Cho Byung-kuk (; born July 1, 1981) is a South Korean international football manager and former football 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. 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, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners Paraguay.

In May 2010, he left team to do military service.

On 10 January 2014, Cho transferred to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Greenland Shenhua and becomes the first ever South Korean player in history of the Chinese club.

Club statistics

Club

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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! rowspan=2 | Club

! rowspan=2 | Season

! colspan=3 | League

! colspan=2 | Cup

! colspan=2 | League Cup

! colspan=2 | Continental

! colspan=2 | Other

! colspan=2 | Total

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! Division

! Apps !! Goals

! Apps !! Goals

! Apps !! Goals

! Apps !! Goals

! Apps !! Goals

! Apps !! Goals

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|rowspan="4"|Suwon Samsung Bluewings||2002||rowspan="3"|K League 1||18||2||4||0||5||1||2||0||1||0||30||3

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|2003||29||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||0

|-

|2004||14||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||1

|-

!colspan=2|Total

!61||3||4||0||5||1||2||0||1||0||73||4

|-

|Jeonnam Dragons||2005||K League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0

|-

|rowspan="7"|Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma||2005||rowspan="6"|K League 1||12||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||0

|-

|2006||28||0||1||0||12||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||41||0

|-

|2007||25||0||0||0||1||1||9||2||colspan="2"|—||35||3

|-

|2008||18||0||1||0||7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||0

|-

|2009||19||2||3||0||7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||2

|-

|2010||26||0||2||0||4||0||11||1||2||0||45||1

|-

!colspan=2|Total

!128||2||8||0||31||2||20||3||2||0||189||7

|-

|Vegalta Sendai||2011||J1 League||28||0||1||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||33||0

|-

|rowspan="3"|Júbilo Iwata||2012||rowspan="2"|J1 League||23||6||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||23||6

|-

|2013||21||1||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||1

|-

!colspan=2|Total

!44||7||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||47||7

|-

|Shanghai Shenhua||2014||Chinese Super League||28||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||0

|-

|Chonburi||2015||Thai League 1||23||3||0||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||24||3

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|Incheon United||2016||K League 1||29||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||1

|-

|rowspan="3"|Gyeongnam FC||2017||K League 2||8||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||1

|-

|2018||K League 1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0

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!colspan=2|Total

!8||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||1

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|Suwon FC||2018||K League 2||13||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||0

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!colspan=3|Career total

!362||16||15||0||43||2||23||3||3||0||444||21

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International

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|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals

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|rowspan=6|South Korea

|2002||0||0

|-

|2003||5||0

|-

|2004||6||1

|-

|2008||0||0

|-

|2011||0||0

|-

|2012||0||0

|-

!colspan=2|Total||11||1

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:Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

{| class="wikitable"

! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition

|-

| 1. || 18 February 2004 || Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea || || 2–0 || 2–0 || 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

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See also

  • South Korea national football team

References

  • Cha Du-ri – National Team stats at KFA