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South Korean football legend Cha Bum-kun has received the Federal Cross of Merit from the German government for his contribution to the relationship between the two countries.
The decoration from German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was delivered to Cha in a ceremony at the German Embassy in Seoul on Friday.
Scoring 98 goals in 308 matches while playing in the Bundesliga from 1978 to 1989, he was rated as one of the best Asian players in the top German league.
The order of merit is the highest tribute Germany can pay to a foreign civilian.
Late former President Kim Dae-jung and late Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan also received the order of merit.■
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