![]() ![]() While playing for the national team in the 1978 Korea Cup, Cha attracted the attention of an Eintracht Frankfurt coach Dieter Schulte, who had received an invitation to serve as an scout/observer at that tournament. Cha originally had a plan to enlist in the Navy FC, but the ROK Air Force persuaded him that it would move his discharge up by six months. In October 1976, he joined Air Force FC to serve his mandatory military service. He led his team to the title and was named the best player in the spring season of the Korean Semi-professional League. After his graduation, he started his senior career with Korea Trust Bank FC in 1976. He became a notable player of Kyungshin High School, and was selected for the South Korean under-20 team in 1970.Ĭlub career Career in South Korea Ĭha entered Korea University in 1972, and won the Korean National Championship in 1974, the predecessor of the Korean FA Cup. In his high school days, he tried to leave school due to older students' violence, but continued to play football with the manager Chang Woon-soo's help. He started his football career by transferring to Kyungshin Middle School after playing field hockey for Yeongdo for one and a half years. He originally joined Yeongdo Middle School to learn football, but the school's football club was dissolved as soon as he joined there. ![]() Īfter his retirement, he opened a football academy to develop youth players in South Korea, and managed the national team for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.Ĭha was born in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi. He scored a total of 121 goals in two Bundesliga clubs, and won the UEFA Cup with each team. ![]() After dominating Asian competitions including the 1978 Asian Games, he left for West Germany and played for Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen. He is the youngest player to ever reach 100 international caps in the world at 24 years and 35 days, and the all-time leading goalscorer of the South Korean national team with 58 goals. In 1972, Cha had been capped for the South Korea national team as the youngest player of the time at the age of 18. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Asian footballers of all time. He showed explosive pace and powerful shots with his thick thighs. Cha Bum-kun ( Korean: 차범근 Korean pronunciation: or born ) is a South Korean former football manager and player, nicknamed Tscha Bum or "Cha Boom" in Germany because of his thunderous ball striking ability. ![]()
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