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Choi Soon-Ho Personal information Full name Choi Soon-Ho Date of birth January 10, 1962 Place of birth Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Playing position Manager (Former Forward) Youth career 1981–1982 Kwangwoon University Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1983–1987 POSCO Atoms 55 (24) 1988–1990 Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso 28 (2) 1991 POSCO Atoms 16 (0) 1992–1993 Rodez AF 18 (2) Total 117 (28) National team‡ 1979–1981 South Korea U-20 1980–1991 South Korea 94 (30) Teams managed 1992 POSCO Atoms (Coach) 1999–2000 Pohang Steelers Reserve 2000–2004 Pohang Steelers 2005–2008 Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard 2009–2011 Gangwon FC * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 April 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 Aug 2007Medal record Competitor for 
South KoreaMen's football Asian Games Gold 1986 Seoul Team Bronze 1990 Beijing Team Choi Soon-Ho Hangul 최순호 Hanja 崔淳鎬 Revised Romanization Choe Sun-ho McCune–Reischauer Ch'oe Sun-ho Choi Soon-Ho (born January 10, 1962 in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do) is a South Korean football manager and former professional football player. He is known as one of the prominent players in Korean soccer history.
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Club career statistics
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals South Korea League KFA Cup League Cup Total 1983 POSCO Atoms K-League 2 2 - - 2 2 1984 24 14 - - 24 14 1985 5 2 - - 5 2 1986 8 1 - 1 0 9 1 1987 16 2 - - 16 2 1988 Lucky Goldstar Hwangso 11 1 - - 11 1 1989 9 0 - - 9 0 1990 8 1 - - 8 1 1991 Pohang Steelers 16 0 - - 16 0 France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Total 1992–93 Rodez AF Ligue 2 18 2 - 18 2 Total South Korea 99 26 - 1 0 100 26 France 18 2 - 18 2 Career total 107 28 1 0 118 28 International career
His international career was started in 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was the top scorer of the 1980 AFC Asian Cup with 7 goals. He was only 18, which makes him the youngest top scorer in the Asian Cup history.
Choi scored 2 goals against Italy U-20 in 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship. The game ended 4-1 for Korea.
In the 1986 World Cup, he scored a goal against the defending champions Italy.
International career statistics
South Korea national team Year Apps Goals 1980 11 9 1981 4 2 1982 14 5 1983 4 0 1984 1 0 1985 12 7 1986 9 4 1987 4 0 1988 4 2 1989 9 1 1990 18 0 1991 4 0 Total 94 30 International goals
- Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition August 25, 1980 Chuncheon
Indonesia1 goal 3-0 1980 President's Cup August 27, 1980 Daejeon
Thailand1 goal 3-2 1980 President's Cup September 16, 1980 
Kuwait City
Malaysia1 goal 1-1 1980 AFC Asian Cup September 19, 1980 Kuwait City
Qatar1 goal 2-0 1980 AFC Asian Cup September 21, 1980 Kuwait City Kuwait2 goals 3-0 1980 AFC Asian Cup September 24, 1980 Kuwait City
United Arab Emirates3 goals 4-1 1980 AFC Asian Cup April 24, 1981 Kuwait City Thailand2 goals 5-1 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification March 21, 1982 Seoul
Japan1 goal 3-0 Korea-Japan Annual Match May 10, 1982 Bangkok Indonesia1 goal 2-0 1982 King's Cup June 11, 1982 Gwangyang
Bahrain1 goal 3-0 1982 President's Cup November 21, 1982 
New Delhi
South Yemen2 goals 3-0 1982 Asian Games June 6, 1985 Daejeon Thailand1 goal 3-2 1985 President's Cup June 8, 1985 Gwangju Bahrain2 goals 3-0 1985 President's Cup June 15, 1985 Seoul
Iraq2 goals 2-0 1985 President's Cup July 30, 1985 Jakarta Indonesia1 goal 4-1 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification December 14, 1985 
Nezahualcoyotl
Algeria1 goal 2-0 1985 Mexico Tournament June 10, 1986 Puebla
Italy1 goal 2-3 1986 FIFA World Cup September 20, 1986 Busan India1 goal 3-0 1986 Asian Games October 3, 1986 Seoul Indonesia2 goals 4-0 1986 Asian Games June 19, 1988 Suwon
Zambia1 goal 4-0 1988 President's Cup October 26, 1988 Tokyo Japan1 goal 1-0 Korea-Japan Annual Match May 27, 1989 Seoul Malaysia1 goal 3-0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification Honors
Player
Club
- POSCO Atoms
- Lucky Goldstar Hwangso
South Korea
- AFC Asian Cup runner-up : 1980
- Asian Games Gold medal : 1986
- Asian Games Bronze medal : 1986
Individual
- Asian Cup Top scorer : 1980
- K-League Best XI : 1984 (FW)
- K-League All-Star Game : 1991
Manager
Club
- Pohang Steelers
- K-League runner-up : 2004
- Korean FA Cup runner-up : 2001, 2002
- Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard
- Korea National League champion : 2007, 2008
- Korean FA Cup runner-up : 2005
- Korea National Championship runner-up : 2006
- Korean President's Cup champion : 2005, 2008
Individual
- K-League All-Star Game : 2004
External links
- K-League Player Record (Korean)
- FIFA Player Statistics
- Club & Country Statistics
- International Appearances & Goals
Awards AFC Asian Cup Top Scorers 1956: Stelmach · 1960: Cho Yoon-Ok · 1964: Spiegler / Singh · 1968: Behzadi / Spiegel / Romano · 1972: Kalani · 1976: Nouraei / Mazloumi / Kamel · 1980: Fariba / Choi Soon-Ho · 1984: Jia Xiuquan / Mohammadkhani / Bayani · 1988: Lee Tae-Ho · 1992: Al-Bishi · 1996: Daei · 2000: Lee Dong-Gook · 2004: Hubail / Karimi · 2007: Mahmoud / Al-Qahtani / Takahara · 2011: Koo Ja-CheolGK: Oh Yeon-KyoDF: Chung Yong-Hwan · Park Kyung-Hoon · Park Sung-Hwa · Chung Jong-Soo MF: Park Chang-Sun · Huh Jung-Moo · Cho Young-JeungFW: Choi Soon-Ho · Lee Tae-Ho · Baek Jong-ChulChoi Soon-Ho managerial boxes Categories:- 1962 births
- Living people
- Association football midfielders
- South Korean footballers
- South Korean expatriate footballers
- South Korea international footballers
- South Korean football managers
- Pohang Steelers managers
- Gangwon FC managers
- Pohang Steelers players
- K-League players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- 1980 AFC Asian Cup players
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- 1990 FIFA World Cup players
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of South Korea
- People from Cheongju
- South Korean expatriates in France
- Rodez AF players
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