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Cha Bum-Kun
Personal information
Date of birth	May 22, 1953 (1953-05-22) (age 54)
Place of birth	Hwaseong, Republic of Korea
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Manager (former Striker/Midfielder)
Club information
Current club	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1978–1979 1979–1983 1983–1989	SV Darmstadt 98 Eintracht Frankfurt Bayer 04 Leverkusen Total	001 0(0) 122 (46) 185 (52) 308 (98)
National team2
1972–1986	Korea Republic	121 (55)
Teams managed
1991-1994 1997-1998 1998-1999 2003-present	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i Korea Republic Shenzhen Ping'an Suwon Samsung Bluewings
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:18, 12 May 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 17:18, 12 May 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Korean name
Hangul 차범근 Hanja 車範根 Revised Romanization Cha Beom-geun McCune-Reischauer Ch'a Pŏmgŭn

Cha Bum-Kun, (born May 22, 1953 in Hwaseong, Korea), is a Korean football manager and former player, nicknamed Tscha Bum ("Cha Boom") because of his name and his thunderous ball striking ability. In his native Korea, Cha is hailed as a national hero for his accomplishments in the Bundesliga and the Korean national team. During his career, Cha has played for SV Darmstadt 98, Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and represented his national side 121 times, scoring 55 goals. He was given the title Asia's Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Club career 3 International career 4 Managerial career 5 Family 6 Memorable moments and quotes 7 Reputation 8 Honours 8.1 Eintracht Frankfurt 8.2 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8.3 Korea Republic 8.4 Other 9 Career statistics 9.1 Domestic League 9.2 International goals 10 Records 11 See also 12 External links

Born on May 22, 1953 in Hwaseong in the Korean province of Gyeonggi, Cha Bum-Kun began his soccer career with the Korean Air Force club in 1971, the same year he became a Korean U-19 international. By 1972 he had been capped by the Korean national team becoming the youngest player ever called up to the squad. After establishing himself as the best footballer in Korea, Cha wanted to play in Bundesliga of Germany. Cha promised to learn the skills of football in Germany and help Korea to advance in football. He eventually rose to international stardom and fulfilled his promise by coming back to Korea after his retirement and started the Cha Bum Kun soccer schools for the youth in South Korea. He coached for the South Korean national team in 1998 World Cup and also for Ulsan and Suwon in K-League.

Cha started his career in Bundesliga (considered the best league of the world at the time) at the age of 27. In December 1978, Cha was transferred to German side SV Darmstadt, where he spent less than a year before being snapped up by Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt. Cha made an immediate impact with his new club, scoring in three consecutive games. His team went on to win the UEFA Cup in the 1979/80 season. He was widely considered as one of the best forwards in the Bundesliga during his career. He became the third-highest-paid soccer player in Germany. During 1981 season, in a game against Leverkusen, he suffered a near-career-ending knee injury.

In 1983 he was transferred to Bayer Leverkusen. With Bayer Levekusen, he won a second UEFA Cup in 1988. Cha scored a dramatic equalizer against Espanol to tie the game 3:3. 50,000 fans chanted "Cha Boom." Leverkusen eventually went on to win the game on penalties.

Cha retired in 1989 after a long Bundesliga career spanning 308 games in which he scored 98 goals (none from penalty kicks), then the highest for a foreign player in the league. During his 10 year career, he received only one yellow card.

Cha was part of the South Korean national team of 1986 FIFA World Cup finals, in Mexico, where they lost to Argentina and Italy but earned a draw against Bulgaria. The opposing teams were fully aware of Cha's scoring abilities and frustrated him by marking him with two defenders at all time. He did not score any goals in the tournament. Looking back, he recalled: "We didn't achieve our first win but the campaign was not disappointing as we played hard and well against the best teams in the world, including the eventual champions Argentina."

• June 2 Argentina 3:1 South Korea
• June 5 Bulgaria 1:1 South Korea
• June 10 South Korea 2:3 Italy

Cha moved into management with K-League side Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i, coaching them from 1991–1994. His next appointment in January 1997 was Korean national team coach and he led the nation to the 1998 World Cup; however, a disastrous 5-0 defeat at the hands of The Netherlands in Korea's second group game got Cha fired. He later blamed the Korea Football Association for the bad performance, citing lack of bonuses and alleging pro soccer games in Korea were fixed. The KFA promptly slapped a five-year ban on him and he soon left the country with his wife.

After an 18-month spell coaching Shenzhen Ping'an in China, Cha took up a commentator position with MBC. He returned to coaching at the end of 2003 when offered the Suwon Samsung Bluewings position.

