Choo Hyo-joo (; born 29 July 2000) is a South Korean

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who plays as a winger for

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side

Ottawa Rapid Ottawa Rapid FC () is a professional women's soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. It competes in the Northern Super League, the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The club plays its home matches at the 24,000-capacity TD Place ...

and the

South Korea national team South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

Club career

After graduating from

Ulsan College Ulsan College () is a private college with two campuses in Ulsan, South Korea. The East Campus is in Dong-gu and the West Campus in Nam-gu. It was founded on 8 April 1960 as the Ulsan Industrial Technology Institute. Hyundai Heavy Industries i ...

, Choo joined

Suwon FC Suwon FC (; Hanja: 水原 FC) is a South Korean professional football club based in Suwon, that competes in the K League 1, the South Korea's top professional league. They play their home games at Suwon Stadium. History Early years: semi-profes ...

in early 2021. She made 65 appearances for Suwon over three years, recording 14 goals and eight assists. After leaving Suwon, Choo joined

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels The Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Women's Football Club () is a South Korean women's football team based in Incheon. The club was founded in 1993. They are South Korea's most successful club with eleven consecutive WK League titles won from ...

, signing a two-year contract with an overseas release clause. After one season with Incheon she transferred to

Ottawa Rapid FC Ottawa Rapid FC () is a professional women's soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. It competes in the Northern Super League, the highest level of the Canadian soccer league system. The club plays its home matches at the 24,000-capacity TD Plac ...

of the newly-formed

. She started in Ottawa's inaugural match, a 2–1 victory over

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International career

Between 2018 and 2019, Choo played for the South Korea under-20 team, scoring four goals in ten appearances. She made her debut for the senior team on 15 December 2019 in a 3–0 win against

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at the

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, where South Korea finished as runners-up to

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. In July 2023, Choo was included in the squad for the

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* 2000 births Living people Footballers from Busan South Korean women's footballers South Korea women's under-20 international footballers South Korea women's international footballers Women's association football wingers Suwon FC Women players Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC players Ottawa Rapid FC players WK League players Northern Super League players South Korean expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's soccer players in Canada South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Canada 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games footballers for South Korea 21st-century South Korean sportswomen {{SouthKorea-women-footy-bio-stub