Yoo Sang-chul

	Yoo Sang-chul
Hangul	유상철
Hanja	柳想鐵
Revised Romanization	Yu Sang-cheol
McCune–Reischauer	Yu Sang-ch'ŏl

Yoo Sang-chul
유상철
Personal information
Full name	Yoo Sang-chul
Date of birth	October 18, 1971 (age 45)
Place of birth	Seoul, Republic of Korea
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Central midfielder
Youth career
1990–1994	Konkuk University
Senior career*
National team‡
Teams managed
2006–	Yoobi FC
2009–2011	Chuncheon Tech Mech High School
2011–2012	Daejeon Citizen
2014–	Ulsan University
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 May 2007.; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2007

Yoo Sang-chul (born October 18, 1971) is a South Korean football manager and former football player. He is current manager of Ulsan University.

Profile[edit]

Weight: 78 kg
First Int'l Cap: USA (March 5, 1994)

Yoo was one of Korea's most influential players over the last decade. He was known as a powerful and versatile midfielder with strong aerial ability, even though his versatility actually allowed him to shine in just about any area of the field, from defence to attack, but his coaches believed his all-round ability was best deployed in the center of the midfield, where he could patrol the middle of the park with presence and authority.

Yoo had the ability to spark an attack with his incisive distribution and was also strong defensively as well as physically.

The highly rated midfielder was offered a trial with Barcelona in 1998 for his impressive performances during the 1998 World Cup group stages. However, he missed out on that possible move to Europe because his club Ulsan Hyundai had already agreed a contract-binding deal to sell Yoo to Yokohama F. Marinos. He moved briefly to join Kashiwa Reysol's Korean trio in 2001 but Marinos brought the versatile Korean back to Yokohama in 2003.

He was part of the South Korean 2004 Olympic football team, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners Paraguay.

He scored two goals for Korea in FIFA World Cup, one in 1998 against Belgium and another in 2002 against Poland. He played a key part of the Korean National Football Team when Korea reached the semi-finals in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He also has a blind eye, in which he kept secret. He publicly told everyone at a Korean T.V. talk show.

On 17 July 2011, he was appointed manager of Daejeon Citizen. His management at Daejeon Citizen was successful in order to survive the K-league classic. Many fans wanted him to stay with Daejeon Citizen for longer but his contract had expired. The club asked for him to renew the contract but the two parties could not agree on some conditions. In 2013, Ulsan University which is one of the strongest Korean university football clubs asked to be manager. He started coaching again from the 2014 season.^[1]

Club statistics[edit]

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
1994	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	K-League	20	5	-		6	0	-		26	5
1995			26	1	-		7	1	-		33	2
1996			2	0	?	?	4	1	?	?
1997			7	1	?	?	10	0	?	?
1998			20	14	?	?	3	1	?	?
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
1999	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	22	7	3	1	3	0	-		28	8
2000	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	22	17	3	0	6	4	-		31	21
2001	Kashiwa Reysol	J1 League	24	9	1	0	0	0	-		25	9
2002	Kashiwa Reysol	J1 League	9	5	0	0	0	0	-		9	5
South Korea			League		KFA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2002	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	K-League	8	9	?	?	0	0	-
2003	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	K-League	10	3	0	0	-		-		10	3
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2003	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	17	6	2	0	3	0	-		22	6
2004	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	19	0	1	0	2	0	4	1	26	1
South Korea			League		KFA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2005	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	K-League	12	1	0	0	6	0	-		18	1
2006	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	K-League	1	0	0	0	0	0	?	?
Total	South Korea		106	34			36	3
Total	Japan		113	44	10	1	15	4	4	1	142	50
Career total			219	78			51	7

National team statistics[edit]

^[2]

Korea Republic national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1994	10	1
1995	8	0
1996	5	1
1997	21	7
1998	24	3
1999	2	0
2000	11	0
2001	8	3
2002	16	1
2003	9	1
2004	5	1
2005	5	0
Total	124	18

International goals[edit]

Results list Korea Republic's goal tally first.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
October 11, 1994	Hiroshima	Japan	1 goal	3-2	1994 Asian Games
April 30, 1996	Tel Aviv	Israel	1 goal	5-4	Friendly match
January 25, 1997	Sydney	New Zealand	1 goal	3-1	1997 Opus Tournament
May 21, 1997	Tokyo	Japan	1 goal	1-1	Friendly match
May 28, 1997	Daejeon	Hong Kong	1 goal	4-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
June 12, 1997	Seoul	Egypt	1 goal	3-1	1997 Korea Cup
August 24, 1997	Daegu	Tajikistan	1 goal	4-1	Friendly match
October 4, 1997	Seoul	United Arab Emirates	1 goal	3-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
October 18, 1997	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	1 goal	5-1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
June 25, 1998	Paris	Belgium	1 goal	1-1	1998 FIFA World Cup
December 9, 1998	Bangkok	United Arab Emirates	1 goal	2-1	1998 Asian Games
December 14, 1998	Bangkok	Thailand	1 goal	1-2	1998 Asian Games
February 11, 2001	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	1 goal	4-1	2001 Dubai Tournament
June 1, 2001	Ulsan	Mexico	1 goal	2-1	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
December 9, 2001	Seogwipo	United States	1 goal	1-0	Friendly match
June 4, 2002	Busan	Poland	1 goal	2-0	2002 FIFA World Cup
December 8, 2003	Saitama	China PR	1 goal	1-0	2003 East Asian Cup
June 5, 2004	Daegu	Turkey	1 goal	2-1	Friendly match