SOCCER PLAYER

Yang Song-guk

1944 - Today

Yang Song-guk

Yang Song-guk (Korean: 양성국; born 19 August 1944) is a North Korean football forward who played for North Korea in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. There he scored against Portugal in the Quarter-finals at Goodison Park. He also played for Kigwancha Pyongyang. He also competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yang Song-guk is the 1,576th most popular soccer player (up from 1,827th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from North Korea (down from 98th in 2019) and the 10th most popular North Korean Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yang Song-guk ranks 1,576 out of 21,273. Before him are Elek Schwartz, Franz Roth, Zoilo Saldombide, Kálmán Mészöly, Orvar Bergmark, and Rafinha. After him are Afonsinho, David Kipiani, John Hansen, José Augusto, Nobuko Jashima, and Manuel Velázquez.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

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Elek Schwartz
1908 - 2000
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 1,574
Franz Roth
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 1,575
Zoilo Saldombide
1905 - 1981
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 1,576
Kálmán Mészöly
1941 - 2022
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 1,577
Orvar Bergmark
1930 - 2004
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 1,578
Rafinha
1993 - Present
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 1,579
Yang Song-guk
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 1,580
Afonsinho
1914 - 1997
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 1,581
David Kipiani
1951 - 2001
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 1,582
John Hansen
1924 - 1990
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 1,583
José Augusto
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 1,584
Nobuko Jashima
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 1,585
Manuel Velázquez
1943 - 2016
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 1,586

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Yang Song-guk ranks 359. Before him are Marvin Hamlisch, Aleksandr Serebrov, José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, Jan-Carl Raspe, Orhan Gencebay, and Manuela Carmena. After him are Susan Howard, Peter Jason, Jim Gray, Ard Schenk, Kevin Ayers, and Peter Lynch.

Others Born in 1944

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Marvin Hamlisch
COMPOSER
1944 - 2012
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 353
Aleksandr Serebrov
ASTRONAUT
1944 - 2013
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 354
José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 355
Jan-Carl Raspe
EXTREMIST
1944 - 1977
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 356
Orhan Gencebay
MUSICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 357
Manuela Carmena
POLITICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 358
Yang Song-guk
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 359
Susan Howard
ACTOR
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 360
Peter Jason
ACTOR
1944 - 2025
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 361
Jim Gray
POLITICIAN
1944 - 2007
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 362
Ard Schenk
SKATER
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 363
Kevin Ayers
SINGER
1944 - 2013
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 364
Peter Lynch
BUSINESSPERSON
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 365