Former Celt has his contract terminated

Cha Du-Ri has had his contract terminated by Fortuna Dusseldorf.

The South Korean internationalist signed a two year contract with Dusseldorf last summer following a two year stint at Celtic.

Cha started just one match for Dusseldorf but made nine appearances as a substitute, mainly in midfield, but failed to settle with his wife and two children moving to Korea.

Dusseldorf twice gave Cha special leave before his contract was  terminated the contract last week.

Cha made 35 starts during his two seasons at Celtic during which he retained his place in the South Korea national team.

Despite playing a significant part in an SPL and Scottish Cup success he is probably best remembered for three reasons during his time at Celtic:

a) Some amazing television adverts

b) An incredible own goal scored for Rennes in the Europa League

c) His smile!

Cha is expected to resume his career in South Korea where he has hero status as a member of the 2002 World Cup squad which reached the semi-finals.

Eight years later he played in the South African World Cup before joining Celtic where he teamed up with Ki Sung-Yeung.

In his first season at Celtic he shared the right-back berth with Mark Wilson and competed with Adam Matthews last term.

Following the own goal in Rennes Neil Lennon said: “The two guys involved showed great character. Cha had a great second half and Forster made some wonderful saves.

“Away from home, no matter who you are, you need your goalkeeper to make some good saves at crucial moments and he did that for us tonight having come out in the second half probably feeling as low as he can get.”

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