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His first spell in Germany did not last long. The then completely unknown striker played one game for Darmstadt 98 in December 1978 before returning to South Korea to do his national service. After ending military service, Bummi returned to the Bundesliga. He signed for Eintracht Frankfurt where he won the UEFA Cup with the club in 1980 and the DFB Cup a year later.
Bayer 04 stepped in when the Hessen club was forced to sell players due to financial problems. Leverkusen's coach Dettmar Cramer convinced the exceptional striker to move under the Bayer Cross and the Werkself thereby had their first world-class player in 1983. In the next six years, Bum-kun Cha made 185 Bundesliga appearances for Bayer 04 and he scored 52 goals. The South Korean formed a dangerous strike partnership with Herbert Waas, Leverkusen's first international player, and he also scored seven goals in 15 DFB Cup ties. Bummi netted his most important goal for the Black and Reds on the European stage. On 18 May 1988, playing in the second leg of the UEFA Cup final against Espanyol, he rose into the Leverkusen night air to head home a free kick from Andrzej Buncol to make it 3-0 – extra time, penalties. The first title for Bayer 04.
In his final season at Leverkusen, in 1988/89, Bum-kun Cha, gained his coaching badge and in the 1990s he coached several South Korean teams and he was also the national coach for a year in 1997. The ‘South Korean Beckenbauer’, as Cha was known due to his popularity at home, was voted Asian player of the 20th century by the Asian Football Association. He was the first South Korean player to move to Europe and he paved the way for many of his fellow countrymen. Bum-kun Cha is still a legend in Asia today. Current players like Heung-min Son show him great respect. Bum-kun Cha was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 2019.
The very religious father of three today lives with his wife Un-mi in Seoul. His son Du-ri also played in the Bundesliga including for Eintracht Frankfurt, SC Freiburg and Mainz 05.
Dear Bummi, many happy returns on your 70th birthday. Have a good one and stay healthy.
Heiko Scholz was born on 7 January 1966 in Görlitz. His first club as a youth player was Dynamo Görlitz. From there, he moved up to the sports school in Dresden and played in the youth teams at SG Dynamo Dresden from 1978-1982. Not considered good enough, Scholle, as he was nicknamed, had to leave the sports school to play his last two youth years at ISG Hagenwerder. Via BSG Chemie Leipzig and 1.FC Lokomotive Leipzig, who Heiko won the DDR Pokal with in 1987 and he also reached the European Cup Winners' Cup final (a 1-0 defeat against Ajax), his path finally led him back to his favourite club, Dynamo Dresden. For one million Deutschmarks, the highest transfer fee ever paid for a player in the former GDR, he moved from Lok Leipzig to the capital of Saxony in 1990.
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Stefan Kießling was born on 25 January 1984 in Lichtenfels, Franconia. Even as a young boy, he spent countless hours on the football pitches of his home town, chasing after the ball and dreaming of playing football. His parents supported him, but they bring him up in a down-to-earth manner - hard work, honesty and modesty are values that characterise him from an early age. His talent became apparent early on, but his ambition was even more striking. Kießling always wants to improve, wants to give more than others.
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On Sunday 26 January 1936, the local derby between relegation-threatened BV Wiesdorf and league leaders SSV ‘Bayer’ Leverkusen took place in the first district league of the Rhein-Wupper district. On the old BV Wiesdorf pitch, where the Leverkusen job centre is today, 1,800 spectators gather to watch the match.
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It is Friday, 31 January 1986, the derby in Cologne is coming up and we're full of confidence after the home win against Hamburg SV a week earlier, having turned a 2-0 deficit at the break into a 3-2 victory. In particular, the Greek amateur player Minas Hantzidis, who came on as a half-time substitute, turned the game around. Two goals from Bum-kun Cha and a penalty from Christian Schreier gave us two important points in the battle for a UEFA Cup place. We are one point behind the North Germans in fifth place in the table, six points ahead of our neighbours from Cologne.
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In this video you can see impressive and important goals in Bayer 04 history from the month of January. It's not always about the beauty of the goals, but also a reminder of special games and players.
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