Choi Sung-yong

**Choi Sung-Yong** (; born 25 December 1975) is a South Korean professional athlete.  He is best known as an association football player. He was a member of the Korean national team.

### Club

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National cup|colspan=2|League cup|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Vissel Kobe|1999|J1 League|26|0|1|0|1|0|28|0|
|2000|J1 League|25|0|1|0|4|0|30|0|||
|rowspan="3"|LASK Linz|2000–01|Austrian Bundesliga|13|1|1|0|—|14|1||
|2001–02|Erste Division|6|0|0|0|—|6|0||||
|rowspan="6"|Suwon Samsung Bluewings|2002|K League|11|0|?|?|—|11|0||
|2003|K League|23|0|1|0|—|24|0||||
|2004|K League|20|1|0|0|12|0|32|1|||
|2005|K League|16|0|3|0|7|0|26|0|||
|2006|K League|8|0|0|0|4|0|12|0|||
|Yokohama FC|2006|J2 League|22|0|1|0|—|23|0|||
|Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i|2007|K League|8|0|0|0|0|0|8|0||
|rowspan="4"|Thespa Kusatsu|2008|J2 League|37|0|1|0|—|38|0||
|2009|J2 League|7|0|2|0|—|9|0||||
|2010|J2 League|4|0|0|0|—|4|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|South Korea|1995|3|0|
|1997|12|0|||
|1998|24|1|||
|1999|2|0|||
|2000|5|0|||
|2001|8|0|||
|2002|8|0|||
|2003|3|0|||

- _Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Choi goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|4 March 1998|International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan||1–1|2–1|1998 Dynasty Cup||||||||

## Honours

**Suwon Samsung Bluewings**
- K League: 2004
- Korean FA Cup: 2002
- Korean League Cup: 2005
- Korean Super Cup: 2005
- Asian Club Championship: 2001–02
- Asian Super Cup: 2002
- A3 Champions Cup: 2005

**Yokohama FC**
- J2 League: 2006

**Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i**
- Korean League Cup: 2007

**South Korea**
- AFC Asian Cup third place: 2000

**Individual**
- K League All-Star: 2002, 2005

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Choi Sung-yong
- **image**: Choi Sung-Yong.jpg
- **caption**: Choi in 2013
- **birth place**: Masan, South Gyeongsang Province, Gyeongnam, South Korea
- **height**: 1.73m
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Wing-back, Wing-back, midfielder
- **collegeyears1**: 1994–1996
- **college1**: Korea University
- **years1**: 1997–1998
- **clubs1**: Gimcheon Sangmu FC, Sangmu FC (Conscription in South Korea, draft)
- **years2**: 1999–2000
- **clubs2**: Vissel Kobe
- **caps2**: 51
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2001
- **clubs3**: LASK, LASK Linz
- **caps3**: 19
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2002–2006
- **clubs4**: Suwon Samsung Bluewings
- **caps4**: 78
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2006–2007
- **clubs5**: Yokohama FC
- **caps5**: 22
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2007
- **clubs6**: Ulsan Hyundai FC, Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
- **caps6**: 8
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2008–2010
- **clubs7**: Thespakusatsu Gunma, Thespa Kusatsu
- **caps7**: 48
- **goals7**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 226
- **totalgoals**: 2
- **nationalyears1**: 1990
- **nationalteam1**: South Korea national under-17 football team, South Korea U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1993
- **nationalteam2**: South Korea national under-20 football team, South Korea U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 1994–1996
- **nationalteam3**: South Korea national under-23 football team, South Korea U23
- **nationalcaps3**: 44
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 1995–2003
- **nationalteam4**: South Korea national football team, South Korea
- **nationalcaps4**: 65
- **nationalgoals4**: 1
- **manageryears1**: 2023
- **managerclubs1**: Suwon Samsung Bluewings (caretaker)