Pak Song-chol (footballer, born 1987)

Pak Song-chol (Korean: 박성철; born 24 September 1987) is a North Korean professional footballer who plays for Visakha.

Pak Song-chol

Pak with North Korea in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Pak Song-chol[1]
Date of birth	(1987-09-24) September 24, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Pyongyang, North Korea
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Visakha
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2017	Rimyongsu
2018–2019	Visakha	9	(1)
International career‡
2007–2017	North Korea	55	(12)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 September 2014 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 December 2017

Pak Song-chol
Chosŏn'gŭl	박성철
Hancha	朴成哲
Revised Romanization	Bak Seongcheol
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Sŏngch'ŏl

In this Korean name, the family name is Pak.

Pak has appeared for the Korea DPR national football team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup rounds. He also played at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.^[2]

Career statistics

International

North Korea football team
Year	Apps	Goals
2007	2	0
2008	6	6
2009	1	0
2010	6	2
2011	7	0
2012	9	2
2013	0	0
2014	5	1
2015	3	0
Total	39	11

Statistics accurate as of match played on 18 January 2015^[3]

Goals for senior national team

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	31 July 2008	Hyderabad, India	Sri Lanka	2–0	3–0	2008 AFC Challenge Cup
2				3–0
3	2 August 2008	Hyderabad, India	Nepal	1–0	1–0
4	13 August 2008	New Delhi, India	Myanmar	1–0	4–0
5				2–0
6				3–0
7	19 February 2010	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Kyrgyzstan	1–0	4–0	2010 AFC Challenge Cup
8	24 February 2010		Myanmar	3–0	5–0
9[4]	1 December 2012	Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	0–2	1–6	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup
10[5]	9 December 2012		Hong Kong	0–4	0–4
11	2 November 2014	Manama	Bahrain	2–2	2–2	Friendly