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Cha Bum-Kun Personal information Date of birth 22 May 1953 Place of birth Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, South Korea Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Playing position Striker/Winger) Youth career 1972–1975 Korea University Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1976 Korea Trust Bank 1976–1978 Korean Air Force (Army) 1978–1979 SV Darmstadt 98 1 (0) 1979–1983 Eintracht Frankfurt 122 (46) 1983–1989 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 185 (52) Total 308 (98) National team 1972–1986 South Korea 121 (55) Teams managed 1991–1994 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 1997–1998 South Korea 1998–1999 Shenzhen Ping'an 2003–2010 Suwon Samsung Bluewings HonoursCompetitor for South Korea
Men's football Asian Games Gold 1978 Bangkok Team * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Korean name Hangul 차범근 Hanja 車範根 Revised Romanization Cha Beom-geun McCune–Reischauer Ch'a Pŏmgŭn Cha Bum-Kun (born 22 May 1953 in Hwaseong, South Korea) is a South Korean football manager and former player, nicknamed Tscha Bum in Germany ("Cha Boom") because of his name and his thunderous ball striking ability. In South Korea, Cha is greatly respected for his accomplishments in the Bundesliga and the South Korean national team. During his career, Cha has played for SV Darmstadt 98, Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and represented his national side 121 times, scoring 55 goals. He was given the title Asia's Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics. He is the all time leading goal scorer for the South Korean National team.
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Biography
Born in Hwaseong in the South Korean province of Gyeonggi, Cha Bum-Kun began his football career with the South Korean Air Force club in 1971, the same year he became a Korean U-19 international. By 1972 he had been capped by the Korean national team as the youngest player in history called up to the squad. After developing into the top player in his country, Cha wanted to play in Germany's Bundesliga. Cha promised to learn skills in Germany and help Korea advance in football. He eventually rose to international stardom and fulfilled his promise by coming back to South Korea after his retirement and starting youth soccer clinics. He coached the national team in the 1998 World Cup and also Ulsan Hyundai and Suwon Samsung of the K-League.
Club career
Cha started his career in the Bundesliga at age 25. In December 1978, he was transferred to SV Darmstadt, where he spent less than a year before being snapped up by Eintracht Frankfurt. Cha made an immediate impact with his new club, scoring in three consecutive games. Frankfurt went on to win the UEFA Cup in the 1979–80 season. He was widely considered one of the best forwards in the Bundesliga throughout his career. He became the third-highest-paid soccer player in Germany. In the 1981 season, in a game against Leverkusen, he suffered a near career-ending knee injury.
In 1983 he was transferred to Bayer Leverkusen. He won a second UEFA Cup with them in 1988. Cha scored a dramatic equalizer against Espanyol to tie the game 3–3. Leverkusen eventually went on to win the game on penalties.
Cha retired in 1989 after a long Bundesliga career spanning 308 games in which he scored 98 goals (none from penalty kicks), then the highest for a foreign player in the league. Over his 10-year career, he received only one yellow card.
International career
Cha was part of the South Korean national team of the 1986 FIFA World Cup finals, in Mexico, where they lost to Argentina and Italy but earned a draw against Bulgaria. The opposing teams were fully aware of Cha's scoring abilities and frustrated him by marking him with two defenders at all times. He did not score any goals in the tournament. Looking back, he recalled: "We didn't achieve our first win but the campaign was not disappointing as we played hard and well against the best teams in the world, including the eventual champions Argentina."
- 2 June: Argentina 3–1 South Korea
- 5 June: Bulgaria 1–1 South Korea
- 10 June: Italy 3–2 South Korea
Managerial career
Cha moved into management with K-League side Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, coaching them from 1991–1994. His next appointment in January 1997 was Korean national team coach and he led the nation to the 1998 World Cup; however, a disastrous 5–0 defeat at the hands of The Netherlands in Korea's second group game got Cha fired. He later blamed the Korea Football Association for the bad performance, citing lack of bonuses and alleging pro soccer games in Korea were fixed. The KFA promptly slapped a five-year ban on him and he soon left the country with his wife.
After an 18-month spell coaching Shenzhen Ping'an in China, Cha took up a commentator position with MBC. He returned to coaching at the end of 2003 when offered the Suwon Samsung Bluewings position.
Cha achieved immediate success with Suwon by lifting the 2004 K-League championship, an achievement he ranked as even better than lifting the UEFA Cup as a player in 1988.
On 6 June 2010, he resigned as manager of Suwon.
Personal life
Cha is a devout Christian and list the three most important things in his life as 'family, religion and football'.[1] Bum-Kun's second child, Cha Du-Ri, is following in his father's footsteps. The younger Cha struggled in Germany and was converted from forward to defender, and now plays for FC Celtic of Scotland.
