Pak Seung-zin

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| name = Pak Seung-zin

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|1|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Wonsan, Korea, Empire of Japan (now North Korea)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|8|5|1941|1|11|df=yes}}

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| position = Forward

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| clubs1 = Moranbong Sports Group

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| nationalteam1 = North Korea

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{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 박승진{{cite news |url=http://www.kcna.co.jp/calendar/2003/02/02-26/2003-02-26-008.html |title=세계축구선수권대회 ８강 다룬 ＜동방의 첫 축구강국＞ 출판 |date=26 February 2003 |publisher=Korean Central News Agency |access-date=26 October 2018 }}

| hanja = {{linktext|朴|承|振}}

| mr = Pak Sŭng-jin

| rr = Bak Seung-jin

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Pak Seung-zin (a.k.a. Pak Sung Jin; 11 January 1941{{spaced ndash}}5 August 2011) was a North Korean footballer.[http://pt.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=26/teams/team=43821.html Copa do Mundo da FIFA Inglaterra 1966] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323121336/http://pt.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition%3D26/teams/team%3D43821.html |date=2012-03-23 }}{{cite web|url=http://calciocorea.altervista.org/e-morto-pak-seung-zin/ |title=E' morto Pak Seung-Zin Chollima Football Fans |publisher=Calciocorea.altervista.org |accessdate=2012-04-25}} He represented North Korea at the 1966 FIFA World Cup in England, scoring two goals, against Chile and Portugal. He was the first Asian footballer to score a goal in the World Cup.

Career

In his book, The Aquariums of Pyongyang, North Korean defector Kang Chol-hwan claimed that he met Pak in the Yodok concentration camp. He says that Pak and other players on the 1966 team were imprisoned for celebrating the team's victory over Italy in a bar, which was seen as "a sign of bourgeois decadence" by North Korean officials. According to Kang, Pak was in the camp for over 20 years.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121231913 |title=North Korean Soccer Unveiled |publisher=The New Republic |date=December 9, 2009}}{{cite news|title=Ricordate la Nord Corea che battè l'Italia? Beh, la squadra finì in un lager perché osò far festa|first=Antonio|last=Socci|newspaper=Il Foglio|date=2001-06-11|url=http://www.kattoliko.it/Leggendanera/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=408|language=it|access-date=2010-06-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721201323/http://www.kattoliko.it/Leggendanera/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=408|archive-date=2011-07-21|url-status=dead}} However, in the documentary film The Game of Their Lives, Pak and the other players were interviewed and denied there had been any retribution.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/korea-boys-of-66-are-alive-and-kicking-9130281.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/korea-boys-of-66-are-alive-and-kicking-9130281.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Korea boys of '66 are alive and kicking |first=Calum |last=MacLeod | publisher=The Independent |date=November 12, 2001}}{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jun-22-fg-noshow22-story.html |title=1966 World Cup Upstarts Absent but Not Forgotten |first=Barbara |last=Demick |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 22, 2002}}

References

Category:1941 births

Category:2011 deaths

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:North Korean men's footballers

Category:North Korea men's international footballers

Category:1966 FIFA World Cup players

Category:Moranbong Sports Club players