Cho Kwang-rae ( ko, 조광래, born March 19, 1954) is a former

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player and manager. He is the current executive director of

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International career

Cho was selected for the university students' national team for the 1976 World University Football Championship in

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. South Korea advanced to the final after defeating Brazil, Chile and the Netherlands in the championship. In the final against Paraguay, he won a crucial penalty, and Paraguay gave up the match after two Paraguayan players who didn't accept the judgement were sent off for hitting the referee. Cho played for the senior national team in the

1986 FIFA World Cup The 1986 FIFA World Cup was the 13th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Mexico from 31 May to 29 June 1986. The tournament was the second to feature a 24-team format. Colombia ha ...

. Cho contributed to South Korea's draw by providing an assist against

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, but he scored a fatal own goal in the last match that South Korea lost 3–2 to

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. In the 1986 Asian Games, Cho consecutively scored team's first goals in the semi-finals and the final. South Korea won a gold medal in the tournament and Cho selected the final match against

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as the best match in his international career.

Style of play

Cho is regarded as one of the greatest South Korean

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s of all time. Nicknamed the "Computer Linker", Cho showed accurate passing skill and intelligent decision just like a computer calculated.

Career statistics

International

:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''

Honours

Player

Yonsei University * Korean National Championship runner-up: 1974 ROK Army * Korean Semi-professional League (Spring): 1980 *

Korean President's Cup The President's Cup National Football Tournament is a football competition, held by Korea Football Association, for South Korean semi-professional and amateur football clubs. This competition was originally one of major club competitions of So ...

runner-up: 1980 Daewoo Royals *

K League 1 The K League 1 (Hangul: K리그1) is the men's top professional football division of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. History The South Korean professional football league was founded in 1 ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

Korean League Cup The Korean League Cup was a professional football competition in South Korean football. It was held by the K League Federation from 1986 to 2012. Sponsorship Champions List of finals Titles by club K League's principle of official stati ...

runner-up:

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...

: 1985–86 South Korea B *

FISU World University Championships The FISU World University Championships are part of the sporting events of the International University Sports Federation. Launched the FISU World University Championships in 1963, with Lund, Sweden hosting the Handball event. Championships In ...

: 1976 South Korea *

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second oldest cont ...

runner-up:

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

Individual * Korean FA Best XI: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986 * Korean FA Player of the Year: 1981 * K League 1 Best XI: 1983

Manager

Anyang LG Cheetahs *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

runner-up: 1999 *

Korean Super Cup The Korean Super Cup was the annual curtain-raiser to the South Korean football season from 1999 to 2006, and was contested between the champions of K League and Korean FA Cup. It was dropped from the South Korean football calendar in 2007. Afte ...

: 2001 *

runner-up: 2001–02 Gyeongnam FC *

Korean FA Cup The Korean FA Cup is a national football cup knockout competition of South Korea, held annually by the Korea Football Association (KFA). Before the FA Cup was established in 1996, two predecessor competitions named All Joseon Football Tournament ...

runner-up:

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

South Korea *

third place:

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Individual * K League 1 Manager of the Year:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cho, Kwang-Rae 1954 births Living people Association football midfielders South Korean footballers South Korea international footballers South Korean football managers K League 1 players Pohang Steelers players Busan IPark players Busan IPark managers FC Seoul managers Gyeongnam FC managers K League 1 managers 1980 AFC Asian Cup players 1986 FIFA World Cup players 2011 AFC Asian Cup managers People from Jinju Yonsei University alumni Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1978 Asian Games Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games Haman Jo clan Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Sportspeople from South Gyeongsang Province