Cha achieved immediate success with Suwon by lifting the 2004 K-League championship, an achievement he ranked as even better than lifting the UEFA Cup as a player in 1988.

Cha's son, Cha Du-ri, is following in his father's footsteps, though he has struggled in Germany. Du-ri is renowned for his thunderous pace and explosive kicks, and plays for TuS Koblenz in the Bundesliga 2nd Division. He was also part of South Korea's highly successful run in the 2002 World Cup.

• At the 1977 Park's Cup. Cha scored 3 goals in 7 minutes when South Korea was down 1:4 to Malaysia.

• Cha transfers from Darmstadt to Frankfurt in August 1979. In a game against Dortmund, Cha started the game and assisted a goal. He was voted as the weekly best-11 by the most prestigious football magazine at the time, KICKER.

• 3rd game: Against Stuttgart, Cha scores a match-winning header and gets voted as the goal of the week.

• 4th game: Against Munich, Cha scores another goal.

• 5th game: Against Borussia MG, Cha scores another goal. Magazine KICKER first uses the term "Cha Boom." Boom was an onomatopoeia of Cha's striking scoring ability. (He was also called the "brown bomber.")

• Against Hamburg, Cha scores his first hat-trick.

• One of Korea's major sports newspapers, Ilgan Sports treats Cha's news as top news by now. MBC starts showing Cha's taped games.

• March 1980, UEFA Cup finals. First game against Borussia MG. 20 year old Matthaus (an MVP of WC'90) marks Cha Bum-kun. "Mark Cha Boom!!" was the headline for many newspapers. In the second game, Matthaus marks Cha again, but fails to stop him. Cha assists a goal and wins the Man of the Match match award. Frankfurt wins the UEFA Cup for the first time in its history. Matthäus' interview after the game: "I am young. Cha is the best attacker in the world."

• The 7th top scorer in the 79/80 season. Ranked 4th in the World's most improved player. Also voted as one of the World's best-11 by KICKER magazine. Earns the third largest salary in the Bundesliga.

• The German FA tries to naturalize Cha but he refused the offer.

• Cha makes the front page of the magazine KICKER's new year edition.

• In 1981 Cha suffers a serious injury through a tackle by Jürgen Gelsdorf at a game against Leverkusen. Frankfurt fans traveled to Leverkusen and starts a riot threatening to kill Gelsdorf. Police arrives to stop the riot.

• Ironically he was transferred to Leverskusen in 1983. Frankfurt fans protested in agony. Cha offered a handshake to Gelsdoff and they became good friends.

• Cha ranks 4th in scoring at the end of 85~86 season. At age 32, Cha gets picked by the Korean National Team one month before the World Cup and goes to WC86.

• Another UEFA Cup finals for Cha in 1988. Cha scores a dramatic equalizer against Espanol to tie the game 3:3. 50,000 fans chant "Cha Boom." Leverkusen wins at PK shootout and wins the UEFA Cup.

• One of the headlines of the newspapers: "Best player on earth: Cha Boom."

• KICKER magazine: "Cha Boom, brings first ever UEFA Cups to two different teams. Hero of both Frankfurt and Leverkusen as well as the biggest star in the Bundesliga."

• In 1979, German writer Eckhard Henscheid wrote a poem on Cha Bum-Kun, Hymne auf Bum Kun Cha(Hymn on Bum Kun Cha). It was first published in 1980 in an anthology, entitled Ein scharmanter Bauer. All ten strophes of the poem chant the eulogy to Cha, lavishly supplying grandiose expressions to glorify the gifted player and his game.
• Former German international Günter Netzer once wrote an article about Cha for the Japanese football magazine Weekly Soccer Digest(2002 May issue). In the article, he wrote that "Cha would have been a starting forward for any club in the world. Asia has yet to produce another player of Cha's caliber"
• World Cup winner Jürgen Klinsmann once said, "I am considered as an accomplished footballer, but I am not at the level of Cha"
• Many German football fans seem to remember Cha's heroics in the Bundesliga, repeatedly exclaiming on interviews that "Cha is a football legend"
• When Michael Ballack arrived in South Korea to participate in the 2002 FIFA World Cup with his team, he wholeheartedly welcomed the reception of the Korean media by his excited response "Is this Cha Boom's country? I've always wanted to come here, Cha is my idol"
• Michael Owen, Oliver Kahn and Luís Figo have stated that they grew up idolising Cha.

• UEFA Cup: 1980
• German Cup: 1981

• UEFA Cup: 1988

• AFC Asian Cup Runner-up: 1972

He was voted Asia's Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 1999.

