Choi Sung-Kuk

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

Choi Sung-Kuk

Personal information
Full name	Choi Sung-Kuk
Date of birth	8 February 1983 (1983-02-08) (age 28)
Place of birth	Seoul, Republic of Korea
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Forward, Winger
Youth career
2001-2002	Korea University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003-2006	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	84	(10)
2005	→ Kashiwa Reysol (Loan)	8	(0)
2007-2010	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	49	(7)
2009-2010	→ Gwangju Sangmu (Army)	48	(13)
2011	Suwon Bluewings	12	(1)
National team‡
2002-2003	South Korea U-20	?	(8)
2003-2004	South Korea U-23	27	(4)
2003-2011	South Korea	26	(2)
Honours Competitor for  South Korea Men's football Asian Games Bronze 2002 Busan Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 November 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 February 2011

Choi Sung-Kuk
Hangul	최성국
Hanja	崔成國
Revised Romanization	Choe Seong-Guk
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Sŏngguk

Choi Sung-Kuk (born 8 February 1983) is a South Korean football Forward.

He was part of the South Korea 2004 Olympic football team, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners Paraguay. He was also capped for South Korean U-20 team at 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

A member of Korea's squad for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, he scored a goal in the opening match against Saudi Arabia.

Club career

Ulsan

Choi joined Ulsan Hyundai,the K-League giant in 2003. With his decent help, Ulsan came second in the league that season. In 2005, he was loaned out to J. League side Kashiwa Reysol, but after 5 months' disappointing spell, he returned to Ulsan. Following his return, Ulsan won the league that year, also becoming the top scorer for the Hauzen Cup, which is Korean League Cup. It seemed definite that Choi would become Ulsan's icon, but he moved to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, which made many Ulsan supporters extremely angry at the board.

Seongnam

Choi helped Seongnam becoming runner-up that season, but in 2008, he was disappointing, and announced he would join the army in 2009, which made many Seongnam fans angry. He moved to Gwangju Sangmu, the army team at the beginning of the 2009 season. There, partnershiped with Kim Myung-Joong, he has been the core of Gwangju's surprising upset.

In late 2010, he came back Seongnam and participated 2010 FIFA Club World Cup as 2010 AFC Champions League Champions. He scored in quarterfinal against United Arab Emirates side Al-Wahda.

Suwon

Choi moved to Suwon Samsung Bluewings prior to 2011 season.

Match-fixing scandal in June 2011

He was implicated in a match-fixing scandal while playing for the military team, Sangmu. He denied his involvement when media reports raised the allegations about throwing matches, but soon admitted it as the scandal deepened. Consequently, he was tentatively dropped from his team Suwon Bluewings.

It was officially announced in August 2011 that he would not be able to play in the all league system in South Korea for up to five years.

Club career statistics

As of 25 July 2011

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
South Korea			League		KFA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2003	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	K-League	27	7	0	0	-		-		27	7
2004			19	1	4	3	0	0	-		23	4
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2005	Kashiwa Reysol	J. League Division 1	8	0	0	0	4	0	-		12	0
South Korea			League		KFA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2005	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i	K-League	16	1	1	0	0	0	-		17	1
2006			22	1	1	0	13	8	4	4	40	13
2007	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma		27	3	0	0	1	0	8	3	36	6
2008			18	4	2	0	8	3	-		28	7
2009	Gwangju Sangmu		26	9	0	0	2	0	-		28	9
2010			22	4	3	1	2	0	-		27	5
	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma		4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	1
2011	Suwon Samsung Bluewings		12	1	1	1	0	0	6	0	19	2
Total	South Korea		193	31	12	5	26	11	21	8	252	55
	Japan		8	0	0	0	4	0	-		12	0
Career total			201	31	12	5	30	11	21	8	264	55

International career statistics

^[1][2]

South Korea national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	4	1
2004	4	0
2005	3	0
2006	3	0
2007	7	1
2008	3	0
2009	0	0
2010	1	0
2011	1	0
Total	26	2

International goals

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
September 27, 2003	Incheon	Oman	1 goal	1-0	2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
July 11, 2007	Jakarta	Saudi Arabia	1 goal	1-1	2007 AFC Asian Cup

External links

1. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=6358
2. ^ http://www.kfa.or.kr/eng_renew/koreateam/km_match_list.asp?k_team_type=1

• K-League Player Record (Korean)
• National Team Player Record (Korean)
• FIFA Player Statistics
• Club & Country Statistics

Persondata
Name	Choi, Sung-Kuk
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Date of birth	8 February 1983
Place of birth	Seoul, South Korea
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