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{{Short description|South Korean footballer (born 1962)}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Choi (Korean name)|Choi]]||lang=Korean}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Choi Soon-ho
| image = Choi Soon-Ho from acrofan.jpg
| caption = Choi in 2015
| full_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1962|1|10}}
| birth_place = [[Cheongju]], [[North Chungcheong Province|Chungbuk]], South Korea
| height = 1.85 m
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]], [[attacking midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = Cheongju Commercial High School
| collegeyears1 = 1983<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1983052100209208005&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1983-05-21&officeId=00020&pageNo=8&printNo=18962&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:2중등록 축구선수 슈퍼리그 出戰할듯 |publisher=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]] |language=ko |website=[[Naver]] |date=21 May 1983}}</ref>
| college1 = [[Kwangwoon University]]
| years1 = 1980–1987
| clubs1 = [[Pohang Steelers|POSCO Atoms]]
| caps1 = 55
| goals1 = 21
| years2 = 1988–1990
| clubs2 = [[FC Seoul|Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso]]
| caps2 = 28
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 1991
| clubs3 = [[Pohang Steelers|POSCO Atoms]]
| caps3 = 16
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1992–1993
| clubs4 = [[Rodez AF|Rodez]]
| caps4 = 18
| goals4 = 2
| totalcaps = 117
| totalgoals = 25
| nationalyears1 = 1979–1981
| nationalteam1 = [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 6
| nationalyears2 = 1980–1991
| nationalteam2 = [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
| nationalcaps2 = 103
| nationalgoals2 = 30
| manageryears1 = 2000–2004
| managerclubs1 = [[Pohang Steelers]]
| manageryears2 = 2006–2008
| managerclubs2 = [[Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Dockyard|Hyundai Mipo Dockyard]]
| manageryears3 = 2009–2011
| managerclubs3 = [[Gangwon FC]]
| manageryears4 = 2016–2019
| managerclubs4 = [[Pohang Steelers]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}
{{MedalSport  | Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalGold   | [[1986 Asian Games|1986 Seoul]] | [[Football at the 1986 Asian Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze  | [[1990 Asian Games|1990 Beijing]] | [[Football at the 1990 Asian Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[AFC Asian Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver   | [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980 Kuwait]] | [[1980 AFC Asian Cup squads#South Korea|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[AFC Youth Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold   | [[1980 AFC Youth Championship|1980 Thailand]]|Team<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1980112600329208012&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1980-11-26&officeId=00032&pageNo=8&printNo=10819&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:아시아 靑少年축구 한국代表팀 결단식 |publisher=[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]] |language=ko |website=[[Naver]] |date=26 November 1980}}</ref>}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name|hangul=최순호|hanja=崔淳鎬|rr=Choe Sun-ho|mr=Ch'oe Sun-ho}}

'''Choi Soon-ho''' ({{Korean|hangul=최순호|hanja=崔淳鎬}}; born 10 January 1962) is a South Korean [[Association football|football]] manager and former player.

== International career ==
Choi was named in [[South Korea national football team|South Korean squad]] for the [[1980 AFC Asian Cup]]. He scored seven goals including two goals against [[Kuwait national football team|Kuwait]], and a hat-trick against [[United Arab Emirates national football team|United Arab Emirates]] in the group stage. South Korea met Kuwait again in the final, but they lost this time. Choi became the youngest ever player to be the top scorer in the [[AFC Asian Cup]] at age 18.

In 1981, he led [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korean under-20 team]] to the [[1980 AFC Youth Championship]] title by scoring four goals. He also played [[1981 FIFA World Youth Championship|FIFA World Youth Championship matches]] as the Asian champion in the same year. He defeated [[Italy national under-20 football team|Italy]] 4–1 in the first game by having two goals and two assists.<ref name="Choi2"/> However, South Korea was eliminated in the group stage after losing to [[Romania national under-20 football team|Romania]] and [[Brazil national under-20 football team|Brazil]].

Choi was selected for the South Korean squad for the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]. He contributed to more than half of the team's 17 goals by having one goal and eight assists in eight games of the [[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|qualification]].<ref name="Choi2"/> He scored a goal outside the penalty area in a group match against [[Italy national football team|Italy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1986071000209205010&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1986-07-10&officeId=00020&pageNo=5&printNo=19930&publishType=00020 |website=[[Naver]] |script-title=ko:崔淳鎬「월드컵 스타들」에 뽑혀 |publisher=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]] |language=ko |date=10 July 1986 |access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref> He finally provided two assists as well as scoring a goal in the World Cup, proving his abilities outside Asia.

