Cha Du-Ri

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Cha Du-Ri
Full name	Cha Du-Ri
Date of birth	July 25, 1980 (1980-07-25) (age 27)
Place of birth	Frankfurt, Germany
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender, Striker
Club information
Current club	TuS Koblenz
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2004 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-2007 2007-	Bayer Leverkusen Arminia Bielefeld (loan) Eintracht Frankfurt (loan) Eintracht Frankfurt 1. FSV Mainz 05 TuS Koblenz	00 0(0) 21 0(1) 31 0(1) 56 (11) 12 0(0) 10 0(1)
National team²
2002-present	Korea Republic	39 0(4)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 August 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2007 (UTC) ^[1]. * Appearances (Goals)

Cha Du-Ri (born 25 July 1980 in Frankfurt, (West) Germany) is a South Korean football player. He is the son of Cha Bum-Kun, who is frequently regarded as the best Asian football player of all time. Cha is considered a very fast player (runs 100m dashes from early 11 sec to mid 10 sec), who can also jump very high, play through out the season with a great stamina, and with a size that is a prototypical forwards body with 184 cm with 75-78 kg of body weight.

1 Early years
2 Career
3 Personal
- 3.1 Miscellaneous
4 Club career stats
5 See also
6 References

The younger Cha was born in Germany while his father was starring in the German Bundesliga with Eintracht Frankfurt, and spent his first few years in Germany while his father was playing for Eintracht and later for Bayer Leverkusen.

Cha was noticed by Guus Hiddink when the national team played a practice match against Korea University. Strong, aggressive and pacy, he was still playing amateur football when he made the South Korea team that surprised the football world by advancing to the semifinals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, even though his playing time was limited to off-the-bench appearances. He can operate on either wing and also as a striker. He played for one of his father's old clubs, Eintracht.

He was left off Korea's roster for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and instead provided color commentary for MBC's live telecasts of the tournament's games alongside his father. Pim Verbeek, South Korea's current head coach, has added Cha Du-Ri into his squad for the qualification of the 2007 Asian Cup.

Before the 2006/07 kicked off, Cha Du-Ri has changed his position from Striker to Right wingback/sideback for the Mainz 05. But through out the season, he was hampered with a foot injury that prevented him from joining the starting lineup or even getting some playing time.

After the 2006/07 ended, Mainz 05 were relegated to 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, and subsequently after, Cha terminated the contract.

During the 2007 offseason, Cha signed a transfer-free contract with the TuS Koblenz in 2. Fußball-Bundesliga for Second Fußball-Bundesliga 2007/08 season. He also has switched his positions back to right side middle fielder/wing forward, supporting striker, and the center forward position, after his failure to adjust to right side wingback/sideback for the Mainz 05.

He speaks, reads, and writes fluently in Korean and German.

Just like his father Cha Bum-Kun and many other popular and great players who played on South Korea national football team did, he attended the Korea University in Seoul.

Last update: 27 November 2007

Season	Team	Country	Division	Apps	Goals
02/03	Bayer Leverkusen	Germany	1	0	0
02/03	Arminia Bielefeld	Germany	1	22	1
03/04	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	1	31	1
04/05	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	2	29	8
05/06	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	1	27	3
06/07	Mainz	Germany	1	12	0
07/08	TuS Koblenz	Germany	2	10	1