Choe Myong-Ho

Choe Myong-Ho

Personal information
Full name	Choe Myong-Ho
Date of birth	July 3, 1988 (1988-07-03) (age 23)
Place of birth	Pyongyang, North Korea
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Pyongyang CSG
Number	10
Youth career
2003-2004	Kyonggongop
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005-2006	Kyonggongop	20	(3)
2006–2008	Krylia Sovetov Samara	1	(0)
2009-	Pyongyang CSG	27	(12)
National team
2004-2006	North Korea U-17	10	(5)
2008-	North Korea[1]	5	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This is a Korean name; the family name is Choe.

Choe Myong-Ho (Chosŏn'gŭl: 최명호, Hanja: 崔敏鎬; born 3 July 1988 in Pyongyang^[2]) is a North Korean footballer, who currently plays for Pyongyang City Sports Group.

Career

Choe was one of the first native North Koreans to join a club abroad, Krylia Sovetov Samara of Russian Premier League, and the first to play in Russia.^[3]

He was selected as the 2005 AFC Youth Player of the Year.^[4]

Before moving to Russia, Choe Myong-Ho had played for the Ministry of Light Industry team (Kyonggongop) in the DPR Korea League of his native country.^[5]

Due to his remarkable skills and talent the player has been called the "North Korean Ronaldo".^[6]

Despite moving to the Russian club in 2006, Choe only made his full debut for the first team on June 27, 2007, in the Russian Cup, as Krylia Sovetov^{[disambiguation needed ]} lost to KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny, by a single goal.^[7]

One of his teammates at Samara was Oh Beom-Seok who is from the South Korea.

Choe wasn't registered by Krylia to play in the 2009 season.^[8]

International career

He was a member of his country's U-17 national team,^[9] Choe Myong-Ho took part in the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship (scoring three times in four games) and the AFC U-17 Championship 2006,^[5] where his side finished runners-up.

References

1. ^ Choe Myong-Ho at National-Football-Teams.com
2. ^ Эпштейн, Арнольд. "Северные корейцы учат русский, стоят на голове и ждут документы с родины" (in Russian). Спорт-Экспресс. http://www.kc-camapa.ru/cgi-bin/prntxt.cgi?20060830,1,1,,6323-6324,6323-6324. Retrieved 2006-10-29. 
3. ^ Tertitskii, Fedor (2009-02-02). "North Korean Footballers in Russia". The Daily NK. http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=4510. Retrieved 2009-09-14. 
4. ^ "AFC Player of the Year Awards Al Montashari scoops top Asian award". FIFA.com. 2006-12-01. http://access.fifa.com/en/article/0,4151,111818,00.html. Retrieved 2006-10-29. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Interview with Chief Manager and Players of DPRK U-17". 2005. http://www1.korea-np.co.jp/pk/222th_issue/2005102907.htm. Retrieved 2006-10-29. 
6. ^ Прияткина, Мария (2006-08-28). "Северокорейский Рональдо в Самаре" (in Russian). Самарский Футбол. http://www.kc-camapa.ru/cgi-bin/prntxt.cgi?20060828,40,6,,,6323-6324. Retrieved 2006-10-29. 
7. ^ (Russian) Profile at the official Krylia Sovetov site
8. ^ "Крылья Советов (Самара) - Заявка клуба - Сезон 2009" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. http://www.rfpl.org/clubs.shtml?team=10&act=squad&year=2009. Retrieved 2009-09-27. ^{[dead link]}
9. ^ Choe Myong-Ho – FIFA competition record

Persondata
Name	Choe Myong-Ho
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	1988-07-03
Place of birth	Pyongyang, North Korea
Date of death
Place of death