Choi Sung-yong

Choi Sung-Yong (Korean: 최성용; born 25 December 1975) is a South Korean professional athlete. He is best known as an association football player. He was a member of the Korean national team.[3]

Choi Sung-yong
Choi Sung-Yong.jpg
Choi in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-12-25) 25 December 1975 (age 48)
Place of birthMasan, Gyeongnam, South Korea
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing positionWing-back, midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1996Korea University
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1998Sangmu FC (draft)
1999–2000Vissel Kobe51(0)
2001LASK Linz19(1)
2002–2006Suwon Samsung Bluewings78(1)
2006–2007Yokohama FC22(0)
2007Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i8(0)
2008–2010Thespa Kusatsu48(0)
Total226(2)
National team
1990South Korea U171(0)
1993South Korea U203(0)
1994–1996South Korea U23[1]44(0)
1995–2003South Korea65(1)
Teams managed
2023Suwon Samsung Bluewings (caretaker)[2]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
In this Korean name, the family name is Choi.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4]
Club Season League National cup League cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vissel Kobe 1999 J1 League 26 0 1 0 1 0 28 0
2000 J1 League 25 0 1 0 4 0 30 0
Total 51 0 2 0 5 0 58 0
LASK Linz 2000–01 Austrian Bundesliga 13 1 1 0 14 1
2001–02 Erste Division 6 0 0 0 6 0
Total 19 1 1 0 20 1
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2002 K League 11 0 ? ? 11 0
2003 K League 23 0 1 0 24 0
2004 K League 20 1 0 0 12 0 32 1
2005 K League 16 0 3 0 7 0 26 0
2006 K League 8 0 0 0 4 0 12 0
Total 78 1 4 0 23 0 105 1
Yokohama FC 2006 J2 League 22 0 1 0 23 0
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 2007 K League 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Thespa Kusatsu 2008 J2 League 37 0 1 0 38 0
2009 J2 League 7 0 2 0 9 0
2010 J2 League 4 0 0 0 4 0
Total 48 0 3 0 51 0
Career total 226 2 11 0 28 0 265 2

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[1]
National team Year Apps Goals
South Korea 1995 3 0
1997 12 0
1998 24 1
1999 2 0
2000 5 0
2001 8 0
2002 8 0
2003 3 0
Career total 65 1
Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Choi goal.
List of international goals scored by Choi Sung-yong
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 4 March 1998 International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan   China PR 1–1 2–1 1998 Dynasty Cup

Honours

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Yokohama FC

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i

South Korea

Individual

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Choi Sung-yong at Korea Football Association" (in 한국어). KFA. Retrieved 2022-10-08.
  2. "수원 삼성, 이병근 감독 경질…최성용 감독대행 체제". yonhapnewstv.co.kr (in 한국어). 18 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  3. National-Football-Teams.com, "Choi, Sung-Yong" retrieved 2012-9-21.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Choi Sung-yong at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. 5.0 5.1 Lee, Seung-soo; Trevena, Mark (8 April 2020). "South Korea – List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  6. Fujioka, Atsushi; Halchuk, Stephen; Stokkermans, Karel (25 March 2020). "Asian Champions' Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  7. Fujioka, Atsushi (21 July 2002). "Asian Super Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  8. Nakanishi, Masanori; Lee, Seung-soo (14 June 2007). "East Asian Champions Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  9. Stokkermans, Karel. Asian Nations Cup 2000. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00asch.html. Retrieved 9 October 2022. 
  10. . Kyeonggi Ilbo. 2002-08-03. https://www.kyeonggi.com/article/200208030051884. Retrieved 2024-06-19. 
  11. . Suwon Samsung Bluewings. 2005-08-10. http://www.bluewings.kr/news/273229. Retrieved 2024-06-20.