Choi Jin-Cheul

Choi Jin-Cheul
Personal information
Full name Choi Jin-Cheul
Date of birth March 26, 1971 (1971-03-26) (age 40)
Place of birth Jindo, Jeonnam, South Korea
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back (retired)
Club information
Current club Daejeon Citizen
Youth career
1990–1995 Soongsil University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1996–2007 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 241 (18)
National team‡
1997–2006 South Korea 65 (4)
Teams managed
2008–2011 Gangwon FC (Coach)
2012– Daejeon Citizen (Coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 October 2007.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21 October 2007
Choi Jin-Cheul
Hangul 최진철
Hanja 崔眞喆
Revised Romanization Choe Jin-cheol
McCune–Reischauer Ch'oe Chin-ch'ŏl
This is a Korean name; the family name is Choi.

Choi Jin-Cheul (born March 26, 1971) is a South Korean football player, who played for the K-League team Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

Choi made 65 appearances for the South Korea national football team.[1] He usually played as centre-back and made a very strong team with Hong Myung-Bo and Kim Tae-Young during the World Cup 2002. As the oldest player of the Korean Nation Team for World Cup 2006, Choi has been an influential and strongly reliable defender throughout his World Cup career (2002, 2006). Before the World Cup, he had already announced his retirement from the national team after the tournament.

Contents

Honors

Club

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Individual

Club career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
South Korea League KFA Cup League Cup Asia Total
1996 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors K-League 27 0 ? ? 2 1 -
1997 9 0 ? ? 12 2 -
1998 11 6 ? ? 16 2 -
1999 26 7 ? ? 9 2 -
2000 25 2 ? ? 7 1 -
2001 21 0 ? ? 4 0 ? ?
2002 23 0 ? ? 1 0 ? ?
2003 33 1 4 0 - - 37 1
2004 17 1 2 0 4 1 ? ?
2005 19 0 2 0 11 1 - 32 1
2006 16 1 0 0 4 0 10 1 30 2
2007 14 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 18 1
Total South Korea 241 18 71 10
Career total 241 18 71 10

International goals

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
January 30, 2002 Pasadena  Costa Rica 1 goal 1-3 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
July 10, 2004 Gwangju  Bahrain 1 goal 2-0 Friendly match
October 13, 2004 Beirut  Lebanon 1 goal 1-1 2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification
November 16, 2005 Seoul  Serbia and Montenegro 1 goal 2-0 Friendly match

References

  1. ^ Mamrud, Roberto (2009-07-16). "South Korea - Record International Players". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/skor-recintlp.html. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 

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