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{{Short description|South Korean footballer (born 1973)}}
{{for|the boxer|Choi Yong-soo (boxer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name=Choi Yong-soo
|image=
|image_size = 
|fullname=Choi Yong-soo
|birth_date ={{birth date and age|1973|9|10|df=y}} 
|birth_place=[[Busan]], South Korea 
|height={{height|m=1.84}}
|currentclub=
|position= [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
| collegeyears1 = 1990–1993 | college1 = [[Yonsei University]]
| years1 = 1994–2000 | clubs1 = [[FC Seoul|Anyang LG Cheetahs]] | caps1 = 111 | goals1 = 44
| years2 = 1997–1998 | clubs2 = → [[Sangju Sangmu FC|Sangmu FC]] ([[Conscription in South Korea|draft]]) | caps2 = | goals2 =
| years3 = 2001–2004 | clubs3 = [[JEF United Chiba|JEF United Ichihara]] | caps3 = 73 | goals3 = 54
| years4 = 2004      | clubs4 = → [[Kyoto Sanga FC|Kyoto Purple Sanga]] (loan) | caps4 = 33 | goals4 = 20
| years5 = 2005      | clubs5 = [[Júbilo Iwata]]        | caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2006      | clubs6 = [[FC Seoul]]            | caps6 = 2  | goals6 = 0
| totalcaps = 234 | totalgoals = 119
| nationalyears1 = 1992–1993 | nationalteam1 = [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U20]]
| nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 4
| nationalyears2 = 1994–1996 | nationalteam2 = [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea U23]]
| nationalcaps2 = 41{{efn-lg|Includes ten appearances and seven goals in [[South Korea national under-23 football team results#Non-international matches|non-international matches]] (nine appearances and seven goals against non-national teams, one appearance against another [[Korea Football Association|KFA]] team).}} | nationalgoals2 = 25
| nationalyears3 = 1995–2003 | nationalteam3 =[[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
| nationalcaps3 = 69 | nationalgoals3 = 27
| manageryears1 = 2011       | managerclubs1 = [[FC Seoul]] (caretaker)
| manageryears2 = 2012–2016  | managerclubs2 = [[FC Seoul]] 
| manageryears3 = 2016–2017  | managerclubs3 = [[Jiangsu Suning F.C.|Jiangsu Suning]] 
| manageryears4 = 2018–2020  | managerclubs4 = [[FC Seoul]] 
| manageryears5 = 2021–2023  | managerclubs5 = [[Gangwon FC]] 
| pcupdate = 
| ntupdate = 
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[AFC U-19 Championship|AFC Youth Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1992 AFC Youth Championship|1992 United Arab Emirates]] | [[1992 AFC Youth Championship squads|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[EAFF E-1 Football Championship|EAFF Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 East Asian Football Championship|2003 Japan]] | [[2003 East Asian Football Championship Final squads#South Korea|Team]]}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name| image= | hangul=최용수 | hanja=崔龍洙 | rr=Choe Yongsu| mr=Ch'oe Yongsu}}
{{family name hatnote|Choi||lang=Korean}}

'''Choi Yong-soo''' ({{langx|ko|최 용수}}, born 10 September 1973) is a South Korean professional [[association football|football]] manager and former player. He competed for [[South Korea at the 1996 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Choi played as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]] for [[FC Seoul|Anyang LG Cheetahs]] (currently [[FC Seoul]]) in South Korea's [[K League]]. In 2000, he led Anyang to the K League title, receiving the [[K League MVP Award]]. He is considered one of the FC Seoul's legends.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://m.fcseoul.com/mobile/news_tv/fcnews_view.jsp?seq=219&tcd=news&pg=252 |script-title=ko:'독수리' 최용수, FC 서울 둥지 복귀 |language=Korean |publisher=FC Seoul |date=30 January 2006 |access-date=7 September 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124511/http://m.fcseoul.com/mobile/news_tv/fcnews_view.jsp?seq=219&tcd=news&pg=252|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Choi also played for the [[South Korea national football team|South Korean national team]] in [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] and [[2002 FIFA World Cup]].

