Choi Yong-soo

Choi Yong-soo
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-09-10) September 10, 1973
Place of birth Busan, South Korea
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Seoul
Youth career
1990–1993 Yonsei University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2000 LG Cheetahs / Anyang LG Cheetahs 111 (44)
1997–1998 → Sangmu (military service)
2001–2003 JEF United Ichihara 73 (54)
2004 Kyoto Purple Sanga 33 (20)
2005 Júbilo Iwata 15 (1)
2006 FC Seoul 2 (0)
Total 234 (119)
National team
1992–1993 South Korea U20 9 (4)
1994–1996 South Korea U23 23 (12)
1995–2003 South Korea 69 (27)
Teams managed
2011 FC Seoul (caretaker)
2012–2016 FC Seoul
2016–2017 Jiangsu Suning
2018– FC Seoul
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Choi Yong-soo
Hangul 최용수
Hanja 崔龍洙
Revised Romanization Choe Yongsu
McCune–Reischauer Ch'oe Yongsu

Choi Yong-soo (born September 10, 1973) is a former professional footballer. He spent his professional career playing in Korea and Japan as a striker.

Choi represented South Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1998 FIFA World Cup, and 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Playing career

Club career

Choi played the forward position for FC Seoul in South Korea's K League and other various clubs in Japan's J1 League. He is considered one of the FC Seoul's legends.[1]

International career

Choi has played in 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship and 1996 Summer Olympics and also represented his country at 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup. In Australia and Pakistan, Yong-soo is known as "Younis Choi", given to him in recognition of his low, swerving shots on goal – much like the signature delivery bowled by Pakistani cricketer Waqar Younis.

Managerial career

FC Seoul

He was appointed as assistant coach of FC Seoul in January 2006. In April 2011, he was promoted as the caretaker coach. After leading club to a fifth place, he was named as club's permanent coach in December 2012 and won 2012 K-League.

In July 2015, Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty offered Choi a two-and-a-half-year contract, worth $5 million, but Choi didn't accept it due to loyalty to FC Seoul.[2]

On 22 June 2016, he had a last match as FC Seoul manager.[3]

Jiangsu Suning

On 21 June 2016, he was officially appointed as Jiangsu Suning manager.

FC Seoul

On 11 October 2018, he was officially reappointed as FC Seoul manager.

Statistics

Club career

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Korea Republic League KFA Cup League Cup Asia Total
1994LG CheetahsK League299–61–3510
1995219–72–2811
1996Anyang LG Cheetahs1641061–235
1997SangmuNone–––
1998–––
1999Anyang LG CheetahsK League20123572–3019
2000251094213615
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Asia Total
2001JEF United IchiharaJ1 League26213452–3427
200223164310–2819
200324170020–2617
2004Kyoto Purple SangaJ2 League332010––3420
2005Júbilo IwataJ1 League151001042203
Korea Republic League FA Cup League Cup Asia Total
2006FC SeoulK League200000–20
CountryKorea Republic 113444535102115460
Japan 1217587924214286
Total 2341191212441263296146

National team

[4]

Korea Republic national team
YearAppsGoals
199551
199600
19971511
19982413
199900
200050
200162
200280
200360
Total6927

International goals

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1
January 31, 1995Hong Kong Colombia1 goal1-01995 Carlsberg Cup
3
May 28, 1997Daejeon, South Korea Hong Kong2 goals4-01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4
June 14, 1997Suwon, South Korea Ghana1 goal3-01997 Korea Cup
5
August 24, 1997Daegu, South Korea Tajikistan1 goal4-1Friendly match
8
September 6, 1997Seoul, South Korea Kazakhstan3 goals3-01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
9
September 12, 1997Seoul, South Korea Uzbekistan1 goal2-11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
10
October 11, 1997Almaty, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan1 goal1-11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
12
October 18, 1997Tashkent, Uzbekistan Uzbekistan2 goals5-11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
13
January 27, 1998Bangkok, Thailand Egypt1 goal2-01998 King's Cup
14
January 29, 1998Bangkok, Thailand Thailand1 goal2-01998 King's Cup
15
January 31, 1998Bangkok, Thailand Egypt1 goal1-1 (5-4 PSO)1998 King's Cup
16
February 7, 1998Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand1 goal1-0Friendly match
17
April 18, 1998Skopje, Macedonia Macedonia1 goal2-2Friendly match
18
May 27, 1998Seoul, South Korea Czech Republic1 goal2-2Friendly match
20
December 2, 1998Bangkok, Thailand Turkmenistan2 goals2-31998 Asian Games
22
December 4, 1998Bangkok, Thailand Vietnam2 goals4-01998 Asian Games
24
December 7, 1998Bangkok, Thailand Japan2 goals2-01998 Asian Games
25
December 11, 1998Bangkok, Thailand Kuwait1 goal1-01998 Asian Games
26
September 13, 2001Daejeon, South Korea Nigeria1 goal2-2Friendly match
27
November 13, 2001Gwangju, South Korea Croatia1 goal1-1Friendly match

Managerial statistics

As of 22 June 2016
Team Nation From To Record
G W D L Win % GF GA GD
FC Seoul South Korea 26 April 2011 22 June 2016 266 138 70 58 051.88434278+156
Total 266 138 70 58 051.88434278+156

Honours

Player

LG Cheetahs / Anyang LG Cheetahs / FC Seoul
International

Manager

FC Seoul

Individual

Player

Manager

Personal life

He divorced his wife in November 2006 after a 15-month-long marriage. His former wife, a one-time contestant in a Miss Korea pageant, went through the legal procedures to take half the estate properties under Choi's name per their prenuptial agreement.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "'독수리' 최용수, FC 서울 둥지 복귀" (in Korean). FC Seoul.com. 30 January 2006.
  2. ↑ "'의리'지킨 최용수, FC서울 잔류 "장쑤 안간다"" (in Korean). Yonhap News. 3 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "FC Seoul coach leaves for China, replaced by ex-teammate". english.yonhapnews.co.kr. 21 June 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. ↑ National Team Stats at KFA
  5. ↑ ‘독수리’ 최용수，결혼 15개월 만에 파경
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Kang Chun-ho		 Anyang LG Cheetahs captain
1999–2000		 Succeeded by
Kim Gwi-hwa
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