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Cho Byung-Kuk Personal information Full name Cho Byung-Kuk Date of birth 1 July 1981 Place of birth Ulsan, South Korea Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Playing position Centre back Club information Current club Vegalta Sendai Number 5 Youth career 2000–2001 Yonsei University Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2002–2004 Suwon Bluewings 61 (3) 2005–2010 Seongnam Ilhwa 128 (2) 2011– Vegalta Sendai 0 (0) National team‡ 2003–2004 South Korea U-23 25 (0) 2003–2011 South Korea 11 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 23, 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of May 31, 2008Medal record Competitor for 
South KoreaMen's football Asian Games Bronze 2002 Busan Team Cho Byung-Kuk Hangul 조병국 Hanja 曺秉局 Revised Romanization Jo Byeong-guk McCune–Reischauer Cho Pyŏngkuk Cho Byung-Kuk (Hangul: 조병국; born 1 July 1981) is a South Korean football player who began his professional career in 2002 with K-League club Suwon Samsung Bluewings. He moved to Chunnam Dragons at the end of the 2004 season in a swap deal which saw Kim Nam-Il move to Suwon Samsung Bluewings. As of 2005, he is playing for Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.
He was part of the South Korea football team in 2004 Summer Olympics, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners Paraguay.
In May 2010, He left team to do military service.
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Club career statistics
- As of 23 July 2011
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Korea Republic League Korean FA Cup K-League Cup Asia Total 2002 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K-League 18 2 5 1 2003 29 0 0 0 - - 29 0 2004 14 1 0 0 0 0 - 14 1 2005 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 12 0 1 0 0 0 - 13 0 2006 28 0 1 0 12 0 - 41 0 2007 25 0 0 0 1 1 9 2 35 3 2008 18 0 1 0 7 0 - 26 0 2009 19 2 3 0 7 0 - 29 2 2010 26 0 2 0 4 0 11 1 43 1 Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Asia Total 2011 Vegalta Sendai J. League Division 1 15 0 1 0 - Country Korea Republic 189 5 8 0 36 2 20 3 253 10 Japan 15 0 1 0 - Total 204 5 8 0 37 2 20 3 269 10 International goals
- Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition February 18, 2004 Suwon
Lebanon1 goal 2-0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification See also
- List of Korea-related topics
- List of Koreans
- South Korea national football team
External links
- (Korean) Cho Byung-Kuk at kleague.com
- National Team Player Record (Korean)
- FIFA Player Statistics
- Club & Country Statistics
South Korea squad – 2004 Summer Olympics 1 Kim Young-Kwang • 2 Choi Won-Kwon • 3 Kim Chi-Gon • 4 Park Yong-Ho • 5 Cho Byung-Kuk • 6 Yoo Sang-Chul • 7 Kim Do-Heon • 8 Chung Kyung-Ho • 9 Lee Chun-Soo • 10 Choi Sung-Kuk • 11 Choi Tae-Uk • 12 Park Kyu-Seon • 13 Kim Dong-Jin • 14 Kim Jung-Woo • 15 Lee Jung-Youl • 16 Namgung Do • 17 Cho Jae-Jin • 18 Kim Jee-Hyuk • Coach: Kim Ho-Gon
Vegalta Sendai – current squad 1 Sakurai · 2 Kamata · 3 Watanabe · 4 Hosokawa · 5 Cho Byung-Kuk · 6 Kakuda · 8 Matsushita · 9 Nakahara · 10 Ryang Yong-Gi · 11 Sekiguchi · 12 Supporters · 13 Nakashima · 14 Takahashi · 15 Ota · 16 Hayashi · 17 Tomita · 18 Diego · 19 Muto · 20 Max · 21 Kawamata · 22 Ishikawa · 23 Tamura · 24 Akamine · 25 Sugai · 26 Okubo · 27 Park Joo-Sung · 28 Harada · 29 Shimakawa · 30 Yanagisawa · 35 Okuno · Manager: Teguramori
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- Association football defenders
- South Korean footballers
- South Korea international footballers
- Suwon Samsung Bluewings players
- Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma players
- Vegalta Sendai players
- K-League players
- J. League players
- Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of South Korea
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
- South Korean expatriates in Japan
- People from Ulsan
- Yonsei University alumni
- South Korean football defender stubs
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