Cha Gi-suk

Cha Gi-Suk
Personal information
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
2005–2008	Jeonnam Dragons
2009	Gyeongju Citizen
2009–2010	Bucheon FC 1995
Total
International career
2002–2003	South Korea U-17
2003–2005	South Korea U-20
2004	South Korea
	*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]

References

^ "'부천 FC 이적, 지도자 준비'... 차기석의 무한도전" (in Korean). SpotalKorea. 23 July 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "국가대표 골키퍼 출신 차기석, 투병 끝에 35세 일기로 별세" [Former national goalkeeper Cha Ki-seok dies at the age of 35 after fighting a disease]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

External links

FIFA Player Statistics
Cha Gi-suk – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)

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[1] "'부천 FC 이적, 지도자 준비'... 차기석의 무한도전" (in Korean). SpotalKorea. 23 July 2009.

[death-2] "국가대표 골키퍼 출신 차기석, 투병 끝에 35세 일기로 별세" [Former national goalkeeper Cha Ki-seok dies at the age of 35 after fighting a disease]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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