Seo Kwan-Soo (; 25 February 1980) is a South Korean

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and

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. He has formerly played for

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in the

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Club career

Seo made his professional debut with Seongnam Ilwha, having joined the club in 2002 from Dankook University. Although he stayed with Seongnam for three seasons, he never featured as a regular at senior level, making only three

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appearances in this period. He transferred to

Daegu FC Daegu FC (Korean: 대구 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Daegu. The club was founded as a community club at the end of 2002, and made their K League 1 debut in 2003. Daegu has played mostly in the K League 1 but was re ...

in 2006, but played only one competitive match for the club, in the League Cup. For 2007, he moved to

Suwon City FC Suwon FC ( ko, 수원 FC; Hanja: 水原 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based Suwon that competes in the K League 1, the top division of South Korea. They play their home games at Suwon Stadium. History Early years: semi-profess ...

, who play in the second tier, semi-professional

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. Following two seasons at Suwon, Seo moved to

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ese

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* * 1980 births Living people Men's association football forwards Men's association football midfielders South Korean men's footballers South Korean expatriate men's footballers Seongnam FC players Daegu FC players Suwon FC players FC Gifu players K League 1 players J2 League players Korea National League players Expatriate men's footballers in Japan South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan Dankook University alumni {{SouthKorea-footy-forward-stub