Choi Won-kwon (; born 8 November 1982) is a South Korean former football player.

Playing career

Club

He was played for FC Seoul, Jeju United, Daegu FC

International

He was part of the South Korea U-23 team in the 2004 Summer Olympics that finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round before being defeated by the eventual silver medalists, Paraguay.

Coaching career

After his retirement, Choi became a manager. He was appointed as the head coach of his former team Daegu in 2022 and remained there until 2024. He then worked as assistant coach for Kim Sang-sik at the Vietnam national team. On 14 July 2025, he was appointed as the head coach of V.League 1 club Dong A Thanh Hoa.

Career statistics

Club

※ Checking 7 matches in 2001–02 Asian Club Championship now.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|-

! colspan=3 | Club performance

! colspan=2 | League

! colspan=2 | Cup

! colspan=2 | League Cup

! colspan=2 | Continental

! colspan=2 | Total

|-

! Season !! Club !! League

! Apps !! Goals

! Apps !! Goals

! Apps !! Goals

! Apps !! Goals

! Apps !! Goals

|-

|-

! colspan=3 | South Korea

! colspan=2 | League

! colspan=2 | KFA Cup

! colspan=2 | League Cup

! colspan=2 | Asia

! colspan=2 | Total

|-

|2000||rowspan="4"|Anyang LG Cheetahs||rowspan="13"|K-League||1||0||0||0||3||0||0||0||||

|-

|2001||14||0||1||0||8||0||?||0||4+?||0

|-

|2002||11||0||1||0||9||0||?||0||21+?||0

|-

|2003||25||2||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||26||2

|-

|2004||rowspan="5"|FC Seoul||19||1||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||21||1

|-

|2005||5||0||0||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||11||0

|-

|2006||13||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||14||0

|-

|2007||23||0||3||0||10||0||colspan="2"|-||36||0

|-

|2008||13||0||0||0||7||0||colspan="2"|-||20||0

|-

|2009||rowspan="2"|Gwangju Sangmu||26||5||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||27||5

|-

|2010||20||3||2||1||4||0||colspan="2"|-||26||4

|-

|2011||rowspan="3"|Jeju United||15||0||1||0||0||0||3||0||19||0

|-

|2012||27||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||29||0

|-

|2013||rowspan="2"|K League Classic||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||2||0

|-

|2014||rowspan="1"|Daegu FC||12||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||12||0

|-

! colspan=3 | Career total

!226||11||14||11||48||0||3+?||0||291+?||12

|}

International

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

|-

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

|-

|rowspan="2"|South Korea

|2003||3||0

|-

|2004||1||0

|-

!colspan="2"|Total

!4!!0

|}

Managerial

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

|-

!rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|From

!rowspan=2|To

!colspan=5|Record

|-

!!!!!!!!!

|-

|align=left|Daegu (Caretaker)

|align=left|15 August 2022

|align=left|7 November 2022

|-

|align=left|Daegu

|align=left|7 November 2022

|align=left|19 April 2024

|-

|align=left|Dong A Thanh Hoa

|align=left|10 July 2025

|align=left|Present

|-

!colspan="3"|Total

|}

See also

  • South Korea national football team

References

  • National Team Player Record
  • FIFA Player Statistics

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