Honours
Club
- UEFA Cup: 1987–88
International
South Korea
- Asian Games: 1978
- Merdeka Cup: 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978
Individual
- He was voted Asia's Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 1999.
Managerial
Suwon Samsung Bluewings F.C.
- K-League: 2004, 2008
- FA Cup: 2009
- Super Cup: 2005
- Hauzen Cup: 2005, 2008
- A3 Champions Cup: 2005
- Pan-Pacific Championship: 2009
Career statistics
Domestic League
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Germany League DFB-Pokal Premiere Ligapokal Europe Total 1978–79 Darmstadt 98 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 - - 1 0 1979–80 Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga 31 12 4 0 - 11 3 46 15 1980–81 27 8 6 6 - 5 2 38 16 1981–82 31 11 1 0 - 6 1 38 12 1982–83 33 15 1 0 - - 34 15 1983–84 Bayer Leverkusen Bundesliga 34 12 - - 1984–85 29 10 - - 1985–86 34 17 2 - - 19 1986–87 33 6 - 3 2 1987–88 25 4 - 10 2 1988–89 30 3 - 2 0 Total Germany 308 98 - 37 10 Career total 308 98 12 8 - 37 20 357 126 National team
South Korea national team Year Apps Goals 1972 21 7 1973 17 7 1974 13 2 1975 15 9 1976 14 11 1977 24 14 1978 14 5 1979 0 0 1980 0 0 1981 0 0 1982 0 0 1983 0 0 1984 0 0 1985 0 0 1986 3 0 Total 121 55 International goals
- Scores list South Korea's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 10 May 1972 Bangkok, Thailand Cambodia
4–1 Won 1972 AFC Asian Cup 2 19 July 1972 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Singapore
4–1 Won Merdeka Cup 3 19 July 1972 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Singapore
4–1 Won Merdeka Cup 4 23 July 1972 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Indonesia
2–0 Won Merdeka Cup 5 29 July 1972 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia
2–1 Won Merdeka Cup 6 20 September 1972 Seoul, South Korea Thailand
3–0 Won President's Cup 7 22 November 1972 Bangkok, Thailand Indonesia
1–1 Draw King's Cup 8 28 May 1973 Seoul, South Korea Israel
1–0 Won 1974 FIFA World Cup Qual. 9 22 September 1973 Seoul, South Korea Cambodia
6–0 Won President's Cup 10 22 September 1973 Seoul, South Korea Cambodia
6–0 Won President's Cup 11 30 September 1973 Seoul, South Korea Malaysia
2–0 Won President's Cup 12 16 December 1973 Bangkok, Thailand Cambodia
5–0 Won King's Cup 13 22 December 1973 Bangkok, Thailand Burma
2–0 Won King's Cup 14 25 December 1973 Bangkok, Thailand Malaysia
2–1 Won King's Cup 15 18 May 1974 Seoul, South Korea Burma
3–0 Won President's Cup 16 25 December 1974 Hong Kong, United Kingdom Indonesia
3–1 Won Friendly match 17 29 July 1975 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia
3–1 Won Merdeka Cup 18 7 August 1975 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Thailand
6–0 Won Merdeka Cup 19 9 August 1975 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Japan
3–1 Won Merdeka Cup 20 9 August 1975 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Japan
3–1 Won Merdeka Cup 21 9 August 1975 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Japan
3–1 Won Merdeka Cup 22 11 August 1975 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Indonesia
5–1 Won Merdeka Cup 23 15 August 1975 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Bangladesh
4–0 Won King's Cup 24 21 December 1975 Bangkok, Thailand Burma
3–1 Won King's Cup 25 21 December 1975 Bangkok, Thailand Burma
3–1 Won Friendly match 26 10 August 1976 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia India
8–0 Won Merdeka Cup 27 10 August 1976 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia India
