Cha Du-ri

Cha Du-ri (Korean: 차두리; Korean pronunciation: [tɕʰa.du.ɾi] or [tɕʰa] [tu.ɾi]; born 25 July 1980) is a South Korean professional manager and former footballer. He played as a right back, right winger, or striker. Born in Germany, he is the first Korean player who was born outside of Korea to have played in a FIFA World Cup. During the third-place match of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup against Uzbekistan, Cha captained the national team in place of the regular Korean captain, Park Ji-sung.

Cha also played for one of his father Cha Bum-kun's clubs, Eintracht Frankfurt.

Cha was born in Frankfurt am Main in then-West Germany, when his father Cha Bum-kun was playing in the German Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt. He spent his childhood in Germany while his father was playing for Frankfurt and later for Bayer Leverkusen. Cha lived in West Germany until he moved to South Korea when he was ten. Growing up, Cha was described by his father as having "a very optimistic mindset" and being "open and honest".

Cha started out at Korea University before beginning his club career in Germany, starting at Bayer Leverkusen, which he joined on 28 July 2002. However, he did not get straight into the first team at Bayer Leverkusen instead getting loaned out to Arminia Bielefeld for the 2002–03 season.

On 11 September 2002, he made his Arminia Bielefield debut in his first start, a 1–1 draw against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Since then, Cha established himself in the first team at Arminia Bielefield. On 25 January 2003, he scored his first goal for the club, as well as setting up a goal, in a 2–2 draw against Werder Bremen. Later in the 2002–03 season, Cha made 22 appearances and scored once for the club.^{[citation needed]}

Despite Arminia Bielefield's interest to keep him on for a second term, Cha opted to join Eintracht Frankfurt instead on a two-year loan deal.

Cha made his Eintracht Frankfurt debut in the opening game of the season, in a 3–1 loss against Bayern Munich. Since making his debut for Eintracht Frankfurt, Cha began to play as a striker and remained in the first team despite struggling to score. On 22 February 2004, he scored his first Eintracht Frankfurt goal, in a 2–1 win over Hertha BSC. After finishing the season, which saw the club relegated to 2. Bundesliga, Cha made 33 appearances and scored once in all competitions. Following this, he joined the club on a permanent basis in the summer, signing a two–year contract, keeping him until 2006.

After missing a game at the start of the season due to international commitments, Cha's first game after signing for Eintracht Frankfurt on a permanent basis came on 15 August 2004, coming on as a substitute in the second half, in a 2–1 win over Karlsruher SC. Cha scored his first goal on 22 September 2004, in a 4–2 win over Greuther Fürth in the second round of the DFB-Pokal. By the end of 2004, Cha scored two more goals against LR Ahlen on 26 October 2004 and against Wacker Burghausen on 10 December 2004. Cha later scored six more goals later in the season against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, SpVgg Unterhaching, Erzgebirge Aue, Eintracht Trier (twice) and Rot-Weiß Erfurt. After helping the club achieve promotion back into the top flight, Cha went on to finish the 2004–05 season, making 32 appearances and scoring nine times in all competitions.