.jpg) Cho in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1999-02-05)5 February 1999 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Seoul, South Korea | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Seoul | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Eonnam High School [ko] | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017 | Korea University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | FC Seoul | 164 | (25) |
| 2023 | →Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 28 | (13) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | South Korea U14 | 6 | (3) |
| 2016–2019 | South Korea U20 | 46 | (21) |
| 2017–2023 | South Korea U23 | 33[α] | (14) |
| 2022– | South Korea | 4 | (1) |
Medal record | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 September 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 7 October 2023 | |||
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 조영욱 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 曺永旭 |
| RR | Jo Yeonguk |
| MR | Cho Yŏnguk |
| IPA | /t͡ɕo jʌŋ.uk/ |
Cho Young-wook (Korean: 조영욱; born 5 February 1999) is a South Korean professionalfootballer who plays as aforward forFC Seoul.
Cho joinedFC Seoul in January 2018.[1] He made hisK League 1 debut againstJeju United on 1 March 2018.
Cho enlisted in military football teamGimcheon Sangmu to perform his mandatory military service in January 2023. While playing for Sangmu, he had 13 goals and 5 assists in 27K League 2 appearances, and won the league title. He was discharged early from the military service as an Asian Games gold medalist after the 2023 season.[2]
Cho played forSouth Korea under-20 team in2017 and2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He appeared in all eleven of South Korea's matches, becoming South Korea's most capped player in theFIFA U-20 World Cup.[3] He helped his team reach the final in the 2019 tournament by scoring two important goals. He scored the winning goal in a 2–1 group victory overArgentina and South Korea's third goal in a 3–3 draw with quarter-final opponentsSenegal.[4]
Cho played forSouth Korean under-24 team in the2022 Asian Games, scoring four goals in seven matches of the tournament. He earned his 85th youth cap in the Asian Games final againstJapan, and won a gold medal after scoring the winning goal.[5]
Cho is nicknamed the "Shooting Hamster". It was originally used to criticise his weak shots, which were far from the "Shooting Monster", but changed to positive meaning, with his skills developing.[6]
| Club | Season | League | Korean FA Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Seoul | 2018 | K League 1 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 1 | 34 | 4 | |
| 2019 | K League 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 2 | |||
| 2020 | K League 1 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | — | 27 | 3 | ||
| 2021 | K League 1 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 8 | |||
| 2022 | K League 1 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 42 | 8 | |||
| 2024 | K League 1 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 3 | |||
| Total | 164 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 184 | 28 | ||
| Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 2023 | K League 2 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 13 | ||
| Career total | 192 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 212 | 41 | ||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 January 2022 | Mardan Sports Complex,Antalya, Turkey |  Moldova | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
Gimcheon Sangmu
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