Choe Myong-Ho

Choe Myong-Ho
Personal information
Full name Choe Myong-Ho
Date of birth July 3, 1988 (1988-07-03) (age 23)
Place of birth Pyongyang, North Korea
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Pyongyang CSG
Number 10
Youth career
2003-2004 Kyonggongop
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2005-2006 Kyonggongop 20 (3)
2006–2008 Krylia Sovetov Samara 1 (0)
2009- Pyongyang CSG 27 (12)
National team
2004-2006 North Korea U-17 10 (5)
2008- North Korea[1] 5 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
This is a Korean name; the family name is Choe.

Choe Myong-Ho (Chosŏn'gŭl: 최명호, Hanja: 崔敏鎬; born 3 July 1988 in Pyongyang[2]) is a North Korean footballer, who currently plays for Pyongyang City Sports Group.

Career

Choe was one of the first native North Koreans to join a club abroad, Krylia Sovetov Samara of Russian Premier League, and the first to play in Russia.[3]

He was selected as the 2005 AFC Youth Player of the Year.[4]

Before moving to Russia, Choe Myong-Ho had played for the Ministry of Light Industry team (Kyonggongop) in the DPR Korea League of his native country.[5]

Due to his remarkable skills and talent the player has been called the "North Korean Ronaldo".[6]

Despite moving to the Russian club in 2006, Choe only made his full debut for the first team on June 27, 2007, in the Russian Cup, as Krylia Sovetov lost to KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, by a single goal.[7]

One of his teammates at Samara was Oh Beom-Seok who is from the South Korea.

Choe wasn't registered by Krylia to play in the 2009 season.[8]

International career

He was a member of his country's U-17 national team,[9] Choe Myong-Ho took part in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship (scoring three times in four games) and the AFC U-17 Championship 2006,[5] where his side finished runners-up.

References

  1. ^ Choe Myong-Ho at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ Эпштейн, Арнольд. "Северные корейцы учат русский, стоят на голове и ждут документы с родины" (in Russian). Спорт-Экспресс. http://www.kc-camapa.ru/cgi-bin/prntxt.cgi?20060830,1,1,,6323-6324,6323-6324. Retrieved 2006-10-29. 
  3. ^ Tertitskii, Fedor (2009-02-02). "North Korean Footballers in Russia". The Daily NK. http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=4510. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
  4. ^ "AFC Player of the Year Awards Al Montashari scoops top Asian award". FIFA.com. 2006-12-01. http://access.fifa.com/en/article/0,4151,111818,00.html. Retrieved 2006-10-29. 
  5. ^ a b "Interview with Chief Manager and Players of DPRK U-17". 2005. http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/222th_issue/2005102907.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-29. 
  6. ^ Прияткина, Мария (2006-08-28). "Северокорейский Рональдо в Самаре" (in Russian). Самарский Футбол. http://www.kc-camapa.ru/cgi-bin/prntxt.cgi?20060828,40,6,,,6323-6324. Retrieved 2006-10-29. 
  7. ^ (Russian) Profile at the official Krylia Sovetov site
  8. ^ "Крылья Советов (Самара) - Заявка клуба - Сезон 2009" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. http://www.rfpl.org/clubs.shtml?team=10&act=squad&year=2009. Retrieved 2009-09-27. 
  9. ^ Choe Myong-Ho – FIFA competition record
1 Ri Myong-Guk • 2 Cha Jong-Hyok • 3 Ri Jun-Il • 4 Pak Nam-Chol • 5 Ri Kwang-Chon • 6 Choe Myong-Ho • 7 Ryang Yong-Gi • 8 Ji Yun-Nam • 9 Jong Tae-Se • 10 Hong Yong-Jo (c) • 11 Mun In-Guk • 12 Jon Kwang-Ik • 13 Pak Chol-Jin • 14 Pak Nam-Chol • 15 Kim Yong-Jun • 16 Choe Kum-Chol • 17 An Yong-Hak • 18 Kim Myong-Gil • 19 An Chol-Hyok • 20 Ri Kwang-Hyok • 21 Pak Chol-Min • 22 Ri Kwang-Il • 23 Kim Kuk-Jin • Coach: Jo Tong-Sop