==Managerial career==
Choi was appointed as the assistant coach of [[FC Seoul]] in August 2006, and was promoted as the caretaker manager in April 2011. He was finally named a permanent coach after leading Seoul as a caretaker manager during the 2011 season. He led his team to the [[2012 K League]] title and the [[2013 AFC Champions League Final]]. They drew all two matches of the Champions League final against [[Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C.|Guangzhou Evergrande]], a Chinese club led by [[Marcello Lippi]], but couldn't get the title due to the [[away goals rule]]. Nevertheless, Choi was named the AFC Coach of the Year.

On 21 June 2016, he was officially appointed as the manager of a Chinese club [[Jiangsu Suning F.C.|Jiangsu Suning]]. He finished as runner-up in the [[2016 Chinese Super League|Chinese Super League]] and the [[2016 Chinese FA Cup|Chinese FA Cup]]. On 1 June 2017, he officially resigned from Jiangsu Suning.

On 11 October 2018, Choi was officially reappointed as the manager of FC Seoul, which was being threatened with relegation. On 9 December 2018, Choi won the relegation playoffs against [[Busan IPark]], successfully keeping Seoul in the K League.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=115&oid=055&aid=0000697251 |script-title=ko:간신히 1부 잔류한 FC서울…최용수 감독 "잠도 못 잤다" |trans-title=FC Seoul, barely staying on the K-league Classic, coach Choi Yong-soo said, "I couldn't sleep." |last=Ha |first=Sung-ryong |date=18 December 2018 |publisher=[[Seoul Broadcasting System]] |language=ko}}</ref> On 30 July 2020, he resigned from Seoul due to his poor results in the 2020 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/07/30/2020073004652.html |script-title=ko:최용수 FC서울 감독, 성적 부진 '자진사퇴' |publisher=[[The Chosun Ilbo]] |date=2020-07-30 |access-date=2022-03-10 |language=ko}}</ref>

On 17 November 2021, Choi started to manage [[Gangwon FC]]. On 14 June 2023, Choi was replaced by [[Yoon Jong-hwan]] at Gangwon FC.

==Personal life==
Choi divorced his wife in November 2006 after a 15-month-long marriage. His former wife, a one-time contestant in a Miss Korea pageant, went through the legal procedures to take half the estate properties under Choi's name per their [[prenuptial agreement]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sports.news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?category=k_league&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=143&article_id=0000045196 |script-title=ko:'독수리' 최용수，결혼 15개월 만에 파경 |website=[[Naver]] |date=24 November 2006 |language=ko}}</ref>

In Australia and Pakistan, Choi is known as "Younis Choi", given to him in recognition of his low, swerving shots on goal – much like the signature delivery bowled by Pakistani cricketer [[Waqar Younis]].{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

== 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"|National cup
! colspan="2"|League cup
! colspan="2"|Continental
! colspan="2"|Total
|-
! Division
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[FC Seoul|Anyang LG Cheetahs]]
|[[1994 K League|1994]]||[[K League]]
|29||9||colspan="2"|—||6||1||colspan="2"|—||35||10
|-
|[[1995 K League|1995]]||K League
|21||9||colspan="2"|—||7||2||colspan="2"|—||28||11
|-
|[[1996 K League|1996]]||K League
|16||4||1||0||6||1||colspan="2"|—||23||5
|-
|[[1999 K League|1999]]||K League
|20||12||3||5||7||2||colspan="2"|—||30||19
|-
|[[2000 K League|2000]]||K League
|25||10||?||?||9||4||2||1||36||15
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!111!!44!!4!!5!!35!!10!!2!!1!!152!!60
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Sangju Sangmu FC|Sangmu FC]] ([[Conscription in South Korea|draft]])
|1997||[[Korean National Semi-Professional Football League|Semipro League]]
|?||?||?||?||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||?||?
|-
|1998||Semipro League
|?||?||?||?||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||?||?
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!?!!?!!?!!?!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!?!!?
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[JEF United Chiba|JEF United Ichihara]]
|[[2001 JEF United Ichihara season|2001]]||[[J1 League]]
|26||21||3||4||5||2||colspan="2"|—||34||27
|-
|[[2002 JEF United Ichihara season|2002]]||J1 League
|23||16||4||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||28||19
|-
|[[2003 JEF United Ichihara season|2003]]||J1 League
|24||17||0||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||26||17
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!73!!54!!7!!7!!8!!2!!colspan="2"|—!!88!!63
|-
|[[Kyoto Sanga FC|Kyoto Purple Sanga]] (loan)
|[[2004 Kyoto Purple Sanga season|2004]]||[[J2 League]]
|33||20||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||20
|-
|[[Júbilo Iwata]]
|2005||J1 League
|15||1||0||0||1||0||4||2||20||3
|-
|FC Seoul
|[[2006 K League|2006]]||K League
|2||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!234||119||12||12||44||12||6||3||296||146
|}
{{notelist}}

