Ryang Yong-gi
{{Short description|Zainichi Korean footballer (born 1982)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Ryang||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ryang Yong-gi
| image = Ryang Yong-Gi.JPG
| image_size =
| caption = Yong-gi with DPR Korea in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|1|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Tadaoka, Osaka, Japan
| height = 1.72 m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Midfielder
| collegeyears1 = 2000–2003
| college1 = Hannan University
| collegecaps1 =
| collegegoals1 =
| years1 = 2004–2019 | clubs1 = Vegalta Sendai | caps1 = 522 | goals1 = 76
| years2 = 2020–2022 | clubs2 = Sagan Tosu | caps2 = 29 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2022–2023 | clubs3 = Vegalta Sendai | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2008–2017 | nationalteam1 = North Korea | nationalcaps1 = 26 | nationalgoals1 = 7
| pcupdate = 18 December 2023, 14:44 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 19 July 2020, 16:20 (UTC)
}}
{{Infobox Korean name|hangul=량용기|hanja=梁勇基|rr=Yang Yonggi|mr=Ryang Yonggi|context=north}}
Ryang Yong-gi ({{Korean|hangul=량용기|hanja=梁勇基|context=north}}; born 7 January 1982) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.{{cite web|publisher=Guardian.co.uk|title=Stats Centre: Ryang Yong-gi Facts|url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=63&CPID=152&TEID=3700&PLID=185184&pStr=Player|access-date=2009-06-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617065423/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=63&CPID=152&TEID=3700&PLID=185184&pStr=Player|archive-date=2012-06-17}} Born in Japan, he represented North Korea internationally.
Ryang served as the captain of his club where he played as a creative midfielder.{{cite web|publisher=FIFA|title=Jong poised to fire Chollima|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=871165.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905103643/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=871165.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 5, 2008|date=2008-09-03|access-date=2009-06-18}}
Ryang has made one appearance for the Korea DPR national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying rounds {{FIFA player|295212|Ryang Yong-gi}} and was named as one of the North Korean squad for the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup.{{Cite news |script-title=ja:梁勇基選手 2010AFCチャレンジカップ及び朝鮮民主主義人民共和国代表強化合宿参加のお知らせ |url=http://www.vegalta.co.jp/contents/news/press_release/2010/01/-2010afc.html |publisher=Vegalta Sendai official site |date=14 January 2010 |access-date=5 February 2010 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304045342/http://www.vegalta.co.jp/contents/news/press_release/2010/01/-2010afc.html |url-status=dead }} 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
{{BLP primary sources|section|reason=A single interview, even a CNN one, is not an appropriate ref to build a whole section of the article on.|date=January 2018}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/28/sport/ryang-yong-gi-north-korea-japan-football/?hpt=hp_c5|title=Korea United: Football hero Ryang Yong-gi's ambitious goal|author=Paul Gittings and Yoko Wakatsuki|date=28 August 2013|publisher=CNN}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|the end 2023 season}}{{Soccerway|ryan-yon-gi/25347}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="17"|Vegalta Sendai
|2004 |rowspan="6"|J2 League |32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 2 | |||
| 2005
|39 | 6 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 40 | 6 | |||
| 2006
|42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 43 | 4 | |||
| 2007
|48 | 8 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 49 | 8 | |||
| 2008
|42 | 13 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 42 | 13 | |||
| 2009
|51 | 14 | 4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 55 | 15 | |||
| 2010
|rowspan="10"|J1 League |34 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 11 | ||
| 2011
|34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 37 | 4 | ||
| 2012
|27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 4 | ||
| 2013
|30 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 41 | 6 | |
| 2014
|33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 40 | 2 | ||
| 2015
|33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 4 | ||
| 2016
|26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2017
|24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 2 | ||
| 2018
|14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2019
|13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!522 | 76 | 21 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 584 | 81 | |
| rowspan="3" |Sagan Tosu
|2020 | rowspan="2" |J1 League |22 | 0| | |||||||||
| |2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021
|7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ー | ー | 32 | 0 | |
| rowspan="2"|Vegalta Sendai
|2022 |rowspan="2"|J2 League | 15| | ||||||||||
| |1 | 0| | |||||||||
| | colspan="2" |— | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2023
| 11 | 0 | 2 | 0| | |||||||
| | colspan="2" |— | 13 | 0 | ||||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!577 | 76 | 24 | 2 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 645 | 81 |
=International=
{{updated|match played 18 July 2020}}{{NFT player|id=24963|accessdate=}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="11"|North Korea | |||
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 7 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total||26||7 |
==International goals==
{{updated|goal scored on 14 January 2015}}
:Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ryang goal.
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Ryang Yong-gi |
| scope=col | No.
!scope=col | Date !scope=col | Venue !scope=col | Opponent !scope=col | Score !scope=col | Result !scope=col | Competition !scope=col class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| align="center" | 1
|{{dts|17 February 2010}} |Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |{{fb|TKM}} | align="center" |1–0 | align="center" |1–1 | |
| align="center" | 2
| rowspan="2" |{{dts|21 February 2010}} | rowspan="2" |Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka | rowspan="2" |{{fb|IND}} | align="center" |1–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center" |3–0 | rowspan="2" |2010 AFC Challenge Cup | rowspan="2" | |
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" |3–0 |
| align="center" | 4
|{{dts|27 February 2010}} |Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka |{{fb|TKM}} | align="center" |1–0 | align="center" |1–1 |2010 AFC Challenge Cup | |
| align="center" | 5
|{{dts|31 December 2010}} |Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar |{{fb|TKM}} | align="center" |1–0 | align="center" |1–0 | |
| align="center" | 6
|{{dts|9 December 2012}} |Hong Kong Stadium, Wanchai, Hong Kong |{{fb| HKG}} | align="center" |2–0 | align="center" |4–0 |2013 EAFF East Asian Cup Preliminary round 2 | |
| align="center" | 7
|{{dts|14 January 2015}} |AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia |{{fb|KSA}} | align="center" |1–0 | align="center" |1–4 | |
Honours
Vegalta Sendai
- J. League Division 2: 2009
North Korea
Individual
- Individual Fair-Play Award: 2011
- Monthly Best Goal: 2015
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Ryang Yong-gi}}
- {{FIFA player|id=295212}}
- {{NFT player|24963}}
- {{Soccerway|id=ryan-yon-gi/25347}}
- {{J.League player}}
{{AFC Challenge Cup top scorers}}
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Category:Hannan University alumni
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Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Zainichi Korean men's footballers