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{{Short description|South Korean footballer (born 1981)}}
{{family name hatnote|Cho||lang=Korean}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cho Byung-kuk<br/><small>조병국</small>
| image = 
| fullname = Cho Byung-kuk
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|7|1}}
| birth_place = [[Ulsan]], [[South Korea]]
| height = {{height|m=1.83}}
| currentclub = [[Jeju SK FC| Jeju SK]] (assistant)
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Centre-back|Centre back]]
| youthyears1 = 2000–2001
| youthclubs1 = [[Yonsei University]]
| years1 = 2002–2004
| clubs1 = [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
| caps1 = 61
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 2005
| clubs2 = [[Jeonnam Dragons]]
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2005–2010
| clubs3 = [[Seongnam FC|Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]]
| caps3 = 128
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2011
| clubs4 = [[Vegalta Sendai]]
| caps4 = 28
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2012–2013
| clubs5 = [[Júbilo Iwata]]
| caps5 = 44
| goals5 = 7
| years6 = 2014
| clubs6 = [[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]]
| caps6 = 28
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2015
| clubs7 = [[Chonburi F.C.|Chonburi]]
| caps7 = 23
| goals7 = 3
| years8 = 2016
| clubs8 = [[Incheon United FC|Incheon United]]
| caps8 = 29
| goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2017–2018
| clubs9 = [[Gyeongnam FC]]
| caps9 = 8
| goals9 = 1
| years10 = 2018
| clubs10 = [[Suwon FC]]
| caps10 = 13
| goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2019
| clubs11 = [[South Coast United SC|South Coast United]]
| caps11 = 21
| goals11 = 2 
| totalcaps  = 383
| totalgoals = 18 <!-- LEAGUE STATS ONLY -->
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2000
| nationalyears2 = 2002–2004
| nationalyears3 = 2003–2011
| nationalteam1 = [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea U-23]]
| nationalteam2 = [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea U-23]]
| nationalteam3 = [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalcaps2 = 32
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalcaps3 = 11
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2019–2022
| managerclubs1 = [[South Coast United SC|South Coast United]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2022–2025
| managerclubs2 = [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2022–2025
| managerclubs3 = [[Indonesia national under-23 football team|Indonesia U23]] (assistant)
| manageryears4 = 2022–2023
| managerclubs4 = [[Indonesia national under-20 football team|Indonesia U20]] (assistant)
| manageryears5 = 2025–
| managerclubs5 = [[Jeju SK FC|Jeju SK]] (assistant)
| pcupdate = 1 November 2017
| ntupdate = Jan 10, 2014
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}
{{MedalSport  | Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze  | [[2002 Asian Games|2002 Busan]] | [[Football at the 2002 Asian Games|Team]]}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto|hangul=%조병국|hanja=曺秉局}}

'''Cho Byung-kuk''' ({{Korean|hangul=조병국}}; born July 1, 1981) is a South Korean international football manager and former [[football (soccer)|football]] player. He is currently an assistant coach for [[Jeju SK FC|Jeju SK]].

==Playing 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sports.news.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=117&aid=0000001793|title=김남일↔고종수·조병국 '초대형 빅딜'(Kim Nam-il ↔ Ko Jong-su and Cho Byung-kuk 'Super Big Deal')|last=Suk Moo|first=Lee|date=2005-01-12|work=Mydaily}}</ref> In August 2005, he joined [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]].

He was part of the [[South Korea national under-23 football team|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 [[conscription in South Korea|military service]].

On 10 January 2014, Cho transferred to [[Chinese Super League]] side [[Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Greenland Shenhua]] and becomes the first ever South Korean player in history of the Chinese club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sports.sohu.com/20140110/n393312669.shtml|title=申花官方宣布签约曹秉局|publisher=sports.sohu.com|date=10 January 2014|accessdate=28 February 2014}}</ref>

==Club statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{Soccerway|byung-kuk-cho/27136}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2 | Club
! rowspan=2 | Season
! colspan=3 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Other
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Division
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]||[[K-League 2002|2002]]||rowspan="3"|[[K League 1]]||18||2||4||0||5||1||2||0||1||0||30||3
|-
|[[K-League 2003|2003]]||29||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||0
|-
|[[K-League 2004|2004]]||14||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||1
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!61||3||4||0||5||1||2||0||1||0||73||4
|-
|[[Jeonnam Dragons]]||[[K-League 2005|2005]]||K League 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma]]||[[K-League 2005|2005]]||rowspan="6"|K League 1||12||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||0
|-
|[[K-League 2006|2006]]||28||0||1||0||12||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||41||0
|-
|[[K-League 2007|2007]]||25||0||0||0||1||1||9||2||colspan="2"|—||35||3
|-
|[[K-League 2008|2008]]||18||0||1||0||7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||0
|-
|[[K-League 2009|2009]]||19||2||3||0||7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||2
|-
|[[K-League 2010|2010]]||26||0||2||0||4||0||11||1||2||0||45||1
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!128||2||8||0||31||2||20||3||2||0||189||7
|-
|[[Vegalta Sendai]]||[[2011 J. League Division 1|2011]]||[[J1 League]]||28||0||1||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||33||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Júbilo Iwata]]||[[2012 J. League Division 1|2012]]||rowspan="2"|J1 League||23||6||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||23||6
|-
|[[2013 J. League Division 1|2013]]||21||1||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||1
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!44||7||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||47||7
|-
|[[Shanghai Shenhua]]||[[2014 Chinese Super League|2014]]||[[Chinese Super League]]||28||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||0
|-
|[[Chonburi F.C.|Chonburi]]||[[2015 Thai Premier League|2015]]||[[Thai League 1]]||23||3||0||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||24||3
|-
|[[Incheon United FC|Incheon United]]||[[2016 K League Classic|2016]]||K League 1||29||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||1
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Gyeongnam FC]]||[[2017 K League Challenge|2017]]||[[K League 2]]||8||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||1
|-
|[[2018 K League 1|2018]]||K League 1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||0||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!8||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||1
|-
|[[Suwon FC]]||[[2018 K League 2|2018]]||K League 2||13||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||0
|-
!colspan=3|Career total
!362||16||15||0||43||2||23||3||3||0||444||21
|}

===International===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year <ref>{{NFT|id=6192}}</ref>
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=6|[[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
|2002||0||0
|-
|2003||5||0
|-
|2004||6||1
|-
|2008||0||0
|-
|2011||0||0
|-
|2012||0||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total||11||1
|}

:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable"
! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| 1. || 18 February 2004 || [[Suwon World Cup Stadium]], [[Suwon]], South Korea || {{fb|LIB}} || '''2'''–0 || 2–0 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|}

==See also==
*[[South Korea national football team]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{K League player|20020014}}
* [http://www.kfa.or.kr/record/playeramatch.asp?Page=1&Query=Gender%3DM%26Name%3D%EC%A1%B0%EB%B3%91%EA%B5%AD Cha Du-ri – National Team stats at KFA] {{in lang|ko}}
* {{FIFA|203804}}
* {{NFT|6192}}
* {{Soccerway|byung-kuk-cho/27136}}
*{{J.League player}}

{{South Korea Squad 2004 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:South Korean men's footballers]]
[[Category:South Korean expatriate men's footballers]]
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[[Category:Seongnam FC players]]
[[Category:Vegalta Sendai players]]
[[Category:Júbilo Iwata players]]
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