League	Season	Club	Country	Apps	Goals	Team Record
Bundesliga	1978-79	SV Darmstadt 98	Germany	1	0	18th place
Bundesliga	1979-80	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	31	12	9th place
Bundesliga	1980-81	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	27	8	5th place
Bundesliga	1981-82	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	31	11	8th place
Bundesliga	1982-83	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	33	15	10th place
Bundesliga	1983-84	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Germany	34	12	7th place
Bundesliga	1984-85	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Germany	29	10	13th place
Bundesliga	1985-86	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Germany	34	17	6th place
Bundesliga	1986-87	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Germany	33	6	6th place
Bundesliga	1987-88	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Germany	25	4	8th place
Bundesliga	1988-89	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	Germany	30	3	8th place

Scores list Korea Republic's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	May 10, 1972	Bangkok, Thailand	Cambodia	4-1	Won	1972 AFC Asian Cup
2	July 19, 1972	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Singapore	4-1	Won	Merdeka Cup
3	July 19, 1972	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Singapore	4-1	Won	Merdeka Cup
4	July 23, 1972	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Indonesia	2-0	Won	Merdeka Cup
5	July 29, 1972	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	2-1	Won	Merdeka Cup
6	September 20, 1972	Seoul, Korea Republic	Thailand	3-0	Won	President's Cup
7	November 22, 1972	Bangkok, Thailand	Indonesia	1-1	Draw	King's Cup
8	May 28, 1973	Seoul, Korea Republic	Israel	1-0	Won	1974 FIFA World Cup Qual.
9	September 22, 1973	Seoul, Korea Republic	Cambodia	6-0	Won	President's Cup
10	September 22, 1973	Seoul, Korea Republic	Cambodia	6-0	Won	President's Cup
11	September 30, 1973	Seoul, Korea Republic	Malaysia	2-0	Won	President's Cup
12	December 16, 1973	Bangkok, Thailand	Cambodia	5-0	Won	King's Cup
13	December 22, 1973	Bangkok, Thailand	Myanmar	2-0	Won	King's Cup
14	December 25, 1973	Bangkok, Thailand	Malaysia	2-1	Won	King's Cup
15	May 18, 1974	Seoul, Korea Republic	Myanmar	3-0	Won	President's Cup
16	December 25, 1974	Hong Kong, China	Indonesia	3-1	Won	Friendly match
17	July 29, 1975	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Malaysia	3-1	Won	Merdeka Cup
18	August 7, 1975	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Thailand	6-0	Won	Merdeka Cup
19	August 9, 1975	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Japan	3-1	Won	Merdeka Cup
20	August 9, 1975	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Japan	3-1	Won	Merdeka Cup
21	August 9, 1975	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Japan	3-1	Won	Merdeka Cup
22	August 11, 1975	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Indonesia	5-1	Won	Merdeka Cup
23	August 15, 1975	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Bangladesh	4-0	Won	King's Cup
24	December 21, 1975	Bangkok, Thailand	Myanmar	3-1	Won	King's Cup
25	December 21, 1975	Bangkok, Thailand	Myanmar	3-1	Won	Friendly match
26	August 10, 1976	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	India	8-0	Won	Merdeka Cup
27	August 10, 1976	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	India	8-0	Won	Merdeka Cup
28	August 10, 1976	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	India	8-0	Won	Merdeka Cup
29	August 15, 1976	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Myanmar	2-2	Draw	Merdeka Cup
30	September 11, 1976	Seoul, Korea Republic	Malaysia	4-4	Draw	President's Cup
31	September 11, 1976	Seoul, Korea Republic	Malaysia	4-4	Draw	President's Cup
32	September 11, 1976	Seoul, Korea Republic	Malaysia	4-4	Draw	President's Cup
33	September 13, 1976	Seoul, Korea Republic	India	4-0	Won	President's Cup
34	September 17, 1976	Seoul, Korea Republic	Singapore	7-0	Won	President's Cup
35	September 17, 1976	Seoul, Korea Republic	Singapore	7-0	Won	President's Cup
36	December 22, 1976	Bangkok, Thailand	Malaysia	1-1	Draw	King's Cup
37	February 14, 1977	Singapore, Singapore	Singapore	4-0	Won	Friendly match
38	March 20, 1977	Seoul, Korea Republic	Israel	3-1	Won	1978 FIFA World Cup Qual.
39	April 3, 1977	Seoul, Korea Republic	Japan	1-0	Won	1978 FIFA World Cup Qual.
40	June 26, 1977	Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong	1-0	Won	1978 FIFA World Cup Qual.
41	July 17, 1977	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Libya	4-0	Won	Merdeka Cup
42	July 22, 1977	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Indonesia	5-1	Won	Merdeka Cup
43	July 24, 1977	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Myanmar	4-0	Won	Merdeka Cup
44	July 31, 1977	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Iraq	1-0	Won	Merdeka Cup
45	August 27, 1977	Sydney, Australia	Australia	1-2	Lost	1978 FIFA World Cup Qual.
46	September 3, 1977	Seoul, Korea Republic	Thailand	3-1	Won	President's Cup
47	September 5, 1977	Busan, Korea Republic	India	3-0	Won	President's Cup
48	September 5, 1977	Busan, Korea Republic	India	3-0	Won	President's Cup
49	September 13, 1977	Seoul, Korea Republic	Malaysia	3-0	Won	President's Cup
50	November 5, 1977	Kuwait City, Kuwait	Kuwait	2-2	Draw	1978 FIFA World Cup Qual.
51	July 19, 1978	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Japan	4-0	Won	Merdeka Cup
52	July 22, 1978	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Iraq	2-0	Won	Merdeka Cup
53	July 25, 1978	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Indonesia	2-0	Won	Merdeka Cup
54	December 11, 1978	Bangkok, Thailand	Bahrain	5-1	Won	1978 Asian Games
55	December 17, 1978	Bangkok, Thailand	China PR	1-0	Won	1978 Asian Games

