Choi Jin-cheul

**Choi Jin-Cheul** (born 26 March 1971) is a former South Korean football player. He has played for Korea Republic national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Sangmu FC (draft)|1994|Semipro League|||||||—||||||
|1995|Semipro League|||||||—||||||||
|rowspan="13"|Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors|1996|K League|27|0|||2|1|—|—|29|1|||
|1997|K League|9|0|||12|2|—|—|21|2|||||
|1998|K League|11|6|||16|2|—|—|27|8|||||
|1999|K League|26|7|||9|2|—|—|35|9|||||
|2000|K League|25|2|||7|1|—|—|32|3|||||
|2001|K League|21|0|||4|0|||1|1|26|1|||
|2002|K League|23|0|||1|0|||—|24|0||||
|2003|K League|33|1|4|0|—|—|—|37|1||||||
|2004|K League|17|1|2|0|4|1|||1|0|24|2|||
|2005|K League|19|0|2|0|11|1|—|—|32|1|||||
|2006|K League|16|1|0|0|4|0|10|1|3|0|33|2|||
|2007|K League|14|0|1|0|1|0|2|1|—|18|1||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="7"|South Korea|1997|1|0|
|2001|4|0|||
|2002|20|1|||
|2003|8|0|||
|2004|15|2|||
|2005|3|1|||
|2006|14|0|||

- _Results list South Korea's goal tally first._
|No.|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|30 January 2002|Pasadena, United States||1–2|1–3|2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup|
|2|10 July 2004|Gwangju, South Korea||2–0|2–0|Friendly|
|3|13 October 2004|Beirut, Lebanon||1–0|1–1|2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification|
|4|16 November 2005|Seoul, South Korea||1–0|2–0|Friendly|

### Television

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Note(s)|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2018|_God of Football with Hiddink_|Himself||||||||
|2021–present|_Kick A Goal_|Himself||||||||
|2022|_Gundesliga_|Himself||||||||

### Player

**Sangmu FC**
- Korean Semi-professional League (Spring): 1994

**Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors**
- Korean FA Cup: 2000, 2003, 2005
- Korean Super Cup: 2004
- AFC Champions League: 2006
- Asian Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 2001–02

**South Korea B**
- East Asian Games: 1993

**South Korea**
- EAFF Championship: 2003

**Individual**
- K League All-Star: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- K League 1 Best XI: 2002, 2003, 2006
- AFC Champions League Most Valuable Player: 2006

### Television personality

|scope="col"|Award ceremony|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Category|scope="col"|Nominated work|scope="col"|Result|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="1"|SBS Entertainment Awards|style="text-align:center"|2022|Leader of the Year Award|_Kick A Goal_||style="text-align:center" rowspan="1"|||||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Choi Jin-cheul
- **image**: 최진철.jpg
- **caption**: Choi in 2022
- **birth place**: Jindo County, Jindo, Jeollanam-do, Jeonnam, South Korea
- **height**: 1.87 m
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Centre-back, Centre-back
- **collegeyears1**: 1990–1993
- **college1**: Soongsil University
- **years1**: 1994–1995
- **clubs1**: Gimcheon Sangmu FC, Sangmu FC (Conscription in South Korea, draft)
- **years2**: 1996–2007
- **clubs2**: Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
- **caps2**: 241
- **goals2**: 18
- **nationalyears1**: 2002
- **nationalteam1**: South Korea national under-23 football team, South Korea U23
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1993
- **nationalteam2**: South Korea national football B team, South Korea B
- **nationalyears3**: 1997–2006
- **nationalteam3**: South Korea national football team, South Korea
- **nationalcaps3**: 65
- **nationalgoals3**: 4
- **manageryears1**: 2014–2015
- **managerclubs1**: South Korea national under-17 football team, South Korea U17
- **manageryears2**: 2016
- **managerclubs2**: Pohang Steelers