=== International ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kfa.or.kr/archive/player_record.php?search_val=%EC%B5%9C%EC%9A%A9%EC%88%98 |title=Choi Yong-soo at Korea Football Association |language=ko |publisher=KFA |access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
|1995||5||1
|-
|1997||15||11
|-
|1998||24||13
|-
|2000||5||0
|-
|2001||6||2
|-
|2002||8||0
|-
|2003||6||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total!!69!!27
|}

:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of international goals scored by Choi Yong-soo
|-
!No. !! Date !! Venue 
!Cap!! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition 
|-
| {{center| 1}} || 31 January 1995 || Hong Kong 
|align="center"| 1|| {{fb|COL|}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || [[Lunar New Year Cup|1995 Lunar New Year Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|2
| rowspan="2" |28 May 1997
| rowspan="2" |[[Daejeon]], South Korea
| align="center" rowspan="2" |7
| rowspan="2" |{{fb|HKG|colonial}}
|align="center"|2–0
| align="center" rowspan="2" |4–0
| rowspan="2" |[[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| {{center| 3}}|| align="center"|3–0 
|-
| {{center| 4}}|| 14 June 1997 || [[Suwon]], South Korea 
|align="center"| 9|| {{fb|GHA}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center" |3–0 || [[Korea Cup|1997 Korea Cup]]
|-
| {{center| 5}}|| 24 August 1997 || [[Daegu]], South Korea 
|align="center"| 12|| {{fb|TJK}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center" |4–1 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
|align="center"|6
| rowspan="3" |6 September 1997
| rowspan="3" |[[Seoul]], South Korea
| align="center" rowspan="3" |14
| rowspan="3" |{{fb|KAZ}}
|align="center"|1–0
| align="center" rowspan="3" |3–0
| rowspan="3" |1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|2–0
|-
| {{center| 8}}|| align="center"|3–0 
|-
| {{center| 9}}|| 12 September 1997 || [[Seoul]], South Korea 
|align="center"| 15|| {{fb|UZB}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" |2–1 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| {{center| 10}}|| 11 October 1997 || [[Almaty]], Kazakhstan 
|align="center"| 18|| {{fb|KAZ}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" |1–1 || 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
|align="center"|11
| rowspan="2" |18 October 1997
| rowspan="2" |[[Tashkent]], Uzbekistan
| align="center" rowspan="2" |19
| rowspan="2" |{{fb|UZB}}
|align="center"|1–0
| align="center" rowspan="2" |5–1
| rowspan="2" |1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| {{center| 12}}|| align="center"|3–0 
|-
| {{center| 13}}|| 27 January 1998 || [[Bangkok]], Thailand  
|align="center"| 21|| {{fb|EGY}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" |2–0 || [[King's Cup (Thailand football tournament)|1998 King's Cup]]
|-
| {{center| 14}}|| 29 January 1998 || [[Bangkok]], Thailand 
|align="center"| 22|| {{fb|THA}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center" |2–0 || 1998 King's Cup
|-
| {{center| 15}}|| 31 January 1998 || [[Bangkok]], Thailand 
|align="center"| 23|| {{fb|EGY}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center" |1–1 {{aet}}<br>{{pso|5–4}} || 1998 King's Cup
|-
| {{center| 16}}|| 7 February 1998 || [[Auckland]], New Zealand 
|align="center"| 24|| {{fb|NZL}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" |1–0 || Friendly
|-
| {{center| 17}}|| 18 April 1998 || [[Skopje]], Macedonia 
|align="center"| 30|| {{fb|MKD|name=Macedonia}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center" |2–2 || Friendly
|-
| {{center| 18}}|| 27 May 1998 || [[Seoul]], South Korea 
|align="center"| 34|| {{fb|CZE}} || align="center"|2–2 || align="center" |2–2 || Friendly
|-
|align="center"|19
| rowspan="2" |2 December 1998
| rowspan="2" |[[Bangkok]], Thailand
| align="center" rowspan="2" |39
| rowspan="2" |{{fb|TKM|1997}}
|align="center"|1–0
| align="center" rowspan="2" |2–3
| rowspan="2" |[[Football at the 1998 Asian Games|1998 Asian Games]]
|-
| {{center| 20}}|| align="center"|2–0
|-
|align="center"|21
| rowspan="2" |4 December 1998
| rowspan="2" |[[Bangkok]], Thailand
| align="center" rowspan="2" |40
| rowspan="2" |{{fb|VIE}}
|align="center"|2–0
| align="center" rowspan="2" |4–0
| rowspan="2" |1998 Asian Games
|-
| {{center| 22}} || align="center"|4–0 
|-
|align="center"|23
| rowspan="2" |7 December 1998
| rowspan="2" |[[Bangkok]], Thailand
| align="center" rowspan="2" |41
| rowspan="2"|{{fb|JPN}}
|align="center"|1–0
| align="center" rowspan="2" |2–0
| rowspan="2" |1998 Asian Games
|-
| {{center| 24}} || align="center"|2–0 
|-
| {{center| 25}} || 11 December 1998 || [[Bangkok]], Thailand 
|align="center"| 43|| {{fb|KUW}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" |1–0 || 1998 Asian Games
|-
| {{center| 26}} || 13 September 2001 || [[Daejeon]], South Korea 
|align="center"| 54|| {{fb|NGA}} || align="center"|2–2 || align="center" |2–2 || Friendly
|-
| {{center| 27}} || 13 November 2001 || [[Gwangju]], South Korea 
|align="center"| 55|| {{fb|CRO}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center" |1–1 || Friendly
|}

