Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kang Kuk-chol | ||
Date of birth | 29 September 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Pyongyang, North Korea[1] | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rimyongsu | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | Rimyongsu | ||
International career‡ | |||
2016–2018 | North Korea U19 | 6 | (2) |
2018–2023 | North Korea U23 | 18 | (2) |
2016– | North Korea | 18 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2024 |
Kang Kuk-chol (Korean: 강국철; born 19 September 1999) is a North Korean professional footballer who plays as a left-back or winger for DPR Korea Premier Football League club Rimyongsu and the North Korea national football team.[1]
With North Korea under-23, Kang featured in the AFC U-23 Championship in 2018 and 2020 and scored 1 goal in the 2020 edition from a long-range free kick against Vietnam.[4]
In September 2023, Kang was called up to North Korea Olympic squad for the 2022 Asian Games in China.[5] He scored a goal in the round of 16 against Bahrain to qualify his team to the quarter-finals, where they got eliminated.[6]
In 2016, Kang made his debut with the North Korea national team.[1][2] Later was named in North Korea's final 23-men squad for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, being the youngest member of the team.[7]