Cho Byung-kuk (; born July 1, 1981) is a South Korean international football player who is the currently assistant coach of Indonesia and Indonesia U-23. Career Cho began his professional career in 2002 with K-League club Suwon Samsung Bluewings. He moved to Chunnam Dragons at the end of the 2004 season in a swap deal which saw Kim Nam-Il move to Suwon. In August 2005, he joined Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. He was part of the South Korea football team in 2004 Summer Olympics, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners Paraguay. In May 2010, he left team to do military service. On 10 January 2014, Cho transferred to Chinese Super League side Shanghai Greenland Shenhua and becomes the first ever South Korean player in history of the Chinese club. Club statistics International goals Results list South Korea's goal tally first. See also List of Koreans South Korea national football team References External links Cha Du-ri – National Team stats at KFA 1981 births Living people Association football defenders South Korean footballers South Korean expatriate footballers South Korea international footballers Suwon Samsung Bluewings players Seongnam FC players Vegalta Sendai players Júbilo Iwata players Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Gyeongnam FC players Suwon FC players K League 1 players K League 2 players J1 League players Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of South Korea Expatriate footballers in Japan South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate footballers in China South Korean expatriate sportspeople in China Sportspeople from Ulsan Yonsei University alumni Chinese Super League players Cho Byung-kuk Expatriate footballers in Thailand South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Cho Byung-kuk Asian Games medalists in football Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games