Career
Ri represented his country North of Korea at the 2007 Fédération internationale de football association U-17 World Cup in South of Korea. Ri began his career for Sobaeksu Sports Group and signed in July 2009 for Football Club Dinaburg. After the club"s elimination from Virsliga in 2009 he became an unrestricted free agent and joined Football Club Daugava.
In August 2010 he left Daugava.
On 7 May 2011, he signed for Football Club Vestsjælland who plays in the Danish 1st Division. In 2012 he signed for Muangthong United but was loan to Singhtarua F.C. and he was one of the main players in the team.In December 2012 he was called up for the North of Korea national football team Foreign the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup and was the top scorer with 4 goals but did not manage to take them to the last round.
