https://www.bazonline.ch/fc-basel-holt-pak-zurueck-310490077611 | url-status = live }} Pak played just one more game for Basel before he was again loaned to Vaduz from January 2014 until the end of the season. Playing in all 18 games, he scored 9 goals and Vaduz finished the 2013–14 Swiss Challenge League season as winners and were promoted. Pak's loan was renewed for the following Swiss Super League season.
In February 2014, he was named North Korea's Male Footballer of the Year for 2013.
At the end of the 2014–15 season, Basel did not renew Pak's contract. During his time with Basel's first team, Pak
played a total of 42 games for Basel scoring a total of 10 goals. 14 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, three in the Swiss Cup, four in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 21 were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league, two in the cup and the other seven were scored during the test games.{{cite web | last = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | author-link = | year = 2020 | url = https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=7493 | title = Kwang Ryong Pak - FCB statistic | format = | publisher = Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” | access-date = 16 November 2022 | archive-date = 7 December 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231207124536/https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/spieler?command=detail&id=7493 | url-status = live }}
On 1 July 2015, he joined Biel-Bienne as a free agent. On 4 January 2016, Biel-Bienne annulled their contract with Pak who then signed with Lausanne.{{cite web | last = Scahffner | first = Philippe | year = 2016 | url = http://fcbiel-bienne.ch/pak-zu-fc-lausanne-sport/ | title = Pak wechselt zum FC Lausanne-Sport | publisher = Fussball Club Biel-Bienne | access-date = 4 January 2016 | language = de | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160124235229/http://fcbiel-bienne.ch/pak-zu-fc-lausanne-sport/ | archive-date = 24 January 2016 | url-status = dead }}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|matches played on 16 December 2018}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{cite web |title=Kwang-Ryong Pak » Club matches |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kwang-ryong-pak/2/ |publisher=World Football |access-date=24 July 2018 |archive-date=24 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724093350/http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kwang-ryong-pak/2/ |url-status=live }} | ||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup{{efn|Includes Swiss Cup and Austrian Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Basel
|rowspan="3"|Swiss Super League |13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3{{efn|name=UEFA Champions League|Appearances in the UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
| 2012–13
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=Europa League|Appearances in the UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013–14
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |
| Bellinzona (loan)
|17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 7 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Vaduz (loan)
|Swiss Challenge League |23 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2{{efn|name=Europa League}} | 0 | 27 | 12 | |
| 2014–15
|Swiss Super League |19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=Europa League}} | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!59 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 69 | 20 | |
| Biel-Bienne
|Swiss Challenge League |17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 4 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Lausanne
|2015–16 |rowspan="2"|Swiss Challenge League |9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 6 | ||
| 2016–17
|30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 4 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!56 | 14 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 58 | 15 | ||
| rowspan="3"|St. Pölten
|rowspan="2"|Austrian Bundesliga |15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19
|18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 4 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 5 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!162 | 39 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 180 | 43 |
{{notelist}}
=International=
:Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pak goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Pak Kwang-ryong{{cite web|url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/35195/Kwang_Ryong_Pak.html|title=Pak, Kwang-Ryong|publisher=National Football Teams|access-date=28 January 2017|archive-date=13 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113203534/http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/35195/Kwang_Ryong_Pak.html|url-status=live}} | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center"|1 | 19 February 2010 | Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | {{fb|KGZ}} | style="text-align:center"|2–0 | style="text-align:center"|4–0 | 2010 AFC Challenge Cup |
| style="text-align:center"|2 | rowspan="2" | 16 March 2012 | rowspan="2" | Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal | rowspan="2" |{{fb|PLE}} | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 2–0 | rowspan="2" | 2012 AFC Challenge Cup |
| style="text-align:center"|3 | style="text-align:center"|2–0 | |||||
| style="text-align:center"|4 | 16 June 2015 | Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea | {{fb|UZB}} | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | style="text-align:center"|4–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| style="text-align:center"|5 | 17 November 2015 | Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea | {{fb|BHR}} | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | style="text-align:center"|2–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| style="text-align:center"|6 | rowspan="2" | 6 October 2016 | rowspan="2" | Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | rowspan="2" |{{fb|VIE}} | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 2–5 | rowspan="2" | Friendly |
| style="text-align:center"|7 | style="text-align:center"|2–2 | |||||
| style="text-align:center"|8 | 10 October 2016 | Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines | {{fb|PHI}} | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | style="text-align:center"|3–1 | Friendly |
| style="text-align:center"|9 | 9 November 2016 | Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong | {{fb|GUM}} | style="text-align:center"|2–0 | style="text-align:center"|2–0 | 2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship qualification |
| style="text-align:center"|10 | 6 June 2017 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | {{fb|QAT}} | style="text-align:center"|1–2 | style="text-align:center"|2–2 | Friendly |
| style="text-align:center"|11 | 10 November 2017 | New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram, Thailand | {{fb|MAS}} | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | style="text-align:center"|4–1 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| style="text-align:center"|12 | 13 November 2017 | New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram, Thailand | {{fb|MAS}} | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | style="text-align:center"|4–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| style="text-align:center"|13 | 27 March 2018 | Kim Il Sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea | {{fb|HKG}} | style="text-align:center"|2–0 | style="text-align:center"|2–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| style="text-align:center"|14 | 17 January 2019 | Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates | {{fb|LIB}} | style="text-align:center"|1–0 | style="text-align:center"|1–4 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup |
Honours
North Korea
Basel
Vaduz
References
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External links
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028125822/http://www.fcb.ch/sport/show/playerDetailByID/-/30906/72/9/36/de-de/-/25328 |title=Pak Kwang-ryong profile on the FC Basel homepage}} {{in lang|de}}
- [http://www.sfl.ch/superleague/klubs/fc-vaduz/player/kwang-ryong-pak/season/201415/ Pak Kwang-ryong] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514092846/http://www.sfl.ch/superleague/klubs/fc-vaduz/player/kwang-ryong-pak/season/201415/ |date=14 May 2015 }} profile on the Swiss Football League homepage
- {{NFT player|35195}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913195259/http://www.incheon2014.kr/Sports/Biographies/Athletes_Profile/?ParticCode=5121539&lang=en |title=Pak Kwang-ryong at Asian Games Incheon 2014 }}
{{North Korea squad 2015 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{North Korea squad 2019 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pak, Kwang-ryong}}
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