• Cha is the 9th player in history to win the UEFA Cup for different teams. Cha shares the record with reputable players such as Salvatore Schillaci and Jürgen Klinsmann.
• Cha once held the Bundesliga record for the number of goals scored by a non-German player by surpassing predecessor Allan Simonsen's record of 76 goals in 1985. In 1999, Swiss Stéphane Chapuisat broke Cha's 14-year-old Bundesliga record of 98 goals. As of 30 May 2007, Cha is ranked fifth in the category after Giovane Élber's 133, Chapuisat's 106, Aílton's 105 and Claudio Pizarro's 100 goals.
• As of 30 May 2007, Cha still holds the Bundesliga record for the number of games played by a non-German player. His record of 308 games is very likely to be surpassed in the imminent future by the closest contender amongst currently active Bundesliga players, Sergej Barbarez of Bayer 04 Leverkusen, who has 300 games under his belt.
• Cha's record of 17 league goals in the 1985/86 season remains as the highest goal-tally achieved by an Asian player in Bundesliga history. The finest effort to date in attempt to match Cha's feat was delivered by Iranian striker Vahid Hashemian, who scored 16 goals during the 2003/04 season with Bochum.

• List of South Korean footballers
• List of Koreans
• List of football (soccer) players
• List of Korea-related topics

• Cha Bum-Kun International appearance
• Video highlights of Cha Bum-Kun's plays in Bundesliga
• Video of Cha Bum-Kun's documentary
• Video Clip of Cha's goal
• Video Clip of Cha's goal
• Cha Bum-Kun's Special

v • d • e South Korea squad - 1986 FIFA World Cup

1 Cho Byung‑Deouk • 2 Park Kyung‑Hoon • 3 Chung Jong‑Soo • 4 Cho Kwang‑Rae • 5 Chung Yong‑Hwan • 6 Lee Tae‑Ho • 7 Kim Jong‑Boo • 8 Cho Young‑Jeoung • 9 Choi Soon‑Ho • 10 Park Chang‑Sun • 11 Cha Bum‑Kun • 12 Kim Pyung‑Seok • 13 Noh Soo‑Jin • 14 Cho Min‑Kook • 15 Yoo Byung‑Ok • 16 Kim Joo‑Sung • 17 Huh Jung‑Moo • 18 Kim Sam‑Soo • 19 Byun Byung‑Joo • 20 Kim Yong‑Se • 21 Oh Yeon‑Kyo • 22 Kang Deouk‑Soo • Coach: Kim Jung‑Nam

v • d • e South Korea squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Kim Byung‑Ji • 2 Choi Sung‑Yong • 3 Lee Lim‑Saeng • 4 Choi Yong‑Il • 5 Lee Min‑Sung • 6 Yoo Sang‑Chul • 7 Kim Do‑Keun • 8 Noh Jung‑Yoon • 9 Kim Do‑Hoon • 10 Choi Yong‑Soo • 11 Seo Jung‑Won • 12 Lee Sang‑Hun • 13 Kim Tae‑Young • 14 Ko Jong‑Soo • 15 Lee Sang‑Yoon • 16 Jang Hyung‑Seok • 17 Ha Seok‑Ju • 18 Hwang Sun‑Hong • 19 Jang Dae‑Il • 20 Hong Myung‑Bo • 21 Lee Dong‑Gook • 22 Seo Dong‑Myung • Coach: Cha Bum‑Kun (Kim Pyung‑Seok)

