Cho Yoon-ok

Cho Yoon-ok (25 February 1940 – 22 June 2002) was a South Korean football player and manager. Considered one of Asia's greatest inside forwards in the 1960s, Cho led South Korea to an AFC Asian Cup title. He also participated at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Cho Yoon-ok

Personal information
Full name	Cho Yoon-ok
Date of birth	(1940-02-25)25 February 1940
Place of birth	Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Date of death	22 June 2002(2002-06-22) (aged 62)
Place of death	Seoul, South Korea
Position(s)	Second striker[1][2]
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965[3]	Kyung Hee University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1962[4]	ROK Army CIC (draft)
1963–1964[5]	Korea Tungsten
1966–1968[6]	Korea Tungsten
International career
1959–1960	South Korea U20
1959–1967	South Korea	55	(25)
Managerial career
1983	South Korea
1984	Daewoo Royals
Medal record Men's football Representing  South Korea AFC Asian Cup 1960 South Korea Team Asian Games 1962 Jakarta Team AFC Youth Championship 1959 Malaya Team[7] 1960 Malaya Team[8]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cho Yoon-ok
Hangul	조윤옥
Hanja	趙潤玉
Revised Romanization	Jo Yun-ok
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Yun-ok

In this Korean name, the family name is Cho.

Honours

ROK Army CIC

• Korean President's Cup: 1961^[9]

Korea Tungsten

• Korean Semi-professional League (Spring): 1968^[10]
• Korean Semi-professional League (Autumn): 1966^[10]
• Korean National Championship runner-up: 1968^[10]
• Korean President's Cup: 1966^[9]

South Korea U20

• AFC Youth Championship: 1959, 1960^[7][8]

South Korea

• AFC Asian Cup: 1960^[11]
• Asian Games silver medal: 1962^[12]

Individual

• AFC Asian Cup top goalscorer: 1960^[13]
• AFC Asian All Stars: 1965, 1966, 1967^[14][15][16]
• Korean FA Most Valuable Player: 1965^[6]

References

1. 兩國「코취」가 본 韓·希蹴球의實力. Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 18 September 1962. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
2. 우리蹴球『팀』連勝. Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 6 June 1962. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
3. 世界蹴球 代表22名 確定. Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 29 March 1965. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
4. 兩팀의『멤바』決定. Naver (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 30 October 1960. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
5. 五輪蹴球 새달17日 첫豫選. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 17 October 1963. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
6. 65年最優秀選手에 蹴協서趙潤玉선정. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 23 April 1966. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
7. 「마레이」遠征 韓國代表 選拔. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 26 February 1959. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
8. 選手團結團 馬來에갈 蹴球팀. Naver (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 25 March 1960. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
9. 대통령배전국축구대회 (in Korean). KFA. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
10. Lee, Seung-soo; Schöggl, Hans; Trevena, Mark (13 May 2020). "South Korea - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
11. Stokkermans, Karel (7 February 2019). "Asian Nations Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
12. Stokkermans, Karel (6 September 2018). "Asian Games". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
13. "AFC Asian Cup History Book 2019 Edition". AFC. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
14. "16 named for All- Stars". Gov.sg. The Straits Times. 30 August 1965. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
15. King, Ian (10 July 2003). "Sheffield Wednesday and Fulham Tour of Asia 1966". RSSSF. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
16. "Leicester show lust for goals". Gov.sg. The Straits Times. 26 May 1967. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

External links

• Cho Yoon-ok at K League
• Cho Yoon-ok at Olympics.com
• Cho Yoon-ok at Olympedia
• Jo Yun-Ok at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)