Choi Yong-soo

Choi Yong-soo

Personal information
Date o birth	(1973-09-10) 10 September 1973 (age 51)
Place o birth	Busan, Sooth Korea
Hicht	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Playin poseetion	Manager (Umwhile Forrit)
Club information
Current team	FC Seoul (manager)
Hauflin career
1992–1993	Yonsei Varsity
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)
2004–2005	Kyoto Purple Sanga	33	(20)
2005	Júbilo Iwata	15	(1)
2006	FC Seoul	2	(0)
Total		234	(119)
Naitional team
1993	Sooth Korea U-20	9	(4)
1994–1996	Sooth Korea U-23	34	(18)
1995–2003	Sooth Korea	69	(27)
Teams manisht
2006–2011	FC Seoul (assistant)
2011–	FC Seoul
* Senior club appearances an goals coontit for the domestic league anerly

Choi Yong-soo
Hangul	최용수
Hanja	崔龍洙
Revised Romanisation	Choe Yongsu
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Yongsu

Choi Yong-soo (born 10 September 1973) is a umwhile profeesional fitbawer an current manager o FC Seoul. He spent his profeesional career playin in Korea an Japan as a striker.

Choi representit Sooth Korea at the 1996 Simmer Olympics, 1998 FIFA Warld Cup, an 2002 FIFA Warld Cup.

Choi played the forward poseetion for LG Cheetahs / Anyang LG Cheetahs / FC Seoul in Sooth Korea's K League Classic an ither various clubs in Japan's J-League. He is considered ane o the FC Seoul's legends.

Choi haes played in 1996 Simmer Olympics an representit his kintra at 1998 an 2002 FIFA Warld Cup. In Australie an Pakistan, Choi is kent as "Younis Choi", gien tae him in recogneetion o his law, swervin shots on goal - hintle lik the signature delivery bouled bi Pakistani cricketer Waqar Younis.

He wis appointit as assistant coach o FC Seoul in Januar 2006. In Apryle 2011, he wis promotit as the caretaker coach. Efter leadin club tae a fift place, he wis namit as club's permanent coach in Dizember 2012 an wan the 2012 K-League.

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Tot
Saison	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Korea Republic			League		KFA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Tot
1994	LG Cheetahs	K League	29	9	-		6	1	-		35	10
1995			21	9	-		7	2	-		28	11
1996	Anyang LG Cheetahs	K League	16	4	1	0	6	1	-		23	5
1997	Sangmu	None	-				-		-
1998			-				-		-
1999	Anyang LG Cheetahs	K League	20	12	3	5	7	2	-		30	19
2000			25	10			9	4	2	1	36	15
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		Asia		Tot
2001	JEF United Ichihara	J. League 1	26	21	3	4	5	2	-		34	27
2002			23	16	4	3	1	0	-		28	19
2003			24	17	0	0	2	0	-		26	17
2004	Kyoto Purple Sanga	J. League 2	33	20	1	0	-		-		34	20
2005	Júbilo Iwata	J. League 1	15	1	0	0	1	0	4	2	20	3
Korea Republic			League		FA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Tot
2006	FC Seoul	K League	2	0	0	0	0	0	-		2	0
Country	Korea Republic		113	44	4	5	35	10	2	1	154	60
	Japan		121	75	8	7	9	2	4	2	142	86
Tot			234	119	12	12	44	12	6	3	296	146

Korea Republic national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1995	5	1
1996	0	0
1997	15	11
1998	24	13
1999	0	0
2000	5	0
2001	6	2
2002	8	0
2003	6	0
Tot	69	27

Results leet Sooth Korea's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	Januar 31, 1995	Hongkong	Colombie	1 goals	1-0	1995 Carlsberg Cup
3	May 28, 1997	Daejeon	Hong Kong	2 goals	4-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	Juin 14, 1997	Suwon	Ghana	1 goal	3-0	1997 Korea Cup
5	August 24, 1997	Daegu	Tajikistan	1 goal	4-1	Friendly match
8	September 6, 1997	Seoul	Kazakhstan	3 goals	3-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
9	September 12, 1997	Seoul	Uzbekistan	1 goal	2-1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
10	October 11, 1997	Almaty	Kazakhstan	1 goal	1-1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	October 18, 1997	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	2 goals	5-1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
13	Januar 27, 1998	Bangkok	Egyp	1 goal	2-0	1998 King's Cup
14	Januar 29, 1998	Bangkok	Thailand	1 goal	2-0	1998 King's Cup
15	Januar 31, 1998	Bangkok	Egyp	1 goal	1-1 (5-4 PSO)	1998 King's Cup
16	Februar 7, 1998	Auckland	New Zealand	1 goal	1-0	Friendly match
17	Apryle 18, 1998	Skopje	North Macedonie	1 goal	2-2	Friendly match
18	May 27, 1998	Seoul	Czech Republic	1 goal	2-2	Friendly match
20	December 2, 1998	Bangkok	Turkmenistan	2 goals	2-3	1998 Asian Games
22	December 4, 1998	Bangkok	Vietnam	2 goals	4-0	1998 Asian Games
24	December 7, 1998	Bangkok	Japan	2 goals	2-0	1998 Asian Games
25	December 11, 1998	Bangkok	Kuwait	1 goal	1-0	1998 Asian Games
26	September 13, 2001	Daejeon	Nigerie	1 goal	2-2	Friendly match
27	November 13, 2001	Gwangju	Croatie	1 goal	1-1	Friendly match

As o End of 2013 Season

• Aw competitive matches includin K League Classic, AFC Champions League, FA Cup counted.

Team	Nation	Frae	Tae	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %	GF	GA	GD
FC Seoul		26 Apryle 2011	Present	7002138000000000000♠138	7001770000000000000♠77	7001330000000000000♠33	7001280000000000000♠28	07001558000000000000♠55.80	239	148	+91
Tot				7002138000000000000♠138	7001770000000000000♠77	7001330000000000000♠33	7001280000000000000♠28	07001558000000000000♠55.80	239	148	+91

LG Cheetahs / Anyang LG Cheetahs / FC Seoul

• K League
  • Winners (1): 2000
• League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2006
  • Runners-up (2): 1994, 1999
• Super Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1998

• K League MVP Award: 2000
• K League Rookie of the Year Award: 1994
• K League Best XI: 2000
• Korean FA Cup Top Scorer Award: 1999

FC Seoul

• AFC Champions League
  • Runners-up (1) : 2013
• K League
  • Winners (1) : 2012

• K League Manager of the Year (1): 2012
• Asian Coach of the Year (1): 2013

He divorcit his wife in November 2006 efter a 15-month-lang marriage. His umwhile wife, a ane-time contestant in a Miss Korea pageant, went throu the legal procedurs tae tak hauf the estate properties unner Choi's name per thair prenuptial greement.^[2]

• Choi Yong-soo – K League stats at kleague.com
• Choi Yong-soo – FIFA competition record
• National Team Player Record Archived 2018-07-11 at the Wayback Machine (in Korean)
• Choi Yong-soo at National-Football-Teams.com