Cho Kwang-rae

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Cho Kwang-rae ( 조광래 )
Cho Kwang-Rae.jpg
Personnel
birthday March 19, 1954
place of birth Jinju , Gyeongnam ,  South Korea
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
1973-1977 Yonsei University
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1978-1979 POSCO
1980-1981 Korean Loyalty
1982-1987 Daewoo Royals 44 0(3)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1975-1986 South Korea 80 (12)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1987-1992 Daewoo Royals (Coach)
1992 South Korea
1992-1994 Daewoo Royals
1995-1997 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
1999-2004 Anyang LG Cheetahs / FC Seoul
2007-2010 Gyeongnam FC
2010-2011 South Korea
1 Only league games are given.

Cho Kwang-rae (born March 19, 1954 in Jinju , Gyeongnam ) is a South Korean football coach and former player. From July 2010 to December 2011 he worked as national coach for the South Korean selection .

Player career

society

During his time at Yonsei University , Cho Kwang-rae developed into a key player in the university team and was already the focus of the national team in his home country. After graduating, the midfielder moved to the amateur club POSCO . A year later he switched to the Korean Loyalty military team . After the end of the service, he moved to the newly founded club Daewoo . The club immediately became runner-up in the newly founded professional league K-League . For the following season, the club changed its name to Daewoo Royals. After good performance in the preseason, Cho and his team won the national championship in 1984. After his second championship success in 1987, he announced the end of his career.

However, winning the Asian Club Championship in 1985/86 is one of the greatest successes . After the competition was held again for the first time since 1971, the Royals made it to the finals, where they met Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia and prevailed 3-1. It was the first victory in this competition for a South Korean club. The winners also qualified for the final of the Afro-Asian Cup , which was played for the first time in 1986. Cho's team then played against the Moroccan team from FAR Rabat and again retained the upper hand 2-0.

National team

Cho Kwang-rae was a South Korean national player between 1975 and 1986 . At the Asian Games in 1978 in December of that year, he was part of the squad of the team that won the soccer competition. Eight years later, in 1986 , the team repeated this success in their own country. Also in 1986 he was part of coach Kim Jung-nam's squad at the World Cup in Mexico. There he was used in all three games. He made his World Cup debut on June 2, 1986 in the game against Argentina , when he came on in the 68th minute for Kim Pyung-seok . South Korea eliminated with one point in the preliminary round as the bottom of the table in Group A.

Coaching career

After Cho ended his active career, he took over the position of trainer at his former club Daewoo Royals . He held this post for the next five years under various senior managers . After he came second in the league in 1990, he was also able to hold the K-League cup in his hands as a coach in 1991. In 1992 he took over as coach for the national team for the first time , but returned to the Daewoo Royals in the same year. In two years it was not enough to win the title again. In 1995 Cho went to league competitor Suwon Samsung Bluewings , which had just been founded. Right away, he led the team to the runner-up in 1996 and the final of the national cup, where they lost.

In 1997 the two parties parted ways again. After a break of nearly two years, Cho joined the Anyang LG Cheetahs in 1999 . There the football teacher formed a strong team and with the help of Lee Young-pyo , who later became known in Europe, and the star striker Choi Yong-soo , the team won the first South Korean championship in the club's history in 2000. This title could not be defended in the following season and it was only enough to second place behind Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma . However, the Super Cup was already secured in advance . In 2002 Cho led the Cheetahs to the final of the AFC Champions League . But there they failed due to Cho's former club Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2-4 on penalties .

After the club renamed itself FC Seoul in 2004 , Cho left the club and paused for the next three years. In 2007 he turned back to football and became the new coach of Gyeongnam FC, which was founded in 2005 . In the coming years, Cho should build a strong team that could compete for the title. One of his first actions was to integrate the young Seo Sang-min and the Brazilian Índio into the team, which he succeeded in doing. Cho led the team to the final of the national cup competition. In the league, however, did not make it into the championship play-offs in 2008 or 2009. In 2010, Cho went into the season with Gyeongnam FC, but left the club mid-season and was replaced by Kim Kwui-hwa .

In July 2010 it was announced that Cho will be the new coach of the South Korean national team and will replace Huh Jung-moo , who resigned after the 2010 World Cup . He was awarded a two-year contract. In January 2011, Cho and his team took part in the 2011 Asian Cup, where they finished third. The next task was for the coach to lead the South Korean team to the 2014 World Cup . After a good start in the qualification phase , Cho was dismissed by the South Korean Federation in December 2011 after the first qualifying defeat, after they saw participation in the World Cup in danger.

successes

As a player

As a trainer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ South Korea: Kwang-Rae new national coach from July 21, 2010 on spox.com
  2. ↑ South Korea dismisses national coach Cho on December 8, 2011 on bild.de.
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Cho is the family name here, Kwang-rae is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Cho, Kwang-rae
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 조광래 (Hangeul)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Jinju , South Korea