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{{Short description|South Korean footballer (born 1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Choi (Korean name)|Choi]]||lang=Korean}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Choi Sung-yong
| image = Choi Sung-Yong.jpg
| caption = Choi in 2013
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|25|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Masan]], [[South Gyeongsang Province|Gyeongnam]], South Korea
| height = 1.73m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber = 
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Wing-back|Wing-back]], [[midfielder]]
| collegeyears1 = 1994–1996
| college1 = [[Korea University]]
| years1 = 1997–1998
| clubs1 = [[Gimcheon Sangmu FC|Sangmu FC]] ([[Conscription in South Korea|draft]])
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1999–2000
| clubs2 = [[Vissel Kobe]]
| caps2 = 51
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2001
| clubs3 = [[LASK|LASK Linz]]
| caps3 = 19
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2002–2006
| clubs4 = [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
| caps4 = 78
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2006–2007
| clubs5 = [[Yokohama FC]]
| caps5 = 22
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2007
| clubs6 = [[Ulsan Hyundai FC|Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]
| caps6 = 8
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2008–2010
| clubs7 = [[Thespakusatsu Gunma|Thespa Kusatsu]]
| caps7 = 48
| goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 226
| totalgoals = 2
| nationalyears1 = 1990
| nationalteam1 = [[South Korea national under-17 football team|South Korea U17]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1993
| nationalteam2 = [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U20]]
| nationalcaps2 = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1994–1996
| nationalteam3 = [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea U23]]<ref name="KFA">{{cite web |url=https://kfa.or.kr/archive/player_record.php?search_val=%EC%B5%9C%EC%84%B1%EC%9A%A9 |title=Choi Sung-yong at Korea Football Association |publisher=KFA |access-date=2022-10-08 |language=ko}}</ref>
| nationalcaps3 = 44
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 1995–2003
| nationalteam4 = [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
| nationalcaps4 = 65
| nationalgoals4 = 1
| manageryears1 = 2023
| managerclubs1 = [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] (caretaker)<ref>{{cite web |title=수원 삼성, 이병근 감독 경질…최성용 감독대행 체제 |url=https://www.yonhapnewstv.co.kr/news/MYH20230418016500641 |website=yonhapnewstv.co.kr |access-date=18 April 2023 |language=ko |date=18 April 2023}}</ref>
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry|{{KOR}} }}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000 Lebanon]]|[[2000 AFC Asian Cup squads#South Korea|Team]]}}
}}

{{Infobox Korean name|hangul=최성용|hanja=崔成勇|rr=Choe Seong-yong|mr=Ch'oe Sŏng-yong}}

'''Choi Sung-yong''' ({{Korean|hangul=최성용}}; born 25 December 1975) is a former South Korean [[Association football|football]]er who played as a [[Defender (association football)#Wing-back|wing-back]] or [[Midfielder (association football)|midfielder]]. Known for his good stamina and concentration, Choi was noted for his ability for [[man-to-man defense]].<ref name="Choi">{{cite web |url=https://post.naver.com/viewer/postView.nhn?volumeNo=2456297&memberNo=17035333 |script-title=ko:최성용, “시련이 성장의 기회다” |website=[[Naver]] |language=ko |publisher=KFA |date=2015-09-22 |access-date=2022-10-08}}</ref> He performed a role to concentrate on marking [[Hidetoshi Nakata]], considered the best Asian player at the time, when [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]] played against [[Japan national football team|Japan]] in the late 1990s and early 2000s.<ref name="Choi"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://sports.chosun.com/news/news_o3.htm?name=/news/old/200004/20000413s162 |script-title=ko:최성용 '내가 나카타 천적' |publisher=[[Sports Chosun]] |language=ko |date=2000-04-13 |access-date=2022-10-08}}</ref>

Choi played for the South Korea national team as a right-back in the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]]. He was also selected for the national team for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], but didn't appear on the field at that time.<ref name="KFA"/> After the 2002 World Cup, he joined [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] and helped the club win the [[K League]] title.

