player · international archive · 1997
South KoreaArchive goals
9
for South Korea
Matches scored in
5
1 hat-trick among them
Tournaments
1
all in the FIFA World Cup qualification
Career span
1997
first 1997-05-28 · last 1997-10-18
Counted from the international goal archive — every scorer-credited goal in the matches it covers, 1916 to today. A record of covered matches, not a complete career count; own goals never join a scorer's tally.
Choi Yong-soo is a South Korean professional football manager and former player. He competed for South Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics. — Wikipedia
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In the line-ups
2 appearances in recorded line-ups · 1998The archive holds 2 team sheets naming Choi Yong-soo in South Korea's starting line-up, from 1998-06-20 to 1998-06-25.
2 appearances in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
International goals in our archive
9 goals across 5 scoring matches · 1 tournament · 1997| Date | Opponent | Result | Minutes | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-10-18 |  Uzbekistan | W5–1(a) | 19' 41' | Tashkent |
| 1997-10-11 |  Kazakhstan | D1–1(a) | 5' | Almaty |
| 1997-09-12 | Uzbekistan | W2–1(h) | 15' | Seoul |
| 1997-09-06 | Kazakhstan | W3–0(h) | 24' 67' 74'hat-trick | Seoul |
| 1997-05-28 |  Hong Kong | W4–0(h) | 39' 72' | Daejeon |
Honours
7 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours7 | ||||
| K League 1 | ×2 | 2000, 2012 | FC Seoul | |
| Korean Semi-professional League (Autumn) | ×2 | 1997, 1998 | Sangmu FC | |
| EAFF Championship | ×1 | 2003 | South Korea | |
| Korean FA Cup | ×1 | 2015 | FC Seoul | |
| Korean League Cup | ×1 | 2006 | FC Seoul | |
| Individual honours17 | ||||
| Scoring titles · 2 | ||||
| Korean FA Cup top goalscorer | 1999 | |||
| Korean Semi-professional League (Autumn) top goalscorer | 1998 | |||
| Player of the year · 1 | ||||
| K League 1 Most Valuable Player | 2000 | |||
| Monthly awards · 3 | ||||
| K League Manager of the Month | ×3 | 2014, 2016, 2019 | ||
| More honours · 11 | ||||
| K League All-Star | ×3 | 1998, 1999, 2000 | ||
| J.League All-Star | ×2 | 2001, 2003 | ||
| AFC Asian All-Star | 1997 | |||
| AFC Coach of the Year | 2013 | |||
| K League 1 Best XI | 2000 | |||
| K League 1 Manager of the Year | 2012 | |||
| K League Rookie of the Year | 1994 | |||
| Korean FA Cup Best Manager | 2015 | |||
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