Cho Byung-kuk (; born July 1, 1981) is a South Korean international football manager and former
football
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player. He is currently an assistant coach for
Jeju SK.
Playing career
Cho began his professional career in 2002 with
K-League club
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
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. He moved to
Chunnam Dragons at the end of the 2004 season in a swap deal which saw
Kim Nam-Il move to Suwon. In August 2005, he joined
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.
He was part of the
South Korea football team in
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners
Paraguay
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.
In May 2010, he left team to do
military service
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.
On 10 January 2014, Cho transferred to
Chinese Super League
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side
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua and becomes the first ever South Korean player in history of the Chinese club.
Club statistics
International goals
:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''
See also
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South Korea national football team
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References
External links
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Cha Du-ri – National Team stats at KFA
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1981 births
Living people
Men's association football defenders
South Korean men's footballers
South Korean expatriate men's footballers
South Korea men's international footballers
Suwon Samsung Bluewings players
Seongnam FC players
Vegalta Sendai players
Júbilo Iwata players
Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players
Gyeongnam FC players
Suwon FC players
K League 1 players
K League 2 players
J1 League players
Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for South Korea
Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan
Expatriate men's footballers in China
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in China
Footballers from Ulsan
Yonsei University alumni
Chinese Super League players
Cho Byung-kuk
Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
Cho Byung-kuk
Asian Games medalists in football
Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
AFC Champions League Elite–winning players
21st-century South Korean sportsmen