Ri Yong-jik

{{Short description|North Korean footballer (born 1991)}}

{{family name hatnote|Ri||lang=Korean}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ri Yong-jik
李榮直

| image = 250222 FC 서을 vs 안양 (리영직).jpg

| caption = Ri in 2025

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|2|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Osaka, Japan

| height = {{height|m=1.87|precision=0}}

| position = Defensive midfielder

| currentclub = FC Anyang

| clubnumber = 37

| youthyears1 = 2010–2011

| youthclubs1 = Osaka University of Commerce

| youthyears2 = 2011–2012

| youthclubs2 = Tokushima Vortis

| years1 = 2013–2014

| clubs1 = Tokushima Vortis

| caps1 = 6

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2015–2016

| clubs2 = V-Varen Nagasaki

| caps2 = 47

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 2017

| clubs3 = Kamatamare Sanuki

| caps3 = 23

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2018–2019

| clubs4 = Tokyo Verdy

| caps4 = 51

| goals4 = 8

| years5 = 2020–2022

| clubs5 = FC Ryukyu

| caps5 = 91

| goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2023

| clubs6 = Iwate Grulla Morioka

| caps6 = 30

| goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2024–

| clubs7 = FC Anyang

| caps7 = 29

| goals7 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 2015– | nationalteam1 = North Korea | nationalcaps1 = 23| nationalgoals1 = 1

| pcupdate = 12 February 2025, 14:22 (UTC)

| ntupdate =

}}

{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 리영직

| hanja = 李榮直

| rr = I Yeongjik

| mr = Ri Yŏngjik

| context = north

}}

Ri Yong-jik (李榮直, Ri Yŏngjik, born 8 February 1991), also known as Lee Yong-jick,{{cite web|url=http://fcryukyu.com/profile/2020/player_09.php|title=Profile|access-date=29 June 2020|website=fcryukyu.com|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927110946/http://fcryukyu.com/profile/2020/player_09.php|url-status=dead}} is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for K League 1 club, FC Anyang.{{cite web | url=http://english.cntv.cn/2015/01/15/VIDE1421308201775313.shtml | title=Saudi Arabia beat DPRK 4-1 keeps quarter-final hopes alive | publisher=english.cntv.cn | date=15 January 2015| access-date=24 January 2015}}{{cite web | url=https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-china-north-korea-make-changes-asian-cup-091056779--sow.html | title=Football – China, North Korea make changes for Asian Cup clash | publisher=.eurosport.yahoo.com | date=18 January 2015 | access-date=24 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114009/https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-china-north-korea-make-changes-asian-cup-091056779--sow.html | archive-date=28 January 2015 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.jleague.jp/club/nagasaki/player/detail/1300110/|publisher=jleague.jp|title=李栄直：Ｖ・ファーレン長崎：Ｊリーグ.jp|access-date=2016-09-12|archive-date=2018-06-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627005407/https://www.jleague.jp/club/nagasaki/player/detail/1300110/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.koreaworldtimes.com/topics/news/6364/ |script-title=ja:平壌での韓国との無観客試合に出場した在日朝鮮人Jリーガー李栄直 |newspaper=KoreaWorldTimes |date=2019-11-29 |language=ja|access-date=2020-05-26}} Born in Japan, he represents the North Korea national team.