==Career statistics ==
=== Club ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="nft">{{NFT player|id=6191|accessdate= }}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2 | Club
! rowspan=2 | Season
! colspan=3 | League
! colspan=2 | National cup
! colspan=2 | League cup
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Division
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Vissel Kobe]]
|[[1999 Vissel Kobe season|1999]]||[[J1 League]]
|26||0||1||0||1||0||28||0
|-
|[[2000 Vissel Kobe season|2000]]||J1 League
|25||0||1||0||4||0||30||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!51||0||2||0||5||0||58||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[LASK|LASK Linz]]
|[[2000–01 Austrian Football Bundesliga|2000–01]]||[[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]]
|13||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||14||1
|-
|2001–02||[[2. Liga (Austria)|Erste Division]]
|6||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||6||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!19||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||20||1
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
|2002||[[K League]]
|11||0||?||?||colspan="2"|—||11||0
|-
|2003||K League
|23||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||24||0
|-
|2004||K League
|20||1||0||0||12||0||32||1
|-
|2005||K League
|16||0||3||0||7||0||26||0
|-
|2006||K League
|8||0||0||0||4||0||12||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!78||1||4||0||23||0||105||1
|-
|[[Yokohama FC]]
|[[2006 Yokohama FC season|2006]]||[[J2 League]]
|22||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||23||0
|-
|[[Ulsan Hyundai FC|Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]]
|2007||K League
|8||0||0||0||0||0||8||0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Thespakusatsu Gunma|Thespa Kusatsu]]
|2008||J2 League
|37||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||38||0
|-
|[[2009 Thespa Kusatsu season|2009]]||J2 League
|7||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||9||0
|-
|[[2010 Thespa Kusatsu season|2010]]||J2 League
|4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||4||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!48||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||51||0
|-
!colspan=3|Career total
!226||2||11||0||28||0||265||2
|}

=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="KFA"/>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
|1995||3||0
|-
|1997||12||0
|-
|1998||24||1
|-
|1999||2||0
|-
|2000||5||0
|-
|2001||8||0
|-
|2002||8||0
|-
|2003||3||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total!!65!!1
|}

:''Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Choi goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Choi Sung-yong
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
|align="center"|1 || 4 March 1998 || [[Nissan Stadium (Yokohama)|International Stadium Yokohama]], [[Yokohama]], Japan || {{fb|CHN}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|2–1 || [[Dynasty Cup|1998 Dynasty Cup]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Suwon Samsung Bluewings'''
*[[K League]]: [[2004 K League|2004]]<ref name="nft"/>
*[[Korean FA Cup]]: [[2002 Korean FA Cup|2002]]<ref name="nft"/>
*[[Korean League Cup]]: [[2005 Korean League Cup|2005]]<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=9 October 2022 |first1=Seung-soo |last1=Lee |first2=Mark |website=[[RSSSF]] |last2=Trevena}}</ref>
*[[Korean Super Cup]]: 2005<ref name="Cups"/>
*[[AFC Champions League|Asian Club Championship]]: [[2001–02 Asian Club Championship|2001–02]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/as1.html |title=Asian Champions' Cup |date=25 March 2020 |access-date=9 October 2022|first1=Atsushi |last1=Fujioka |first2=Stephen |last2=Halchuk |first3=Karel |website=[[RSSSF]] |last3=Stokkermans}}</ref>
*[[Asian Super Cup]]: [[Asian Super Cup 2002|2002]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/assup.html |title=Asian Super Cup |date=21 July 2002 |access-date=9 October 2022|first=Atsushi |website=[[RSSSF]] |last=Fujioka}}</ref>
*[[A3 Champions Cup]]: [[2005 A3 Champions Cup|2005]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/a3eastasia.html |title=East Asian Champions Cup |date=14 June 2007 |access-date=9 October 2022|first1=Masanori |last1=Nakanishi |first2=Seung-soo |website=[[RSSSF]] |last2=Lee}}</ref>

'''Yokohama FC'''
*[[J2 League]]: [[2006 J.League Division 2|2006]]

'''Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i'''
*[[Korean League Cup]]: [[2007 Korean League Cup|2007]]

'''South Korea'''
*[[AFC Asian Cup]] third place: [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00asch.html |title=Asian Nations Cup 2000|access-date=9 October 2022 |first=Karel |website=[[RSSSF]] |last=Stokkermans}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
*[[K League All-Star Game|K League All-Star]]: 2002, 2005<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kyeonggi.com/article/200208030051884 |script-title=ko:홍명보 ’영원한 왕별’ |publisher=Kyeonggi Ilbo |lang=ko |date=2002-08-03 |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bluewings.kr/news/273229 |script-title=ko:차범근 감독, 수원 선수들과 함께 K리그 올스타전 참가! |publisher=Suwon Samsung Bluewings |lang=ko |date=2005-08-10 |access-date=2024-06-20}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{K League player}}
*[https://kfa.or.kr/archive/player_record.php?search_val=%EC%B5%9C%EC%84%B1%EC%9A%A9 Choi Sung-yong] at [[Korea Football Association|KFA]] {{in lang|ko}}
*{{FIFA|156219}}
*{{NFT player|id=6191}}
*{{J.League player}}

{{Navboxes colour
|title= South Korea squads
|bg = #C21E2B
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|bordercolor = #0047A0
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{{South Korea men's football squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}
{{South Korea squad 1998 FIFA World Cup}}
{{South Korea squad 2000 AFC Asian Cup}}
{{South Korea squad 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup}}
{{South Korea squad 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup}}
{{South Korea squad 2002 FIFA World Cup}}
}}
{{Suwon Samsung Bluewings managers}}

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