Pak Kwang-Ryong

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Pak Kwang-Ryong
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-09-27) 27 September 1992
Place of birthPyongyang, North Korea
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current clubBasel
Number24
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2010–2011Wolmido
2011Wil0(0)
2011–Basel13(1)
2012Basel U-2112(6)
2013→ Bellinzona (loan)17(7)
2013→ Vaduz (loan)5(2)
National team‡
2010–North Korea U233(3)
2010–North Korea12(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 August 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 March 2012
Pak Kwang-Ryong
Chosŏn'gŭl 박광룡
Hancha 朴光龍[1]
Revised Romanization Bak Gwangryong
McCune–Reischauer Pak Kwangryong

Pak Kwang-Ryong (born 27 September 1992) is a North Korean professional footballer who plays for Basel, as a striker, in the Swiss Super League.

Career

Pak joined Basel on 27 June 2011 from FC Wil 1900.[2] He played for the club in the Uhrencup during July 2011 and scored a goal in the 2–1 win against West Ham United on 13 July 2011.[3] Pak made his first team league debut as a substitute on 16 July 2011 in the 1–1 away draw against BSC Young Boys.[4]

Because he is born 1992 he was eligible to play for the newly formed Basel Under-19 team in the 2011–12 NextGen series. He scored his first goal for them during the team's first game against Tottenham Hotspur F.C. on 17 August 2011.[5]

On 14 September 2011 Pak became the first North Korean to play in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League campaign coming on the field in the 92nd minute. On the day of his 19th birthday, 27 September 2011, Pak came on as a substitute in the 81st minute to play in FC Basel's 3–3 away draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford in another UEFA Champions League match. At the end of the 2011–12 season he won the Double, the League Championship title[6] and the Swiss Cup[7] with Basel.

Pak could not gain a place in the first team during the 2012–13 season but played regularly in their U-21 side, scoring six goals in twelve matches. On 11 January 2013 Basel announced that some of their youngsters would be loaned out to lower league clubs and Pak signed a deal with Bellinzona, so that he could gain playing experience in the Challenge League.[8]

On 20 June 2013 Basel announced that they would loan Pak to the Liechtensteiner club Vaduz in the Swiss Challenge League to gain more playing experience. Following the affair with Raúl Bobadilla, then his subsequent transfer to Augsburg in the Bundesliga, and following an injury to Marco Streller Basel decided to recall the striker to their squad.[9]

Titles and honours

North Korea

Basel

References

  1. ↑ "瑞士超级联赛冠军签下朝鲜18岁妖人朴光龙". People's Daily. 29 June 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011. 
  2. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2011). "Stürmer aus Nordkorea für den FCB". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 27 June 2011.  (German)
  3. ↑ Meister, Remo (2011). "Der FCB gewinnt den Uhrencup". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 13 July 2011.  (German)
  4. ↑ Meister, Remo (2011). "Ein Unentschieden zum Auftakt". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 16 July 2011.  (German)
  5. ↑ Marti, Caspar (2011). "Punkteteilung im ersten Spiel der "Nachwuchs-Champions League"". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 17 August 2011.  (German)
  6. ↑ Meister, Remo (2012). "Der 15. Meistertitel für den FCB – die Bilanz einer grandiosen Saison". football.ch. Retrieved 29 April 2012. 
  7. ↑ "Matchtelegram FC Basel 1893 5:3 FC Luzern". football.ch. 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012. 
  8. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Kwang Ryong Pak leihweise zu Bellinzona". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 11 January 2013.  (German)
  9. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Kwang Ryong Pak zurück zum FC Basel 1893 / Marco Streller fällt aus". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2013-08-19.  (German)

External links

FC Vaduz – current squad
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