Cho Byung-kuk (; born July 1, 1981) is a South Korean international

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player current assistant coach of

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

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'' , short name = SSB , image = , caption = , founded = , 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 The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners

Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

. In May 2010, he left team to do

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. On 10 January 2014, Cho transferred to

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Association Super League, commonly known as Chinese Super League or CSL, currently known as the China Ping An Chinese Football Association Super League for sponsorship reasons, is the highest tier of professional football in ...

side

Shanghai Greenland Shenhua Shanghai Shenhua F.C. () is a Chinese professional football club that participates in the Chinese Super League under license from the Chinese Football Association (CFA). The term ''shen hua'' literally translates as "the Flower of Shanghai" in E ...

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.''

References

External links

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Cha Du-ri – National Team stats at KFA
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cho, Byung-Kuk 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

Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games

Career

Club statistics

International goals

See also

References

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