# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ri-kwang-hyok
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:58:56.099Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ri-kwang-hyok"
name: "Ri Kwang-hyok"
slug: "ri-kwang-hyok"
description: "A name on North Korea's 2010 World Cup squad — one of 23 players registered for the tournament held in South Africa, part of the most isolated national team to reach that stage in decades."
tagline: "North Korean footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ri_Kwang-Hyok.JPG"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1987-08-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.578947368421052
  historical:           17.67401066666667
  currentAttention:     8.771929824561402
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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    slug: "soccer"
  - name: "21st Century"
    slug: "21st-century"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Ri Kwang-hyok was named to North Korea's final 23-man roster for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, submitted by the June 1 deadline after the preliminary 30-player squad was announced in May. The tournament ran from June 11 to July 11 in South Africa, and North Korea's squad was notable for having just one player from a European club — Hong Yong-jo — marking the first World Cup where every participating nation had at least some European representation. Ri's inclusion meant he was among the players subjected to the mandatory rest period from May 17 to 23, and he remained eligible to play until the team's first match, when the injury replacement window closed.