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{{short description|South Korean footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name=Choi Moon-sik
|fullname=Choi Moon-sik
|image= 최문식 감독.png
|image_size = 250px
|caption = Choi in 2016
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|1|6|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Seoul]], South Korea
|height={{height|m=1.72|precision=0}}
|position = [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|Attacking midfielder]]
|currentclub=
|youthyears1=
|youthclubs1=
| years1 = 1989–1998 
| years2 = 1996–1997 
| years3 = 1999–2000 
| years4 = 2001 
| years5 = 2001 
| years6 = 2002
| clubs1 = [[Pohang Steelers]] 
| clubs2 = → [[Gimcheon Sangmu FC|Sangmu FC]] ([[Conscription in South Korea|draft]])
| clubs3 = [[Jeonnam Dragons]] 
| clubs4 = [[Oita Trinita]]
| clubs5 = [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] 
| clubs6 = [[Bucheon SK]]
| caps1 = 127 | goals1 = 26
| caps2 = | goals2 =
| caps3 = 48 | goals3 = 8 
| caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 2 
| caps5 = 12 | goals5 = 0 
| caps6 = 20 | goals6 = 2
| totalcaps = 216 | totalgoals = 38
| nationalyears1=1988<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1988101100239111004&editNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1988-10-11&officeId=00023&pageNo=11&printNo=20777&publishType=00010 |script-title=ko:한국대표팀 14일 출국 카타르 아시아 J축구 |website=[[Naver]] |publisher=[[The Chosun Ilbo]] |language=ko |date=1988-10-11 |access-date=2023-07-06}}</ref>
| nationalteam1=[[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U20]]
| nationalyears2=1991
| nationalteam2=[[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea U23]]
| nationalcaps2= 4 | nationalgoals2 = 3
| nationalyears3=1993–1997
| nationalteam3=[[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
| nationalcaps3= 38 | nationalgoals3 = 9
| manageryears1 = 2011
| manageryears2 = 2012
| manageryears3 = 2012–2013
| manageryears4 = 2013–2015
| manageryears5 = 2015–2016
| manageryears6 = 2017
| manageryears7 = 2023
| managerclubs1 = [[Jeonnam Dragons]] (assistant)
| managerclubs2 = [[South Korea national under-17 football team|South Korea U17]]
| managerclubs3 = [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U20]] (assistant)
| managerclubs4 = [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea U23]] (assistant)
| managerclubs5 = [[Daejeon Citizen FC|Daejeon Citizen]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Yanbian Funde F.C.|Yanbian Funde]] (assistant)
| managerclubs7 = [[Kelantan F.C.|Kelantan]]
}}
{{Infobox Korean name|hangul=최문식|hanja=崔文植|rr=Choe Mun-sik|mr=Ch'oe Mun-sik}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Choi (Korean name)|Choi]]||lang=Korean}}

'''Choi Moon-sik''' (born 6 January 1971) is a South Korean [[Association football|football]] coach and former player. He is considered one of the greatest creative technicians in South Korean football history, and his nickname was also the "Technician" during his playing career.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kfa.or.kr/layer_popup/popup_live.php?act=news_tv_detail&idx=4901&div_code=news&check_url=bGF5ZXI=&lang=KOR |script-title=ko:[나의 선수시절29] 최문식' 최초의 고졸스타이자 최고의 테크니션 |language=ko |publisher=KFA |date=2009-10-20 |access-date=2023-07-06}}</ref> He was a participant in the [[Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Summer Olympics]] and [[1994 FIFA World Cup]].

==Career statistics==
=== Club ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
! rowspan="2"|Club
! rowspan="2"|Season
! colspan="3"|League
! colspan="2"|League cup
! colspan="2"|Total
|-
! Division
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[Pohang Steelers]]
|[[1989 K League|1989]]||[[K League]]
|17||6||colspan="2"|—||17||6
|-
|[[1990 K League|1990]]||K League
|20||2||colspan="2"|—||20||2
|-
|[[1991 K League|1991]]||K League
|18||1||colspan="2"|—||20||2
|-
|[[1992 K League|1992]]||K League
|24||5||7||1||31||6
|-
|[[1993 K League|1993]]||K League
|11||2||2||3||13||5
|-
|[[1994 K League|1994]]||K League
|19||6||0||0||19||6
|-
|[[1995 K League|1995]]||K League
|0||0||6||1||6||1
|-
|[[1998 K League|1998]]||K League
|18||4||18||2||36||6
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!127||26||33||7||160||33
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Gimcheon Sangmu FC|Sangmu FC]] ([[Conscription in South Korea|draft]])
|1996||[[Korean National Semi-Professional Football League|Semipro League]]
|?||?||?{{efn|name=NSC|Appearance(s) in [[Korean National Semi-Professional Football Championship|Korean Semi-professional Championship]]}}||?||?||?
|-
|1997||Semipro League
|?||?||?{{efn|name=NSC}}||?||?||?
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!?||?||?||?||?||?
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Jeonnam Dragons]]
|[[1999 K League|1999]]||K League
|26||5||7||2||33||7
|-
|[[2000 K League|2000]]||K League
|22||3||10||1||32||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!48||8||17||3||65||11
|-
|[[Oita Trinita]]
|[[2001 Oita Trinita season|2001]]||[[J2 League]]
|9||2||4||0||13||2
|-
|[[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
|[[2001 K League|2001]]||K League
|12||0||0||0||12||0
|-
|[[Jeju United FC|Bucheon SK]]
|[[2002 K League|2002]]||K League
|20||2||7||1||27||3
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!216||38||61||11||277||49
|}
{{notelist}}

