Cho Gue-sung
Cho with FC Anyang in 2019
Personal information
Full name Cho Gue-sung[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-25) 25 January 1998
Place of birth Ansan, South Korea[2]
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Midtjylland
Number 10
Youth career
2013 Anyang Technical High School
2014–2015 FC Anyang[note 1]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Gwangju University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 FC Anyang 31 (14)
2020–2023 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 43 (13)
2021–2022 → Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) 48 (21)
2023– Midtjylland 16 (8)
International career‡
2019–2021 South Korea U23 11[lower-greek 1] (4)
2021– South Korea 32 (8)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  South Korea
AFC U-23 Championship
Winner2020 ThailandTeam
EAFF Championship
Runner-up2022 JapanTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 January 2024
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJo Gyuseong
McCune–ReischauerCho Kyusŏng
IPA[t͡ɕo.ɡju.sʌŋ]

Cho Gue-sung (Korean: 조규성; born 25 January 1998) is a South Korean footballer who plays as striker for Danish Superliga club Midtjylland and the South Korea national team.

Club career

Early career in South Korea

Cho played defensive midfielder during his youth career and freshman year at Gwangju University. However, Cho was not evaluated as a good midfielder by his university's head coach Lee Seung-won and changed his position to striker in 2017.[4] In 2019, Cho joined K League 2 side FC Anyang where he was a youth player before.[5] He was selected for the K League 2 Best XI by becoming the No. 3 goalscorer in his first professional season and transferred to K League 1 club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors the next year.[6]

Cho had difficulty proving his worth in his first season at Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. In 2021, he joined the military team Gimcheon Sangmu to serve his mandatory duty and get a stable spot.[7] As a result, he developed physically and technically while being trained at Gimcheon.[8] He became the top goalscorer in the 2022 K League 1 and led Jeonbuk to the 2022 Korean FA Cup title. In January 2023, Jeonbuk received transfer bids for him from Mainz 05, Celtic and Minnesota United.[9][10] Cho was attracted to Mainz and Celtic but rejected their offers after judging that his body condition was not good enough to play in Europe.[11]

Midtjylland

On 11 July 2023, Cho signed Danish Superliga club Midtjylland on a five-year contract for a fee reported to be around £2.6 million.[12] On 22 July 2023, he made his Danish Superliga debut with Midtjylland, scoring in a 1-0 win over Hvidovre.[13]

International career

Cho made his senior debut for South Korea on 7 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Lebanon.[14]

In November 2022, Cho was named to the 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[15] In Korea's second match at the tournament, he scored two goals against Ghana in an eventual 2–3 defeat, becoming the first South Korean player to ever score 2 or more goals in a single World Cup match. Despite losing that match, the goals proved decisive in ultimately sending Korea through to the Round of 16 on goal difference, at the expense of Uruguay.[16][17] Due to his performance in 2022 FIFA World Cup, Cho proved to be one of the greatest players in the air in Qatar. The young Korean forward won 21 aerial duels, putting him second in terms of success in the air among all players at the World Cup, after Morocco’s Youssef En-Nesyri.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 December 2023[19][20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Anyang 2019 K League 2 311430—2[lower-alpha 2]03614
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2020 K League 1 234516[lower-alpha 3]3—348
2022K League 1 8434——118
2023K League 1 12521——146
Total 431310663005922
Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) 2021 K League 2 25821——279
2022 K League 1 231310——2413
Total 48213100005122
Midtjylland 2023–24Danish Superliga 168205[lower-alpha 4]1—239
Career total 138561871142016967
  1. ↑ Includes Korean FA Cup, Danish Cup
  2. ↑ Appearances in K League 1 promotion playoffs
  3. ↑ Appearances in AFC Champions League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 15 January 2024[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
South Korea 202140
2022166
2023102
202420
Total328
Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cho goal.[21]
List of international goals scored by Cho Gue-sung
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
115 January 2022Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey Iceland1–05–1Friendly
227 January 2022Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon Lebanon1–01–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
314 June 2022Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Egypt3–14–1Friendly
420 July 2022Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan China3–03–02022 EAFF Championship
528 November 2022Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar Ghana1–22–32022 FIFA World Cup
62–2
712 September 2023St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England Saudi Arabia1–01–0Friendly
816 November 2023Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea Singapore1–05–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Gimcheon Sangmu

South Korea U23

South Korea

Individual

Notes

  1. ↑ Anyang Technical High School became an academy of FC Anyang in 2014.
  1. ↑ Includes two appearances against another KFA team.

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Korea Republic (KOR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 17. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ↑ 조규성, '순천의 손자'가 '월드컵 스타'로…시골·모교 덮은 펼침막 (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "조규성曺圭成" (in Korean). K-league. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. ↑ 경쟁자이자 동반자’ 조규성과 모재현의 특별한 인연 (in Korean). Sports-G. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ↑ FC안양, 우선지명 포함 2019 신인 5명 영입 (in Korean). Sports Donga. 4 January 2019.
  6. ↑ 조규성까지 영입한 전북, 22세 이하 고민 날렸다. Goal.com (in Korean). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  7. ↑ [단독]'이동국 후계자'조규성,상무 입대 결심.."지금이 적기" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  8. ↑ '성장캐' 김천 조규성, 여유에 승리 욕심까지 활활 "뜻대로 안 될 때 스스로 화가 난다" (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  9. ↑ Fulton, Matthew (8 January 2023). "Cho Gue-sung Celtic transfer hype intensifies after 'bidding war'". GlasgowLive. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Gue-Sung Cho: Celtic in talks over deal | Rangers monitoring South Korea striker". Sky Sports. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "몸상태 100% 아니다보니"…조규성, 여름 이적으로 기우는 이유 (in Korean). Xportsnews. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Officielt: FC Midtjylland henter sydkoreansk angriber". bold.dk (in Danish). 11 July 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "조규성, 덴마크 수페르리가 개막전서 데뷔골…미트윌란, 1-0 승리". Dong-A Ilbo (in Korean). 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  14. ↑ "South Korea v Lebanon game report". FIFA. 7 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "South Korea World Cup squad 2022: Son Heung-min included but 'final decision' to be made". 16 November 2022.
  16. ↑ "WATCH: Two goals in three minutes! Cho stuns Ghana with quick-fire brace for South Korea | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  17. ↑ "Who is Cho Gue-Sung, the South Korea striker who scored twice vs Ghana in the FIFA World Cup". Sportstar. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  18. ↑ "Cho Gue-sung may not be going anywhere this winter: Jeonbuk". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. 17 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  19. ↑ Cho Gue-sung – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
  20. ↑ Cho Gue-sung at Soccerway
  21. 1 2 "Cho, Gue-Sung". KFA. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  22. ↑ 손흥민-장슬기 올해의 선수 선정... 올해의 골은 조규성 (in Korean). KFA. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  23. 1 2 울산 이청용 K리그 '최고의 별'... 홍명보는 감독상 영예 (종합). Naver.com (in Korean). Starnews Korea. 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  24. ↑ '멀티골 작렬' 조규성, FA컵 MVP... 감독상 전북 김상식 감독[오!쎈전주]. Naver.com (in Korean). Osen. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
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