[[Serie A]] club [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] was interested in Choi after the World Youth Championship. Its interest lasted until the end of the 1986 World Cup, but his team POSCO consistently rejected its offer.<ref name="Choi1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.news.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=020&aid=0002231538 |website=[[Naver]] |script-title=ko:[권순일의 '내 사랑 스포츠']세계적인 축구클럽 유벤투스의 6년 구애를 뿌리친 한국선수는? |publisher=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]] |language=ko |date=17 April 2011}}</ref>

==Style of play==
Regarded as one of the most technically gifted forwards in South Korea, Choi was proficient at controlling the ball with various skills including shot, dribble, touch, and pass. He also showed good speed, wide vision and supple body, having hardly any weak point. He normally played as a striker, but he could also play as an [[attacking midfielder]] to create chances.<ref name="Choi2">{{cite web |url=https://sports.news.naver.com/kfootball/news/read.nhn?oid=436&aid=0000025327 |website=[[Naver]] |script-title=ko:[선수의 역사] 시대를 앞섰던 스트라이커, 최순호 |publisher=Footballist |language=ko |date=12 May 2017}}</ref><ref name="Choi1">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwwg1eKO5oM&t=3085s  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/iwwg1eKO5oM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|script-title=ko:감스트 : 장지현 해설위원 합방 초대박 레전드! (Jang Ji Hyun football commentator Joint broadcasting) |language=ko |website=YouTube.com |publisher=GAMST TV |date=3 September 2016 |access-date=27 April 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==
=== Club ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kleague.com/record?ch=083932 |script-title=ko:# 최순호 |publisher=K League |language=ko |access-date=5 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2 | Club
! rowspan=2 | Season
! colspan=3 | League
! colspan=2 | National cup
! colspan=2 | League cup
! colspan=2 | Other
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Division
! Club !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[Pohang Steelers|POSCO Atoms]]
|1980||[[Korean National Semi-Professional Football League|Semipro League]]
|?||?||?{{efn|name=NFC|Appearance(s) in [[Korean National Football Championship|Korean National Championship]]}}||?||colspan="2"|—
|?{{efn|name=PC|Appearance(s) in [[Korean President's Cup National Football Tournament|Korean President's Cup]]}}||?||?||?
|-
|1981||Semipro League
|?||?||?{{efn|name=NFC}}||?||colspan="2"|—||?{{efn|name=PC}}||?||?||?
|-
|1982||Semipro League
|?||?||?{{efn|name=NFC}}||?||colspan="2"|—||?{{efn|name=PC}}||?||?||?
|-
|[[K-League 1983|1983]]||[[K League]]||2||2||?{{efn|name=NFC}}||?||colspan="2"|—||?{{efn|name=PC}}||?||2||2
|-
|[[K-League 1984|1984]]||K League||24||14||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||14
|-
|[[K-League 1985|1985]]||K League||5||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||2
|-
|[[K-League 1986|1986]]||K League||8||1||colspan="2"|—||1||0||colspan="2"|—||9||1
|-
|[[K-League 1987|1987]]||K League||16||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||16||2
|-
!colspan=2|Total||55||21||?||?||1||0||colspan="2"|—||56||21
|-
|rowspan=4|[[FC Seoul|Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso]]
|[[K-League 1988|1988]]||K League
|11||1||?{{efn|name=NFC}}||?||colspan=2|—||colspan="2"|—||11||1
|-
|[[K-League 1989|1989]]||K League
|9||0||?{{efn|name=NFC}}||?||colspan=2|—||colspan="2"|—||9||0
|-
|[[K-League 1990|1990]]||K League
|8||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||1
|-
!colspan=2|Total||28||2||?||?||colspan=2|—||colspan="2"|—||28||2
|-
|POSCO Atoms||[[K-League 1991|1991]]||K League||16||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan=2|—||colspan="2"|—||16||0
|-
|[[Rodez AF|Rodez]]
|[[1992–93 French Division 2|1992–93]]||[[Ligue 2|French Division 2]]
|18||2||?{{efn|Appearance(s) in [[Coupe de France]]}}||?||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||2
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total ||117||25||?||?||1||0|||?||?||118||25
|}
{{notelist}}

