Pak Kwang-ryong

Pak Kwang-Ryong (Hangul: 박광룡; born 27 September 1992) is a North Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Pak Kwang-ryong
Pak with SKN St. Pölten in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-09-27) 27 September 1992
Place of birth Pyongyang, North Korea
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Kigwanch'a
2010–2011 Wŏlmido
2010–2011 Kigwanch'a
2011 Wil 0 (0)
2011–2016 Basel 14 (1)
2012–2016 Basel U21 12 (6)
2013 → Bellinzona (loan) 17 (7)
2013 → Vaduz (loan) 5 (2)
2014–2015 → Vaduz (loan) 37 (10)
2015–2016 → Biel-Bienne (loan) 26 (10)
2016–2017 Lausanne 39 (10)
2017–2020 SKN St. Pölten 52 (10)
International career‡
2010– North Korea U23 3 (3)
2009–2020 North Korea 39 (14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2019
Pak Kwang-ryong
Chosŏn'gŭl
박광룡
Hancha
朴光龍[1]
Revised RomanizationBak Gwangnyong
McCune–ReischauerPak Kwangnyong
In this Korean name, the family name is Pak.

Club career

Born in Pyongyang, Pak originally played for Kigwanch'a SC of Sinŭiju before joining FC Wil 1900 in Switzerland.[2] However, Pak did not make any league appearances for them, because the club's quota of foreigner players had already been exhausted.

On 27 June 2011 it was announced that FC Basel had signed Pak a five-year deal with them.[3][4] He joined Basel's first team during their 2011–12 season under head coach Thorsten Fink. In his very first test game against a district selection team from Miesbach, Pak scored four goals after coming on as a substitute at half time.[5] To the beginning of their 2011–12 season season Pak was member of the Basel team that won the 2011 Uhrencup, beating both Hertha Berlin 3–0 and West Ham United 2–1 (here Pak scored the first goal of the match) to lead the table on goal difference above Young Boys.[6] After playing in seven test games Pak played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the Stadion Wankdorf on 16 July 2011 as Basel play a 1–1 draw with BSC Young Boys.[7]

Because he was born in 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.[8]

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 his 19th birthday, 27 September 2011, Pak came on as a substitute in the 81st minute of FC Basel's 3–3 away draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford in another UEFA Champions League match.

Pak scored his first competition goal for the team in an away game in the 2011–12 Swiss Cup on 17 September 2011. In fact he netted the first two goals as Basel won 4–0 against amateur club FC Eschenbach.[9] At the end of the 2011–12 season he won the Double with his new club. They won the League Championship title with 20 points advantage.[10] The team won the Swiss Cup, winning the final 4–2 in a penalty shootout against Luzern.[11]

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 appearances, during the first half of the season. 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.[12]

On 20 June 2013, Basel announced that they would loan Pak to the Liechtensteiner club Vaduz in the Swiss Challenge League, again so that he could gain more playing experience. However, following the transfer of Raúl Bobadilla to Augsburg, in the Bundesliga, and the injury to Marco Streller, Basel decided to recall the striker to their squad.[13] Pak played just one more game for Basel before he was again loaned to Vaduz from January 2014 until the end of the season. Playing in all 18 games, he scored 9 goals and Vaduz finished the 2013–14 Swiss Challenge League season as winners and were promoted. Pak's loan was renewed for the following Swiss Super League season.

In February 2014, he was named North Korea's Male Footballer of the Year for 2013.[2]

At the end of the 2014–15 season, Basel did not renew Pak's contract. During his time with Basel's first team, Pak played a total of 42 games for Basel scoring a total of 10 goals. 14 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, three in the Swiss Cup, four in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 21 were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league, two in the cup and the other seven were scored during the test games.[14]

On 1 July 2015, he joined Biel-Bienne as a free agent. On 4 January 2016, Biel-Bienne annulled their contract with Pak who then signed with Lausanne.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of matches played on 16 December 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[16]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basel 2011–12 Swiss Super League 131123[lower-alpha 2]0173
2012–13 00001[lower-alpha 3]010
2013–14 10000010
Total 1411240193
Bellinzona (loan) 2012–13 Swiss Challenge League 17700—177
Vaduz (loan) 2013–14 Swiss Challenge League 2311212[lower-alpha 3]02712
2014–15 Swiss Super League 191204[lower-alpha 3]0251
Total 591941606920
Biel-Bienne 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League 17410—184
Lausanne 2015–16 Swiss Challenge League 9600—96
2016–17 30411—314
Total 561421—5815
St. Pölten 2017–18 Austrian Bundesliga 15100—151
2018–19 18410—194
Total 33510—345
Career total 162398410018043
  1. Includes Swiss Cup and Austrian Cup
  2. Appearances in the UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League

International
Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pak goal.
List of international goals scored by Pak Kwang-ryong[17]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
119 February 2010Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Kyrgyzstan2–04–02010 AFC Challenge Cup
216 March 2012Dasarath Rangasala Stadium, Kathmandu, Nepal Palestine1–02–02012 AFC Challenge Cup
32–0
416 June 2015Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea Uzbekistan1–04–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
517 November 2015Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea Bahrain1–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
66 October 2016Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Vietnam1–02–5Friendly
72–2
810 October 2016Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila, Philippines Philippines1–03–1Friendly
99 November 2016Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok, Hong Kong Guam2–02–02017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship qualification
106 June 2017Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Qatar1–22–2Friendly
1110 November 2017New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram, Thailand Malaysia1–04–12019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1213 November 2017New I-Mobile Stadium, Buriram, Thailand Malaysia1–04–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1327 March 2018Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea Hong Kong2–02–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
1417 January 2019Sharjah Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Lebanon1–01–42019 AFC Asian Cup

Honours

North Korea

Basel

Vaduz

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. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. "Naenara Democratic People's Republic of Korea". naenara.com.kp. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018.
  3. The Associated Press (2011). "North Korea forward Pak joins Swiss champion Basel". USA Today. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  4. BaZ (27 June 2011). "FCB verpflichtet stürmer aus Nordkorea". FCB sign a striker from North Korea (in German). Basler Zeitung. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (28 June 2011). "Landkreisauswahl Miesbach - FC Basel 0:15 (0:7)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  6. Garin, Erik (2011). "Coupe Horlogère - Uhren Cup (Switzerland)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  7. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (16 July 2011). "BSC Young Boys - FC Basel 1:1 (0:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  8. Marti, Caspar (2011). "Punkteteilung im ersten Spiel der "Nachwuchs-Champions League"" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 25 September 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  9. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (17 September 2011). "FC Eschenbach - FC Basel 0:4 (0:3)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  10. Stokkermans, Karel (2017). "Switzerland 2011/12" (in French). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  11. Swiss Football Verband (SFV) (16 May 2012). "FC Basel - FC Luzern 4:2 n.P. (1:1, 1:1, 0:0)". Swiss Football Verband (SFV) internet. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  12. FC Basel 1893 (2013). "Kwang Ryong Pak leihweise zu Bellinzona" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  13. Baz (2013). "FC Basel holt Pak zurück". FC Basel recalls Pak. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  14. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (2020). "Kwang Ryong Pak - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  15. Scahffner, Philippe (2016). "Pak wechselt zum FC Lausanne-Sport" (in German). Fussball Club Biel-Bienne. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  16. "Kwang-Ryong Pak » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  17. "Pak, Kwang-Ryong". National Football Teams. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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