v • d • e Korea Republic national football team – Managers

Park Jung-Hwi (1948) • Lee Young-Min (1948) • Park Jung-Hwi (1948) • Kim Hwa-Jip (1952–54) • Lee Yoo-Hyung (1954) • Kim Yong-Sik (1954–55) • Park Jung-Hwi (1955–56) • Lee Yoo-Hyung (1956–58) • Kim Keun-Chan (1958–59) • Jeong Kook-Jin (1959–60) • Kim Yong-Sik (1960) • Wi Hye-Deok (1960–61) • Lee Yoo-Hyung (1961) • Lee Jong-Gap (1961–62) • Min Byung-Dae (1962–64) • Jeong Kook-Jin (1964–65) • Hong Keon-Pyo (1965–66) • Min Byung-Dae (1966) • Jang Kyung-Hwan (1967) • Park Il-Gap (1968) • Kim Yong-Sik (1969) • Kang Jun-Young (1969) • Han Hong-Ki (1970–71) • Hong Deok-Young (1971) • Park Byung-Seok (1971–72) • Ham Heung-Cheol (1972) • Min Byung-Dae (1972–73) • Choi Young-Keun (1974–72) • Ham Heung-Cheol (1974–76) • Mun Jeong-Sik (1976) • Choi Jung-Min (1977) • Kim Jung-Nam(a.i.) (1977) • Ham Heung-Cheol (1978–79) • Jang Kyung-Hwan (1979–80) • Kim Jung-Nam(a.i.) (1980–82) • Choi Eun-Taek (1982) • Kim Jung-Nam (1982–83) • Cho Yoon-Ohk (1983) • Park Jong-Hwan (1983–84) • Mun Jeong-Sik (1984–85) • Kim Jung-Nam (1985–86) • Park Jong-Hwan (1986–88) • Kim Jung-Nam (1988) • Lee Hoi-Taek (1988–90) • Lee Cha-Man (1990) • Park Jong-Hwan (1990–91) • Ko Jae-Wook (1991) • Kim Ho (1992–94) • Anatoliy Byshovets (1994–95) • Park Jong-Hwan (1995) • Huh Jung-Moo (1995) • Jeong Byeong-Tak (1995) • Ko Jae-Wook (1995) • Park Jong-Hwan (1996–97) • Cha Bum-Kun (1997–98) • Kim Pyung‑Seok(a.i.) (1998) • Huh Jung-Moo (1998–00) • Guus Hiddink (2001–02) • Kim Ho-Gon(a.i.) (2002) • Humberto Coelho (2003–04) • Park Seong-Hwa (2004) • Jo Bonfrere (2004–05) • Dick Advocaat (2005–06) • Pim Verbeek (2006–07) • Huh Jung-Moo (2007–)

Suwon Samsung Bluewings – current squad

1 Lee Woon-Jae • 2 Mato • 3 Park Joo-Sung • 4 Lee Jung-Soo • 5 Kim Nam-Il • 6 Hong Soon-Hak • 7 Kim Jin-Woo • 8 Song Chung-Gug • 9 Edu • 10 Ahn Jung-Hwan • 11 Kim Dae-Eui • 12 Nadson • 13 Lee Kwan-Woo • 14 Moon Min-Kwi • 15 Lee Sa-Vik • 16 Bae Ki-Jong • 17 Park Sung-Bae • 18 Shin Young-Rok • 19 Namgoong Wong • 20 Baek Ji-Hoon • 21 Kim Dae-Hwan • 22 Lee Hyun-Jin • 23 Cho Won-Hee • 24 Son Seung-Joon • 25 Choi Sung-Hwan • 26 Kim Tae-Jin • 27 Seo Dong-Hyun • 28 Ha Tae-Kyun • 29 Kwak Hee-Joo • 30 Ko Kyung-Joon • 31 Park Ho-Jin • 32 Im Yo-Hwan • 33 Denis • 34 Lee Sun-Woo • 35 Ahn Hyo-Yeon • 37 Jung Min-Soo • 38 Kim Hyun-Seung • 39 Kim Hyun-Joon • 40 Choi Chan-Yang • 41 Kwon Ki-Bo • 42 Kim Hyun-Seung • 43 Han Byung-Young • 45 Lee Hyun-Ho • 46 Park Kun-Ha • Coach: Cha Bum-Kun