8–0 Won Merdeka Cup 28 10 August 1976 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia India
8–0 Won Merdeka Cup 29 15 August 1976 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Burma
2–2 Draw Merdeka Cup 30 11 September 1976 Seoul, South Korea Malaysia
4–4 Draw President's Cup 31 11 September 1976 Seoul, South Korea Malaysia
4–4 Draw President's Cup 32 11 September 1976 Seoul, South Korea Malaysia
4–4 Draw President's Cup 33 13 September 1976 Seoul, South Korea India
4–0 Won President's Cup 34 17 September 1976 Seoul, South Korea Singapore
7–0 Won President's Cup 35 17 September 1976 Seoul, South Korea Singapore
7–0 Won President's Cup 36 22 December 1976 Bangkok, Thailand Malaysia
1–1 Draw King's Cup 37 14 February 1977 Singapore, Singapore Singapore
4–0 Won Friendly match 38 20 March 1977 Seoul, South Korea Israel
3–1 Won 1978 FIFA World Cup Qual. 39 3 April 1977 Seoul, South Korea Japan
1–0 Won 1978 FIFA World Cup Qual. 40 26 June 1977 Hong Kong, United Kingdom Hong Kong
1–0 Won 1978 FIFA World Cup Qual. 41 17 July 1977 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Libya
4–0 Won Merdeka Cup 42 22 July 1977 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Indonesia
5–1 Won Merdeka Cup 43 24 July 1977 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Burma
4–0 Won Merdeka Cup 44 31 July 1977 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Iraq
1–0 Won Merdeka Cup 45 27 August 1977 Sydney, Australia Australia
1–2 Lost 1978 FIFA World Cup Qual. 46 3 September 1977 Seoul, South Korea Thailand
3–1 Won President's Cup 47 5 September 1977 Busan, South Korea India
3–0 Won President's Cup 48 5 September 1977 Busan, South Korea India
3–0 Won President's Cup 49 13 September 1977 Seoul, South Korea Malaysia
3–0 Won President's Cup 50 5 November 1977 Kuwait City, Kuwait Kuwait
2–2 Draw 1978 FIFA World Cup Qual. 51 19 July 1978 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Japan
4–0 Won Merdeka Cup 52 22 July 1978 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Iraq
2–0 Won Merdeka Cup 53 25 July 1978 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Indonesia
2–0 Won Merdeka Cup 54 11 December 1978 Bangkok, Thailand Bahrain
5–1 Won 1978 Asian Games 55 17 December 1978 Bangkok, Thailand China PR
1–0 Won 1978 Asian Games Records
- Cha is the ninth player in history to win the UEFA Cup with different teams. Cha shares the record with reputable players such as Salvatore Schillaci and Jürgen Klinsmann.
- Cha once held the Bundesliga record for the number of goals scored by a non-German player by surpassing predecessor Ente Lippens's record of 92 goals in 1988. In 1999, Swiss Stéphane Chapuisat broke Cha's 14-year-old Bundesliga record of 98 goals. As of 3 March 2011, Cha is ranked fifth in the category after Claudio Pizarro's 137, Giovane Élber's 133, Chapuisat's 106, and Aílton's 105 goals.
- Cha's record of 17 league goals in the 1985–86 season remains as the highest goal-tally achieved by an Asian player in Bundesliga history. The finest effort to date in attempt to match Cha's feat was delivered by Iranian striker Vahid Hashemian, who scored 16 goals during the 2003–04 season with Bochum.
- Cha is South Korea's all-time leading scorer with 55 goals in international A matches.
References
External links
- Cha Bum-Kun – FIFA competition record
- Cha Bum-Kun at National-Football-Teams.com
- International Appearances & Goals