=== International ===
The [[Korea Football Association|KFA]] is showing the list of Choi's 96 international appearances in its official website.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kfa.or.kr/archive/player_record.php?search_val=%EC%B5%9C%EC%88%9C%ED%98%B8 |title=Choi Soon-ho at Korea Football Association |publisher=KFA |language=ko |access-date=2022-01-05}}</ref>

The [[RSSSF]] is claiming 103 appearances about Choi's international career by recognising eight more appearances against Malaysia B, Thailand B, Bahrain B (in [[1980 President's Cup Football Tournament|1980 Korea Cup]]), [[PS Mitra Kukar|NIAC Mitra]] (in [[1982 King's Cup]]), [[Indonesia national football team|Indonesia]] (in [[1983 President's Cup Football Tournament|1983 Korea Cup]]), [[Czechoslovak First League|Czechoslovakia XI]] (in [[1988 President's Cup International Football Tournament|1988 Korea Cup]]), the [[Soviet Union Olympic football team|Soviet Union Olympic]] and Argentina Olympic (in [[Football at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Summer Olympics]]), and excluding one appearance against the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] (in 1983 Korea Cup).<ref name="rsssf">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/choi-intlg.html |title=Soon-Ho Choi - Century of International Appearances |publisher=RSSSF |date=2020-07-08 |access-date=2024-01-31}}</ref>

The RSSSF recognised his appearances in the [[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers|1984 Summer Olympics qualification]], but it is not recognising his two goals against [[Bahrain national football team|Bahrain]] and [[New Zealand men's national football team|New Zealand]] in the competition.<ref name="rsssf"/>

In 1999, Choi was inducted into the [[Asia Football Confederation|AFC]] Century Club, the selection of AFC players to win [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps|100 or more caps]], with 113 caps by the standard of the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G_xOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xhQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3937%2C2915577 |title=AFC Hall of Fame - They belong in Club 100 |publisher=New Straits Times |date=12 February 1999 |accessdate=4 June 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626040415/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G_xOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xhQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3937%2C2915577 |archivedate=26 June 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

