Choi Jin-cheul

Choi Jin-cheul
Hangul	최진철
Hanja	崔眞喆
Revised Romanization	Choe Jin-cheol
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Chin-ch'ŏl

Choi Jin-Cheul
최진철
Personal information
Full name	Choi Jin-Cheul
Date of birth	March 26, 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Jindo, Jeonnam, South Korea
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Pohang Steelers (Manager)
Youth career
1990–1995	Soongsil University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–2007	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Total
International career‡
1997–2006	South Korea
Managerial career
2008–2011	Gangwon FC (Coach)
2014–2015	South Korea U17
2016–	Pohang Steelers
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 October 2007; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 October 2007

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Choi Jin-Cheul (born March 26, 1971) is a South Korean football player, who played for the K-League team Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

Choi made 65 appearances for the South Korea national football team.^[1] He usually played as centre-back and made a very strong team with Hong Myung-Bo and Kim Tae-Young during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. As the oldest player of the Korean Nation Team for World Cup 2006, Choi has been an influential and strongly reliable defender throughout his World Cup career (2002, 2006). Before the World Cup, he had already announced his retirement from the national team after the tournament.

Honors

Club

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Korean FA Cup champion : 2000, 2003, 2005
Korean FA Cup runner-up : 1999
Korean Super Cup champion : 2004
Korean Super Cup runner-up : 2001, 2006
AFC Champions League champion : 2005
Asian Cup Winners Cup runner-up : 2002

Individual

K-League Best XI : 2002, 2003, 2006 (all DF)
K-League All-Star Game : 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Club career statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
South Korea			League		KFA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
1996	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	K-League	27	0	?	?	2	1	-
1997			9	0	?	?	12	2	-
1998			11	6	?	?	16	2	-
1999			26	7	?	?	9	2	-
2000			25	2	?	?	7	1	-
2001			21	0	?	?	4	0	?	?
2002			23	0	?	?	1	0	?	?
2003			33	1	4	0	-		-		37	1
2004			17	1	2	0	4	1	?	?
2005			19	0	2	0	11	1	-		32	1
2006			16	1	0	0	4	0	10	1	30	2
2007			14	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	18	1
Total	South Korea		241	18			71	10
Career total			241	18			71	10

International goals

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
January 30, 2002	Pasadena	Costa Rica	1 goal	1-3	2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
July 10, 2004	Gwangju	Bahrain	1 goal	2-0	Friendly match
October 13, 2004	Beirut	Lebanon	1 goal	1-1	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification
November 16, 2005	Seoul	Serbia and Montenegro	1 goal	2-0	Friendly match