Yoo Sang-chul

Yoo Sang-chul (born 18 October 1971) is a South Korean football manager and former player. He was a former manager of Incheon United. Yoo is regarded as one of the greatest South Korean midfielders of all time. He was selected as a midfielder of 2002 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team and K League 30th Anniversary Best XI.[3][4]

Yoo Sang-chul
Personal information
Full name Yoo Sang-chul
Date of birth (1971-10-18) 18 October 1971
Place of birth Seoul, South Korea
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1990–1993 Konkuk University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 Ulsan Hyundai 75 (21)
1999–2000 Yokohama F. Marinos 44 (24)
2001–2002 Kashiwa Reysol 33 (14)
2002–2003 Ulsan Hyundai 18 (12)
2003–2004 Yokohama F. Marinos 36 (6)
2005–2006 Ulsan Hyundai 13 (1)
Total 219 (78)
National team‡
1996–2004 South Korea U23 (WC) 8 (0)
1993 South Korea Universiade
1993 South Korea B
1994–2005 South Korea 124 (18)
Teams managed
2011–2012 Daejeon Citizen
2014–2017 Ulsan University
2018 Jeonnam Dragons
2019 Incheon United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 May 2007
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2007
Yoo Sang-chul
Hangul
유상철
Hanja
柳想鐵
Revised RomanizationYu Sang-cheol
McCune–ReischauerYu Sang-ch'ŏl
In this Korean name, the family name is Yoo.

Playing career

Yoo was one of Korea's most influential players over the last decade. He was known as a powerful and versatile midfielder with strong aerial ability, even though his versatility actually allowed him to shine in just about any area of the field, from defence to attack, but his coaches believed his all-round ability was best deployed in the center of the midfield, where he could patrol the middle of the park with presence and authority. Yoo had the ability to spark an attack with his incisive distribution and was also strong defensively as well as physically.[5]

The highly rated midfielder was offered a trial with FC Barcelona in 1998 for his impressive performances during the 1998 FIFA World Cup group stages.[6][7] However, he missed out on that possible move to Europe because his club Ulsan Hyundai had already agreed a contract-binding deal to sell Yoo to Yokohama F. Marinos. He moved briefly to join Kashiwa Reysol's Korean trio in 2001 but Marinos brought the versatile Korean back to Yokohama in 2003.

He was part of the South Korea under-23 team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners Paraguay.

He scored two goals for Korea in FIFA World Cup, one in 1998 against Belgium and another in 2002 against Poland. He played a key part of the Korean national football team when Korea reached the semi-finals in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He also has a blind eye, in which he kept secret. He publicly told everyone at a Korean TV talk show.

Managerial career

On 17 July 2011, he was appointed manager of Daejeon Citizen.[8] His management at Daejeon Citizen was successful in order to survive the K League 1. Many fans wanted him to stay with Daejeon Citizen for longer but his contract had expired. The club asked for him to renew the contract but the two parties could not agree on some conditions. In 2013, Ulsan University which is one of the strongest Korean university football clubs asked to be manager. He started coaching again from the 2014 season.

Personal life

On 21 November 2019, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the stage 4, which caused him to be hospitalized.[9]

Career statistics

Club
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ulsan Hyundai1994K League205—60—265
1995K League261—71—332
1996K League20[lower-alpha 1]41[lower-alpha 2]61
1997K League71[lower-alpha 1]100[lower-alpha 2]171
1998K League2014[lower-alpha 1]31[lower-alpha 2]2315
Total752130310524
Yokohama F. Marinos1999J1 League2273130—288
2000J1 League22173064—3121
Total44246194—5929
Kashiwa Reysol2001J1 League2491000—259
2002J1 League950000—95
Total33141000—3414
Ulsan Hyundai2002K League89[lower-alpha 1]00—89
2003K League103[lower-alpha 1]——103
Total181200—1812
Yokohama F. Marinos2003J1 League1762030—226
2004J1 League190102041261
Total366305041487
Ulsan Hyundai2005K League121[lower-alpha 1]60—181
2006K League10[lower-alpha 1]00[lower-alpha 3]10
Total1310060191
Career total 219781015074128387
  1. Appearance(s) in Korean FA Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in Asian Club Championship
  3. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League

International

Source:[10]

National teamYearAppsGoals
South Korea U23 199610
200470
Total80
South Korea 1994101
199580
199651
1997217
1998243
199920
2000110
200183
2002161
200391
200451
200550
Total12418
Career total13218

International goals
Results list Korea Republic's goal tally first.
DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
11 October 1994Hiroshima Japan1 goal3–21994 Asian Games
30 April 1996Tel Aviv Israel1 goal5–4Friendly match
25 January 1997Sydney New Zealand1 goal3–11997 Opus Tournament
21 May 1997Tokyo Japan1 goal1–1Friendly match
28 May 1997Daejeon Hong Kong1 goal4–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 June 1997Seoul Egypt1 goal3–11997 Korea Cup
24 August 1997Daegu Tajikistan1 goal4–1Friendly match
4 October 1997Seoul United Arab Emirates1 goal3–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 October 1997Tashkent Uzbekistan1 goal5–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
25 June 1998Paris Belgium1 goal1–11998 FIFA World Cup
9 December 1998Bangkok United Arab Emirates1 goal2–11998 Asian Games
14 December 1998Bangkok Thailand1 goal1–21998 Asian Games
11 February 2001Dubai United Arab Emirates1 goal4–12001 Dubai Tournament
1 June 2001Ulsan Mexico1 goal2–12001 FIFA Confederations Cup
9 December 2001Seogwipo United States1 goal1–0Friendly match
4 June 2002Busan Poland1 goal2–02002 FIFA World Cup
8 December 2003Saitama China PR1 goal1–02003 East Asian Football Championship
5 June 2004Daegu Turkey1 goal2–1Friendly match

Honours

Ulsan Hyundai

Yokohama F. Marinos

South Korea Universiade

South Korea B

South Korea

Individual

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