Cha Gi-Suk
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-12-26)26 December 1986
Place of birth Pohang, South Korea
Date of death 13 July 2021(2021-07-13) (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]

References

  1. ↑ "'부천 FC 이적, 지도자 준비'... 차기석의 무한도전" (in Korean). SpotalKorea. 23 July 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 "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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