<div><li style=display:inline-table;>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="12"|[[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
|[[South Korea national football team results (1980–1989)|1980]]||8||8
|-
|1981||4||2
|-
|1982||11||4
|-
|1983||6||0
|-
|1984||6||2
|-
|1985||12||7
|-
|1986||9||4
|-
|1987||4||0
|-
|1988||4||2
|-
|1989||10||1
|-
|[[South Korea national football team results (1990–1999)|1990]]||18||0
|-
|1991||4||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total!!96!!30
|}
</li> <li style=display:inline-table>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by competition
|-
!Competition!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Exhibition game|Friendlies]]||14||2
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Minor competitions||33||9
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Football at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]||13||5
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[AFC Asian Cup]]||6||7
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Afro-Asian Cup of Nations]]||1||0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] qualification||5||2
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]||1||0
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[FIFA World Cup qualification]]||18||4
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[FIFA World Cup]]||5||1
|-
!Total!!96!!30
|}
</li></div>
:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of international goals scored by Choi Soon-ho
|-
!No. !! Date !! Venue 
!Cap!! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
|align="center"|1 || 25 August 1980 || [[Chuncheon]], South Korea 
|align="center"|1 || {{fb|IDN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" |3–0 || [[1980 President's Cup Football Tournament|1980 Korea Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|2 || 16 September 1980 || [[Kuwait City]], Kuwait 
|align="center"|3 || {{fb|MAS}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" |1–1 || [[1980 AFC Asian Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|3 || 19 September 1980 || Kuwait City, Kuwait 
|align="center"|4 || {{fb|QAT}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center" |2–0 || 1980 AFC Asian Cup
|-
|align="center"|4 || rowspan="2"|21 September 1980 || rowspan="2"|Kuwait City, Kuwait 
|align="center" rowspan="2" | 5|| rowspan="2" |{{fb|KUW}} || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2" align="center" |3–0 || rowspan="2"|1980 AFC Asian Cup
|-
|align="center"|5 || align="center"|3–0
|-
|align="center"|6 || rowspan="3"|24 September 1980 || rowspan="3"|Kuwait City, Kuwait 
|align="center" rowspan="3" | 6|| rowspan="3" |{{fb|UAE}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" align="center" |4–1 || rowspan="3"|1980 AFC Asian Cup
|-
|align="center"|7 || align="center"|2–0
|-
|align="center"|8 || align="center"|3–0
|-
|align="center"|9 || rowspan="2"|24 April 1981 || rowspan="2"|Kuwait City, Kuwait 
|align="center" rowspan="2" | 11|| rowspan="2" |{{fb|THA}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center" |5–1 || rowspan="2"|[[1982 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC and OFC)|1982 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
|align="center"|10 || align="center"|5–1
|-
|align="center"|11 || 21 March 1982 || [[Seoul]], South Korea 
|align="center"| 16|| {{fb|JPN}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center" |3–0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|align="center"|12 || 11 June 1982 || [[Gwangyang]], South Korea 
|align="center"| 20|| {{fb|BHR}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center" |3–0 || [[1982 President's Cup Football Tournament|1982 Korea Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|13 || rowspan="2"|21 November 1982 || rowspan="2"|[[New Delhi]], India 
|align="center" rowspan="2" | 21|| rowspan="2" |{{fb|South Yemen}} || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2" align="center" |3–0 || rowspan="2"|[[Football at the 1982 Asian Games|1982 Asian Games]]
|-
|align="center"|14 || align="center"|3–0
|-
|align="center"|15 || 19 April 1984 || [[Singapore]] 
|align="center"| 31|| {{fb|Bahrain}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" |1–0 || [[Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers|1984 Summer Olympics qualification]]
|-
|align="center"|16 || 22 April 1984 || Singapore 
|align="center"| 32|| {{fb|New Zealand}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center" |2–0 || 1984 Summer Olympics qualification
|-
|align="center"|17 || 6 June 1985 || [[Daejeon]], South Korea 
|align="center"| 40|| {{fb|THA}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" |3–2 || [[1985 President's Cup Football Tournament|1985 Korea Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|18 || rowspan="2"|8 June 1985 || rowspan="2"|[[Gwangju]], South Korea 
|align="center" rowspan="2" | 41|| rowspan="2" |{{fb|BHR}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center" |3–0 || rowspan="2"|1985 Korea Cup
|-
|align="center"|19 || align="center"|2–0
|-
|align="center"|20 || rowspan="2"|15 June 1985 || rowspan="2"|Seoul, South Korea 
|align="center" rowspan="2" | 42|| rowspan="2" |{{fb|IRQ|1963}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center" |2–0 || rowspan="2"|1985 Korea Cup
|-
|align="center"|21 || align="center"|2–0
|-
|align="center"|22 || 30 July 1985 || [[Jakarta]], Indonesia 
|align="center"| 44|| {{fb|IDN}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center" |4–1 || [[1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1986 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
|align="center"|23 || 14 December 1985 || [[Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl|Nezahualcoyotl]], Mexico 
|align="center"| 47|| {{fb|ALG}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center" |2–0 || [[Mexico Tournament|1985 Mexico Tournament]]
|-
|align="center"|24 || 10 June 1986 || [[Puebla]], Mexico 
|align="center"| 50|| {{fb|ITA}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center" |2–3 || [[1986 FIFA World Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|25 || 20 September 1986 || [[Busan]], South Korea 
|align="center"| 51|| {{fb|IND}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center" |3–0 || [[Football at the 1986 Asian Games|1986 Asian Games]]
|-
|align="center"|26 || rowspan="2"|3 October 1986 || rowspan="2"|Seoul, South Korea 
|align="center" rowspan="2" | 55|| rowspan="2" |{{fb|IDN}} || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2" align="center" |4–0 || rowspan="2"|1986 Asian Games
|-
|align="center"|27 || align="center"|4–0
|-
|align="center"|28 || 19 June 1988 || [[Suwon]], South Korea 
|align="center"| 62|| {{fb|ZAM}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center" |4–0 || [[1988 President's Cup Football Tournament|1988 Korea Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|29 || 26 October 1988 || [[Tokyo]], Japan 
|align="center"| 64|| {{fb|JPN}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" |1–0 || Friendly
|-
|align="center"|30 || 27 May 1989 || Seoul, South Korea 
|align="center"| 67|| {{fb|MAS}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" |3–0 || [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|}

== Honours ==
===Player===
'''POSCO Atoms'''
*[[K League 1]]: [[1986 K League|1986]]<ref name="Leagues">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/skorchamp.html |title=South Korea - List of Champions |date=13 May 2020 |access-date=2 September 2020 |first1=Seung-soo |last1=Lee |first2=Hans |last2=Schöggl |first3=Mark |website=[[RSSSF]] |last3=Trevena}}</ref>
*[[Korean National Semi-Professional Football League|Korean Semi-professional League]]: 1982<ref name="Leagues"/>
*[[Korean National Semi-Professional Football League|Korean Semi-professional League (Autumn)]]: 1981<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1981092300329208001&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1981-09-23&officeId=00032&pageNo=8&printNo=11072&publishType=00020 |website=[[Naver]] |script-title=ko:實業축구 浦鐵 6年만에 頂上탈환 |publisher=[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]] |language=ko |date=23 September 1981 |access-date=19 May 2020}}</ref>