=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{NFT player|id=20875|accessdate= }}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
|1993||17||4
|-
|1994||3||0
|-
|1996||4||1
|-
|1997||14||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total||38||9
|}

:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of international goals scored by Choi Moon-sik
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 13 May 1993 || [[Beirut]], Lebanon || {{fb|IND}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 15 May 1993 || [[Beirut]], Lebanon || {{fb|HKG|colonial}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|3 || 5 June 1993 || [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fb|HKG|colonial}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|4–1 || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || 27 September 1993 || [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fb|AUS}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|5 || 5 August 1996 || [[Ho Chi Minh City]], Vietnam || {{fb|GUM}} || align="center"|9–0 || align="center"|9–0 || [[1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|6 || 22 February 1997 || [[Hong Kong]] || {{fb|HKG|colonial}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|7 || 2 March 1997 || [[Bangkok]], Thailand || {{fb|THA}} || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|3–1 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|8 || 12 June 1997 || [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fb|EGY}} || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|3–1 || [[1997 Korea Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|9 || 14 June 1997 || [[Suwon]], South Korea || {{fb|GHA}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[1997 Korea Cup]]
|}

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|match played 1 April 2023}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure 
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
!rowspan="2"|Ref.
|-
!{{Tooltip|Pld|Matches played}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Matches won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Matches lost}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Win percentage}}
|-
|[[Daejeon Citizen F.C.|Daejeon Citizen]]
|align="left"|27 May 2015
|align="left"|30 October 2016
{{WDL|70|20|15|35}} 
|{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
|-
|[[Kelantan F.C.|Kelantan]]
|align="left"|12 January 2023
|align="left"|4 April 2023
{{WDL|6|1|1|4}}
|{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}
|-
! colspan="3"|Career total
{{WDLtot|76|21|16|39|}} 
!
|}

== Honours ==
'''Pohang Steelers'''
*[[K League 1]]: [[1992 K League|1992]]
*[[Korean League Cup]]: [[1993 Korean League Cup|1993]]
*[[AFC Champions League|Asian Club Championship]]: [[1997–98 Asian Club Championship|1997–98]]

'''Sangmu FC'''
*[[Korean National Semi-Professional Football League|Korean Semi-professional League (Autumn)]]: 1996, 1997
*[[Korean National Football Championship|Korean National Championship]]: 1996

'''Jeonnam Dragons'''
*[[Korean League Cup]] runner-up: [[2000 Korean League Cup (Supplementary Cup)|2000+]]

'''Suwon Samsung Bluewings'''
*[[Korean League Cup]]: [[2001 Korean League Cup|2001]]
*[[AFC Champions League|Asian Club Championship]]: [[2000–01 Asian Club Championship|2000–01]]
*[[Asian Super Cup]]: [[2001 Asian Super Cup|2001]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Korean President's Cup National Football Tournament|Korean President's Cup]] top goalscorer: 1996<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1996040100289119007&editNo=6&printCount=1&publishDate=1996-04-01&officeId=00028&pageNo=19&printNo=2521&publishType=00010 |script-title=ko:주택은 3년만에 정상 골인 |website=[[Naver]] |publisher=[[The Hankyoreh]] |language=ko |date=1996-04-01 |access-date=2023-07-06}}</ref>
*[[Korean National Football Championship|Korean National Championship]] Best Player: 1996<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1996112100209113004&editNo=45&printCount=1&publishDate=1996-11-21&officeId=00020&pageNo=13&printNo=23373&publishType=00010 |script-title=ko:축구 상무 정광석"오늘의 히어로" |website=[[Naver]] |publisher=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]] |language=ko |date=1996-11-21 |access-date=2023-07-06}}</ref>
*[[K League All-Star Game|K League All-Star]]: 2000<ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010117075100/http://www.ech.co.kr:80/echbin/allstar/main01.html |url=http://www.ech.co.kr/echbin/allstar/main01.html |script-title=ko:'00 나이키 올스타 출전 선수 보기 |publisher='00 Nike All-Star Game |lang=ko |archive-date=2001-01-17 |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref>
*[[K League Best XI#Special awards|K League '90s All-Star Team]]: 2003<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.donga.com/news/Sports/article/all/20030801/7969548/1 |script-title=ko:[프로축구]80년대 vs 90년대 축구 왕별들 뜬다…15일 OB 올스타전 |publisher=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]] |language=ko |date=2003-08-01 |access-date=2022-10-31}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{K League player}}
* [https://kfa.or.kr/archive/player_record.php?search_val=%EC%B5%9C%EB%AC%B8%EC%8B%9D Choi Moon-sik] at [[Korea Football Association|KFA]] {{in lang|ko}}
* {{FIFA|77927}}
* {{NFT player|id=20875}}
*{{J.League player}}

{{South Korea Squad 1994 World Cup}}
{{Daejeon Citizen managers}}
{{Kelantan F.C. managers}}

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