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Choi Yun-Kyum Personal information Full name Choi Yun-Kyum Date of birth April 21, 1962 Place of birth Daejeon, South Korea Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Manager (Former Defender) Club information Current club Hoàng Anh Gia Lai (manager) Youth career University of Incheon Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1986–1992 Yukong Kokkiri 153 (5) National team 1988 South Korea U-23 (as wild card) 1987–1988 South Korea 5 (0) Teams managed 2001–2002 Bucheon SK 2003–2007 Daejeon Citizen 2011– Hoàng Anh Gia Lai * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Choi Yun-Kyum Hangul 최윤겸 Hanja 崔允謙 Revised Romanization Choe Yun-gyeom McCune–Reischauer Ch'oe Yun-kyŏm Choi Yun-Kyum is a South Korean football manager currently at V-League side Hoàng Anh Gia Lai. He played in the K-League for Yukong Kokkiri from 1985 to 1992. After he retired, he moved ito coaching, firstly as an assistant coach before moving in a head coach position. Choi managed 2 teams - Bucheon SK and Daejeon Citizen. His second son, Choi Minho, is currently a member of the popular boyband SHINee
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Football career
Making his first mark on the football field, Choi Yun-Kyum made his debut in the K-League in 1985 as a Yukong Kokkiri defender. As a player, he appeared in 162 games. He was selected in the National Olympic Team and National A-Team, playing 5 games at international level. He also had a chance to play in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. He retired as a football player in 1992.
Bucheon and Choi
After retirement, Choi decided to live the so-called "footballer's second life" by becoming a coach. He started his coaching life as a Training Coach at Bucheon SK, since renamed Yukong Kokkiri. Two years later, he was promoted as a Coach. Four years later, he was chosen to become the Assistant Coach. Finally, after years of diligence, Choi was appointed as Bucheon SK's head coach for the 2001 season. However, though he had no problems with the team and was able to lead it fairly well, the Bucheon SK board decided to change their manager. Bucheon SK's fans protested, but the decision wasn't reversed.
Coming back to hometown
In 2003, after the poor results of their 2002 season, Daejeon Citizen FC selected Choi as their coach. Choi, originally from Daejeon, willingly came back to his hometown. The lack of results in 2002 was frustrating for fans and players, and confidence was low. However, Choi inspired the team and completely changed it by implementing the 4-3-3 formation. The outcome was a near miraculous recovery from 2002, and he, together with Daejeon Citizen F.C., coined the catchphrase "Miracle 2003". Daejeon Citizen finished the 2003 season in 6th place, its best finish ever in the league, and at the same improved its average home game attendance to about 18,000 people. After 2003, although Daejeon Citizen was not able to make repeat its result of 2003, Choi was still considered a hero at the Daejeon World Cup Stadium. He continued his role as manager into the 2007 K-League season, before being replaced mid-season by Kim Ho.
In addition to his excellent management skills, Choi is also famous for his humble personality - a key factor in ensuring a harmonious team. "I want to make this the team that a player chooses on his own volition, and not by my own will or force. I shall not buy abilities and just gather the best players. This will be a team played by humans, a team that players love, and a team who dreams the same dreams as the fans."
On October 10th 2011, he signed a one year contract to V-League's Hoàng Anh Gia Lai - one of the most popular football club of Vietnam.
Club career statistics
All-Time Club Performance Club Season League League Cup AFC Champions League Total Apps Goals Assts Apps Goals Assts Apps Goals Assts Apps Goals Assts Yukong Kokkiri 1986 9 0 0 1 0 0 - - - 10 0 0 1987 27 1 0 - - - - - - 27 1 0 1988 11 0 1 - - - - - - 11 0 1 1989 30 1 0 - - - - - - 30 1 0 1990 21 0 0 - - - - - - 21 0 0 1991 37 1 0 - - - - - - 37 1 0 1992 18 2 0 8 0 0 - - - 26 2 0 Total 153 5 1 9 0 0 - - - 162 5 1 Career Totals 153 5 1 9 0 0 - - - 162 5 1 External links
Awards GK: Cha Sang-Kwang DF: Lim Jong-Hun · Cho Yoon-Hwan · Choi Yun-Gyeom · Lee Young-Ik MF: Lee Heung-Sil · Cho Deok-Jae · Kang Jae-Soon FW: Yoon Sang-Chul · Cho Geung-Yeon · Noh Soo-JinSouth Korea squads South Korea squad – 1988 Summer Olympics 1 Cho Byung-Deuk • 2 Park Kyung-Hoon • 3 Choi Kang-Hee • 4 Cho Min-Kook • 5 Chung Yong-Hwan • 6 Lee Tae-Ho • 7 Noh Soo-Jin • 8 Chung Hae-Won • 9 Kim Yong-Se • 10 Choi Sang-Kook • 11 Byun Byung-Joo • 12 Kim Pan-Keun • 13 Nam Ki-Young • 14 Choi Soon-Ho • 15 Kim Jong-Gun • 16 Kim Joo-Sung • 17 Gu Sang-Bum • 18 Choi Yun-Kyum • 19 Yeo Bum-Kyu • 20 Kim Poong-Joo • Coach: Kim Jung-NamChoi Yun-Gyeom navigation boxes Categories:- 1962 births
- Living people
- Association football defenders
- South Korean footballers
- South Korea international footballers
- South Korean football managers
- Jeju United FC players
- Bucheon SK managers
- Jeju United FC managers
- Daejeon Citizen managers
- K-League players
- Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of South Korea
- People from Daejeon
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