Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 December 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Pohang, South Korea | ||
Date of death | 13 July 2021 | (aged 34)||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2008 | Jeonnam Dragons | 0 | (0) |
2009 | Gyeongju Citizen | 12 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Bucheon FC 1995 | 17 | (0) |
Total | 29 | (0) | |
International career | |||
2002–2003 | South Korea U-17 | 17 | (0) |
2003–2005 | South Korea U-20 | 22 | (0) |
2004 | South Korea | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cha Gi-Suk (26 December 1986 – 13 July 2021) was a South Korean professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Cha was a member of South Korea U-17 and South Korea U-20. He had chronic kidney disease since 2006. Because of this, he never played in Chunnam. In 2006, he received a kidney transplant from his father and 2008 May, after two years, he received kidney again from his uncle.[1] He decided to retire from playing in 2010.[2] He worked as a goalkeeper coach at Yonsei University before quitting after another kidney transplant.[2]
He died on 13 July 2021, aged 34, of AIDS after receiving a donor kidney infected with HIV.[2]