'''Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso'''
*[[K League 1]]: [[1990 K League|1990]]<ref name="Leagues"/>
*[[Korean National Football Championship|Korean National Championship]]: 1988<ref name="Leagues"/>

'''South Korea U20'''
*[[AFC Youth Championship]]: [[1980 AFC Youth Championship|1980]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/as-u19.html |title=Asian U-19/U-20 Championship |date=22 November 2018 |access-date=4 September 2020 |first1=Roberto |last1=Di Maggio |first2=Erik |last2=Garin |first3=Mikael |last3=Jönsson |first4=Neil |last4=Morrison |first5=Karel |website=[[RSSSF]] |last5=Stokkermans}}</ref>

'''South Korea'''
*[[Football at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]: [[Football at the 1986 Asian Games|1986]]<ref name="AsianGames">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asia-games.html |title=Asian Games |date=6 September 2018 |access-date=4 September 2020 |first=Karel |website=[[RSSSF]] |last=Stokkermans}}</ref>
*[[AFC Asian Cup]] runner-up: [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asiachamp.html |title=Asian Nations Cup |date=7 February 2019 |access-date=2 September 2020 |first=Karel |website=[[RSSSF]] |last=Stokkermans}}</ref>
*[[Dynasty Cup]]: [[1990 Dynasty Cup|1990]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/dynastycup.html |title=Dynasty Cup |date=20 June 2007 |access-date=4 September 2020 |first1=Josef |last1=Bobrowsky |first2=Karel |website=[[RSSSF]] |last2=Stokkermans}}</ref>
*[[Afro-Asian Cup of Nations]]: [[1987 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations|1987]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.11v11.com/matches/egypt-v-korea-republic-06-january-1988-240861/ |title=Egypt v Korea Republic, 06 January 1988 |publisher=11v11 |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
*[[AFC Asian Cup]] top goalscorer: [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/80asch.html |title=Asian Nations Cup 1980 |website=[[RSSSF]] |date=16 December 2010}}</ref>
*[[AFC Asian Cup]] Team of the Tournament: [[1980 AFC Asian Cup|1980]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=x8G803Bi31IC&dat=19801002&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |website=Google.com |title=Chin Aun gets the vote too |publisher=New Straits Times |date=2 October 1980}}</ref>
*[[KFA Awards#Best XI (1969–1988)|Korean FA Best XI]]: 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1981012100329208016&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1981-01-21&officeId=00032&pageNo=8&printNo=10864&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:80最優秀선수 李榮武 蹴球기자단 選定…27일표창 |publisher=[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]] |website=[[Naver]] |language=ko |date=21 January 1981}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1985011700329208016&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1985-01-17&officeId=00032&pageNo=8&printNo=12094&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:축구 베스트11 선정 許丁茂 MVP 뽑혀 |language=ko |website=[[Naver]] |publisher=[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]] |date=17 January 1985 |access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1986012200329208003&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1986-01-22&officeId=00032&pageNo=8&printNo=12406&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:85축구 베스트11 선정 |language=ko |website=[[Naver]] |publisher=[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]] |date=22 January 1986 |access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1986121700209205006&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1986-12-17&officeId=00020&pageNo=5&printNo=20066&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:축구「올해의 베스트11」선정 |language=ko |website=[[Naver]] |publisher=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]] |date=17 December 1986 |access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[AFC Youth Championship]] Most Valuable Player: [[1980 AFC Youth Championship|1980]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1981030200209208001&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1981-03-02&officeId=00020&pageNo=8&printNo=18278&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:韓國, 21年만에단독優勝 金錫垣절묘한어시스트…崔淳鎬헤 딩 |publisher=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]] |website=[[Naver]] |date=2 March 1981 |language=ko}}</ref>
*[[AFC Youth Championship]] top goalscorer: [[1980 AFC Youth Championship|1980]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1981030200329208005&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1981-03-02&officeId=00032&pageNo=8&printNo=10898&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:崔淳鎬 4게임서 4골 最多득점┈守備補完이 課題 |publisher=[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]] |language=ko |website=[[Naver]] |date=2 March 1981}}</ref>
*[[K League Best XI|K League 1 Best XI]]: [[1984 K League|1984]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1984111200209209001&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1984-11-12&officeId=00020&pageNo=9&printNo=19420&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:슈퍼리그 84大長征 회심의 골인「대우王冠」빛나다 |publisher=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]] |language=ko |website=[[Naver]] |date=12 November 1984}}</ref>
*[[South Korean Footballer of the Year|Korean FA Most Valuable Player]]: 1990<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1990121200209211010&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1990-12-12&officeId=00020&pageNo=11&printNo=21327&publishType=00020 |script-title=ko:축구 올 MVP 崔淳鎬 洪明甫 |language=ko |publisher=[[The Dong-a Ilbo]] |website=[[Naver]] |date=12 December 1990 |access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[K League All-Star Game|K League All-Star]]: 1991<ref>{{cite news |url=https://m.sports.naver.com/general/article/001/0003559926 |script-title=ko:프로축구올스타전 10일 오후 동대문運서 |publisher=Yonhap News Agency |website=Naver |date=1991-11-05 |access-date=2024-06-20 |language=ko}}</ref>
*[[K League Best XI#Special awards|K League '80s 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>
*[[K League Best XI#K League 30th Anniversary Legends Best XI (2013)|K League 30th Anniversary Best XI]]: 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ytn.co.kr/_ln/0107_201305310856320188 |script-title=ko:한국 축구 레전드 베스트11 발표 |publisher=[[YTN]] |language=ko |date=31 May 2013}}</ref>
*[[K League]] Hall of Fame: 2023<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kleague.com/news_view.do?orderBy=seq&viewOption=album&seq=87585 |script-title=ko:‘K리그 명예의 전당’ 초대 헌액자 발표 |publisher=K League |language=ko |date=2023-03-16 |access-date=2023-03-16 |title=K League }}</ref>

