Choi Jin-cheul
| Choi Jin-cheul | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | March 26, 1971 | |
| place of birth | South Korea | |
| size | 187 cm | |
| position | Central defender | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1990-1995 | Soongsil University | |
| 1996-2007 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 241 (18) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1997-2006 | South Korea | 65 (5) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2008–2012 | Gangwon FC (assistant coach) | |
| 2013 | South Korea U-13 | |
| 2014 | South Korea U-16 | |
| 2015 | South Korea U-17 | |
| 2015-2016 | Pohang Steelers | |
| 2019– | China U-23 (assistant coach) | |
|
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career |
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| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Hangeul | 최진철 |
| Hanja | 崔 眞 喆 |
|
Revised Romanization |
Choe Jin-cheol |
|
McCune- Reischauer |
Ch'oe Chinch'ŏl |
Choi Jin-cheul (born March 26, 1971 ) is a former South Korean soccer player and current coach .
Choi played for the South Korean first division club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors from 1996 until his retirement in 2007 . With the club he won the South Korean Cup three times . The defender also won the Korean Super Cup against Ilhwa Chunma with the team in 2004 . 2006 saw the greatest triumph of his career when they won the AFC Champions League in the final against Al-Karama .
Choi took part in the world championships in 2002 and 2006 . In total, since his debut on August 10, 1997, he played 65 international matches for South Korea against Brazil , scoring 5 goals.
After the end of his active career, Choi worked as a football coach. First he worked for several years as an assistant coach at Gangwon FC . At the beginning of 2013 he switched to the South Korean association and was in charge of several youth national teams until the end of 2015. In November 2015, he took over the Pohang Steelers as head coach in the K League . In September 2016 he gave up this post again. Since 2019 he has been Hao Wei's assistant coach for the Chinese U-23 national team .
successes
- South Korean Cup: 2000, 2003, 2005
- South Korean Supercup: 2004
- AFC Champions League: 2006
Web links
- Choi Jin-cheul in the database of kicker.de
- Choi Jin-cheul in the database of FIFA (English)
- Choi Jin-cheul in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Choi Jin-cheul (coach profile ) in the database of transfermarkt.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Choi, Jin-cheul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 최진철 (Korean, Hangeul); 崔 眞 喆 (Korean, Hanja); Choe, Jin-cheol (Revised Romanization); Ch'oe, Chinch'ŏl (McCune-Reischauer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1971 |