Soccer Player

Ri Kwang-hyok

North Korean footballer

1987 - today

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His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Ri Kwang-hyok is the 54th most popular soccer player (up from 12,693rd in 2024), the 10th most popular biography from North Korea (up from 146th in 2019) and the most popular North Korean Soccer Player.

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#1

Of the 36 Soccer Players born in North Korea, Ri Kwang-hyok ranks first.

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Ri Kwang-hyok's biography appears in 40 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 89% of all Soccer Players.

Aug 17

Ri Kwang-hyok shares a August 17 birthday with Robert De Niro, Pierre de Fermat, and Charles I of Austria.

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Ri Kwang-hyok's biography was added to 20 new Wikipedia language editions in the past year.

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Among Soccer Players

Among soccer players, Ri Kwang-hyok ranks 53 out of 21,273. Before him are Antonín Panenka, Fernando Santos, Ricardo Zamora, Omar Sívori, Mircea Lucescu, and Pak Sung-hyok. After him are Kim Kyong-il, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Pak Chol-jin, Kim Myong-gil, Filippo Inzaghi, and Takashi Kasahara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Ri Kwang-hyok ranks 2. Before him is Lionel Messi. After him are Novak Djokovic, Luis Suárez, Kendrick Lamar, Elliot Page, Karim Benzema, Lee Min-ho, T.O.P, Sebastian Vettel, Dan Reynolds, and Cesc Fàbregas.

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In North Korea

Among people born in North Korea, Ri Kwang-hyok ranks 10 out of 162. Before him are Taejo of Goryeo (877), Kim Jong-suk (1919), Gwangjong of Goryeo (925), Jeongjong of Joseon (1357), Kim Hyong-jik (1894), and Kim Kyong-il (1988). After him are Pak Sung-hyok (1990), Kim Myong-gil (1984), Pak Chol-jin (1985), Injo of Joseon (1595), Jang Song-thaek (1946), and Kim Yong-nam (1928).

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Among Soccer Players In North Korea

Among soccer players born in North Korea, Ri Kwang-hyok ranks 1. After him are Kim Kyong-il (1988), Pak Sung-hyok (1990), Pak Chol-jin (1985), Kim Myong-gil (1984), Kim Yong-sik (1910), Lee Yoo-hyung (1911), Kim Sung-gan (1912), Pak Doo-ik (1943), Pak Seung-zin (1941), Li Dong-woon (1945), and Kim Jong-hun (1956).

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