===Manager===
'''Hyundai Mipo Dockyard'''
*[[Korea National League]]: [[2007 Korea National League|2007]], [[2008 Korea National League|2008]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/skor2champ.html |title=South Korea - List of Second Level Champions |date=21 February 2019 |access-date=8 September 2020 |first=Hans |website=[[RSSSF]] |last=Schöggl}}</ref>
*[[Korean President's Cup]]: 2008<ref name="Cups">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/skorcuphist.html |title=South Korea - List of Cup Winners |date=8 April 2020 |access-date=2 September 2020 |first1=Seung-soo |last1=Lee |first2=Mark |website=[[RSSSF]] |last2=Trevena}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
*[[K League All-Star Game|K League All-Star]]: 2004<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2004/06/29/2004062970097.html |script-title=ko:김남일, 올스타 팬투표 최다 득표 |publisher=The Chosun Ilbo |lang=ko |date=2004-06-29 |access-date=2025-05-28}}</ref>
*[[Korea National League]] Manager of the Year: [[2007 Korea National League|2007]], [[2008 Korea National League|2008]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.news.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=076&aid=0000083798 |script-title=ko:[스포츠토토 한국축구대상] (5) 내셔널리그 |publisher=[[Sports Chosun]] |website=[[Naver]] |language=ko |date=29 November 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.news.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=003&aid=0002396202 |script-title=ko:울산미포, 내셔널리그 수상식 5개 부문 수상 |publisher=[[Newsis]] |website=[[Naver]] |language=ko |date=25 November 2008}}</ref>
*[[Korean President's Cup]] Best Manager: 2008<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.news.naver.com/kfootball/news/read.nhn?oid=139&aid=0001939494 |script-title=ko:울산미포조선, 고양 KB 꺾고 대통령배 우승 |publisher=Sportalkorea |language=ko |website=[[Naver]] |date=27 March 2008}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{K League player}}
* [http://www.kfa.or.kr/record/playeramatch.asp?Page=1&Query=Gender%3DM%26Name%3D%EC%B5%9C%EC%88%9C%ED%98%B8 Choi Soon-ho – National Team Stats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055715/http://www.kfa.or.kr/record/playeramatch.asp?Page=1&Query=Gender%3DM&Name=%EC%B5%9C%EC%88%9C%ED%98%B8 |date=2016-03-04 }} at [[Korea Football Association|KFA]] {{in lang|ko}}
* {{FIFA player|44001}} 
* {{NFT player|id=20876}}
* [https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/choi-intlg.html International Appearances & Goals]

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