Cho Byung-kuk (; born July 1, 1981) is a South Korean international
football
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player current assistant coach of
Indonesia
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.
Career
Cho began his professional career in 2002 with
K-League
K League (Hangul: K리그) is South Korea's professional football league. It includes first division K League 1 and second division K League 2.
History
Until the 1970s, South Korean football operated two major football leagues, the National S ...
club
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
''(The Blue, White and Reds)''Tricolor''
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, ground = Suwon World Cup Stadium
, capacity = 44,031
, owner = Cheil Worldwide(Samsung's subsidiary)
, chairma ...
. He moved to
Chunnam Dragons
The Jeonnam Dragons (Korean: 전남 드래곤즈) are a South Korean professional football club based in the city of Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. The Dragons play thei ...
at the end of the 2004 season in a swap deal which saw
Kim Nam-Il move to Suwon. In August 2005, he joined
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
Seongnam () is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential city ...
.
He was part of the
South Korea football team in
2004 Summer Olympics
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, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners
Paraguay
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.
In May 2010, he left team to do
military service
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Some nations (e.g., Mexico) require a ...
.
On 10 January 2014, Cho transferred to
Chinese Super League
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side
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
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and becomes the first ever South Korean player in history of the Chinese club.
Club statistics
International goals
:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''
See also
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List of Koreans
:''This is a list of notable Koreans or notable people of Korean descent.''
In Korean names, the family name is placed first (for example, the family name of "Park Ji-Sung" is "Park"), unless the person has decided to Westernize their name.
Art ...
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South Korea national football team
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References
External links
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Cha Du-ri – National Team stats at KFA
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1981 births
Living people
Association football defenders
South Korean footballers
South Korean expatriate footballers
South Korea international footballers
Suwon Samsung Bluewings players
Seongnam FC players
Vegalta Sendai players
Júbilo Iwata players
Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players
Gyeongnam FC players
Suwon FC players
K League 1 players
K League 2 players
J1 League players
Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers of South Korea
Expatriate footballers in Japan
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Expatriate footballers in China
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in China
Sportspeople from Ulsan
Yonsei University alumni
Chinese Super League players
Cho Byung-kuk
Cho Byung-kuk (; born July 1, 1981) is a South Korean international football player current assistant coach of Indonesia.
Career
Cho began his professional career in 2002 with K-League club Suwon Samsung Bluewings. He moved to Chunnam Dragon ...
Expatriate footballers in Thailand
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
Cho Byung-kuk
Cho Byung-kuk (; born July 1, 1981) is a South Korean international football player current assistant coach of Indonesia.
Career
Cho began his professional career in 2002 with K-League club Suwon Samsung Bluewings. He moved to Chunnam Dragon ...
Asian Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games