Li Chan-myung (a.k.a. Ri Chan Myong; ; born 2 January 1947) is a North Korean former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

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who played for

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

in the

1966 FIFA World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 to 30 July 1966. England defeated West Germany 4–2 in the 1966 FI ...

.Copa do Mundo da FIFA Inglaterra 1966
He also played for

Kigwancha Sports Club Kigwancha Sports Club or Kigwancha Sports Team (; ), known as Sinuiju Locomotive Sports Club is a North Korean sports club, multi-sports club belonging to the Korean State Railway and based in Sinuiju. It was established on 11 January 1956, and h ...

, which is based in

Sinuiju Sinŭiju (; ) is a city in North Korea which faces Dandong, Liaoning, China, across the international border of the Yalu River. It is the capital of North Pyongan Province, North P'yŏngan province. Part of the city is included in the Sinuiju Spe ...

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Living people 1947 births North Korean men's footballers North Korea men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers 1966 FIFA World Cup players {{NorthKorea-footy-bio-stub