Han Kwang-song.

Han Kwang-song is genuinely one of the most fascinating stories in modern football, and I mean that with zero exaggeration. This guy grew up in Pyongyang — North Korea, one of the most isolated countries on the planet — and somehow ended up signing with Cagliari in 2017, becoming the very first North Korean to play in Serie A. He scored on his debut. His debut! As a teenager! The audacity of that is just extraordinary when you stop to think about what it took to even get to that moment. Everything about his personal life is understandably guarded, which makes sense given his background, but every time he steps onto a pitch for the North Korea national team you're watching someone who carries a weight and a story that no other footballer in the world quite shares. I follow him quietly and I think about how wild that journey must actually be.

Name (English)

Han Kwang-song.

Name (Japanese)

韓光宋

Reading

はん・ぐぁんそん

Born

September 11, 1998 (age 27)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Tiger

Origin

Pyongyang, North Korea

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/han.k.s.32/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9F%93%E5%85%89%E6%88%90

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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