1983: Ham Heung-Chul | 1984: Chang Woon-Soo | 1985: Park Se-Hak | 1986: Choi Eun-Taek | 1987: Lee Cha-Man | 1988: Lee Hoe-Taik | 1989: Kim Jung-Nam | 1990: Ko Jae-Wook | 1991: Bicskei | 1992: Lee Hoe-Taik | 1993: Park Jong-Hwan | 1994: Park Jong-Hwan | 1995: Park Jong-Hwan | 1996: Ko Jae-Wook | 1997: Lee Cha-Man | 1998: Kim Ho | 1999: Kim Ho | 2000: Cho Kwang-Rae | 2001: Cha Kyung-Bok | 2002: Cha Kyung-Bok | 2003: Cha Kyung-Bok | 2004: Cha Bum-Kun | 2005: Chang Woe-Ryong | 2006: Kim Hak-Beom | 2007: Sérgio Farias | 2008: Cha Bum-Kun | 2009: Choi Kang-Hee | 2010: Park Kyung-HoonSouth Korea squads South Korea squad – 1972 AFC Asian Cup Runners-up • GK: Lee Se-Yeon • Kwon Yi-Woon • HB: Kim Ho • Kim Ho-Gon • Han Sang-Ki • Kim Kyung-Jung • Noh Heung-Seop • Ko Jae-Wook • Lee Cha-Man • Park Young-Tae • Hwang Jae-Man • FW: Park Yi-Cheon • Park Su-Deok • Choi Sang-Chul • Lim Tae-Joo • Chung Ho-Seon • Kim In-Kwon • Kim Jin-Kook • Lee Hoe-Taik • Cha Bum-Kun • coach: Park Byung-SeokSouth Korea squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Cho Byung‑Deuk • 2 Park Kyung‑Hoon • 3 Chung Jong‑Soo • 4 Cho Kwang‑Rae • 5 Chung Yong‑Hwan • 6 Lee Tae‑Ho • 7 Kim Jong‑Boo • 8 Cho Young‑Jeung • 9 Choi Soon‑Ho • 10 Park Chang‑Sun (c) • 11 Cha Bum‑Kun • 12 Kim Pyung‑Seok • 13 Noh Soo‑Jin • 14 Cho Min‑Kook • 15 Yoo Byung‑Ok • 16 Kim Joo‑Sung • 17 Huh Jung‑Moo • 18 Kim Sam‑Soo • 19 Byun Byung‑Joo • 20 Kim Yong‑Se • 21 Oh Yun‑Kyo • 22 Kang Deouk‑Soo • Coach: Kim Jung‑NamSouth Korea squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Kim Byung‑Ji • 2 Choi Sung‑Yong • 3 Lee Lim‑Saeng • 4 Choi Young‑Il • 5 Lee Min‑Sung • 6 Yoo Sang‑Chul • 7 Kim Do‑Keun • 8 Noh Jung‑Yoon • 9 Kim Do‑Hoon • 10 Choi Yong‑Soo • 11 Seo Jung‑Won • 12 Lee Sang‑Hun • 13 Kim Tae‑Young • 14 Ko Jong‑Soo • 15 Lee Sang‑Yoon • 16 Jang Hyung‑Seok • 17 Ha Seok‑Ju • 18 Hwang Sun‑Hong • 19 Jang Dae‑Il • 20 Hong Myung‑Bo • 21 Lee Dong‑Gook • 22 Seo Dong‑Myung • Coach: Cha Bum‑Kun (Kim Pyung‑Seok)Cha Bum-Kun navigation boxes South Korea national football team – managers Park Jung-Hwi (1948) · Lee Young-Min (1948) · Park Jung-Hwi (1948) · Kim Hwa-Jip (1952–54) · Lee Yoo-Hyung (1954) · Kim Yong-Sik (1954–55) · Park Jung-Hwi (1955–56) · Lee Yoo-Hyung (1956–58) · Kim Keun-Chan (1958–59) · Chung Kook-Chin (1959–60) · Kim Yong-Sik (1960) · Wi Hye-Deok (1960–61) · Lee Yoo-Hyung (1961) · Lee Jong-Gap (1961–62) · Min Byung-Dae (1962–64) · Chung Kook-Chin (1964–65) · Chung Nam-Sik (1965–66) · Min Byung-Dae (1966) · Jang Kyung-Hwan (1967) · Park Il-Gap (1968) · Kim Yong-Sik (1969) · Kang Jun-Young (1969) · Han Hong-Ki (1970–71) · Hong Deok-Young (1971) · Park Byung-Seok (1971–72) · Ham Heung-Chul (1972) · Min Byung-Dae (1972–73) · Choi Young-Keun (1974–72) · Ham Heung-Chul (1974–76) · Mun Jeong-Sik (1976) · Choi Chung-Min (1977) · Kim Jung-Nam (a.i.) (1977) · Ham Heung-Chul (1978–79) · Jang Kyung-Hwan (1979–80) · Kim Jung-Nam(a.i.) (1980–82) · Choi Eun-Taek (1982) · Kim Jung-Nam (1982–83) · Cho Yoon-Ok (1983) · Park Jong-Hwan (1983–84) · Mun Jeong-Sik (1984–85) · Kim Jung-Nam (1985–86) · Park Jong-Hwan (1986–88) · Kim Jung-Nam (1988) · Lee Hoe-Taik (1988–90) · Lee Cha-Man (1990) · Park Jong-Hwan (1990–91) · Ko Jae-Wook (1991) · Kim Ho (1992–94) · Byshovets (1994–95) · Park Jong-Hwan (1995) · Huh Jung-Moo (1995) · Jeong Byeong-Tak (1995) · Ko Jae-Wook (1995) · Park Jong-Hwan (1996–97) · Cha Bum-Kun (1997–98) · Kim Pyung-Seok (a.i.) (1998) · Huh Jung-Moo (1998–00) · Hiddink (2000–02) · Kim Ho-Gon (a.i.) (2002) · Coelho (2002–04) · Park Sung-Hwa (a.i.) (2004) · Bonfrere (2004–05) · Advocaat (2005–06) · Verbeek (2006–07) · Ghotbi (a.i.) (2007) · Huh Jung-Moo (2007–10) · Cho Kwang-Rae (2010–)
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