Yoo Sang-Chul

Yoo Sang-Chul
Personal information
Full name Yoo Sang-Chul
Date of birth October 18, 1971 (1971-10-18) (age 40)
Place of birth Seoul, Republic of Korea
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing position Manager / formerly Central midfielder, Centre back
Club information
Current club Daejeon Citizen
Youth career
1990–1994 Konkuk University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 75 (21)
1999–2000 Yokohama F. Marinos 44 (24)
2001–2002 Kashiwa Reysol 33 (14)
2002–2003 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 18 (12)
2003–2004 Yokohama F. Marinos 36 (6)
2005–2006 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 13 (1)
National team
2004 Korea Republic U-23 (as wild card) 7 (0)
1994–2005 Korea Republic 122 (18)
Teams managed
2006– UBI FC
2009–2011 Chuncheon Tech Mech HS
2011– Daejeon Citizen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 April 2007.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2007
Yoo Sang-Chul
Hangul 유상철
Hanja 柳相鐵
Revised Romanization Yu Sang-cheol
McCune–Reischauer Yu Sang-ch'ŏl

Yoo Sang-Chul (born October 18, 1971) is a South Korean football manager and former football player. He is currently the manager of K-League team Daejeon Citizen.

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Profile

Yoo was one of Korea's most influential players over the last decade. He was known as a powerful and versatile midfielder with strong aerial ability, even though his versatility actually allowed him to shine in just about any area of the field, from defence to attack, but his coaches believed his all-round ability was best deployed in the center of the midfield, where he could patrol the middle of the park with presence and authority.

Yoo had the ability to spark an attack with his incisive distribution and was also strong defensively as well as physically.

The highly-rated midfielder was offered a trial with Barcelona in 1998 for his impressive performances during the 1998 World Cup group stages. However, he missed out on that possible move to Europe because his club Ulsan Hyundai had already agreed a contract-binding deal to sell Yoo to Yokohama Marinos. He moved briefly to join Kashiwa Reysol's Korean trio in 2001 but Marinos brought the versatile Korean back to Yokohama in 2003.

He was part of the South Korean 2004 Olympic football team, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners Paraguay.

He scored two goals for Korea in FIFA World Cup, one in 1998 against Belgium and another in 2002 against Poland. He played a key part of the Korean National Football Team when Korea reached the semi-finals in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He also has a blind eye, in which he kept secret. He publicly told everyone at a Korean T.V. talk show.

On 17 July 2011, He was appointed manager of Daejeon Citizen.[1]

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
1994 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i K-League 20 5 - 6 0 - 26 5
1995 26 1 - 7 1 - 33 2
1996 2 0 ? ? 4 1 ? ?
1997 7 1 ? ? 10 0 ? ?
1998 20 14 ? ? 3 1 ? ?
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
1999 Yokohama F. Marinos J. League Division 1 22 7 3 1 3 0 - 28 8
2000 22 17 3 0 6 4 - 31 21
2001 Kashiwa Reysol J. League Division 1 24 9 1 0 0 0 - 25 9
2002 9 5 0 0 0 0 - 9 5
South Korea League KFA Cup League Cup Asia Total
2002 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i K-League 8 9 ? ? 0 0 -
2003 10 3 0 0 - - 10 3
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2003 Yokohama F. Marinos J. League Division 1 17 6 2 0 3 0 - 22 6
2004 19 0 1 0 2 0 4 1 26 1
South Korea League KFA Cup League Cup Asia Total
2005 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i K-League 12 1 0 0 6 0 - 18 1
2006 1 0 0 0 0 0 ? ?
Total South Korea 106 34 36 3
Japan 113 44 10 1 15 4 4 1 142 50
Career total 219 78 51 7

International career statistics

[2]

South Korea national team
Year Apps Goals
1994 10 1
1995 8 0
1996 5 1
1997 21 7
1998 24 3
1999 2 0
2000 10 0
2001 8 3
2002 16 1
2003 9 1
2004 5 1
2005 5 0
Total 123 18

International goals

Results list Korea Republic's goal tally first.
Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
October 11, 1994 Hiroshima  Japan 1 goal 3-2 1994 Asian Games
April 30, 1996 Tel Aviv  Israel 1 goal 5-4 Friendly match
January 25, 1997 Sydney  New Zealand 1 goal 3-1 1997 Opus Tournament
May 21, 1997 Tokyo  Japan 1 goal 1-1 Friendly match
May 28, 1997 Daejeon  Hong Kong 1 goal 4-0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
June 12, 1997 Seoul  Egypt 1 goal 3-1 1997 Korea Cup
August 24, 1997 Daegu  Tajikistan 1 goal 4-1 Friendly match
October 4, 1997 Seoul  United Arab Emirates 1 goal 3-0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
October 18, 1997 Tashkent  Uzbekistan 1 goal 5-1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
June 25, 1998 Paris  Belgium 1 goal 1-1 1998 FIFA World Cup
December 9, 1998 Bangkok  United Arab Emirates 1 goal 2-1 1998 Asian Games
December 14, 1998 Bangkok  Thailand 1 goal 1-2 1998 Asian Games
February 11, 2001 Dubai  United Arab Emirates 1 goal 4-1 2001 Emarate Cup
June 1, 2001 Ulsan  Mexico 1 goal 2-1 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
December 9, 2001 Seogwipo  United States 1 goal 1-0 Friendly match
June 4, 2002 Busan  Poland 1 goal 2-0 2002 FIFA World Cup
December 8, 2003 Saitama  China PR 1 goal 1-0 2003 East Asian Cup
June 5, 2004 Daegu  Turkey 1 goal 2-1 Friendly match

Honours

Club

Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
Yokohama F. Marinos

Individual

References

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Awards
Preceded by
Kim Hyun-Seok
K-League Top Scorer
1998
Succeeded by
Saša Drakulić