== Managerial statistics ==
{{updated|14 June 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}}
|-
|[[FC Seoul]]
|align=left|26 April 2011
|align=left|22 June 2016
{{WDL|266|138|70|58}}
|{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
|-
|[[Jiangsu Suning F.C.|Jiangsu Suning]] 
|align=left|1 July 2016
|align=left|1 June 2017
{{WDL|42|19|8|15}}
|{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
|-
|[[FC Seoul]]
|align=left|18 October 2018
|align=left|30 July 2020
{{WDL|63|22|15|26}}
|{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
|-
|[[Gangwon FC]]
|align=left|17 November 2021
|align=left|14 June 2023
{{WDL|63|21|14|28}}
|{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
{{WDLtot|434|200|107|127}}
!
|-
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''FC Seoul'''
*[[K League 1]]: [[2000 K League|2000]]<ref name="Leagues"/>
*[[Korean League Cup]]: [[2006 Korean League Cup|2006]]<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>

'''Sangmu FC'''
*[[Korean National Semi-Professional Football League|Korean Semi-professional League (Autumn)]]: 1997, 1998<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>

'''South Korea U20'''
*[[AFC U-19 Championship|AFC Youth Championship]] runner-up: [[1992 AFC Youth Championship|1992]]<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'''
*[[EAFF E-1 Football Championship|EAFF Championship]]: [[2003 East Asian Football Championship|2003]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eastasia.html |title=East Asian Championship |date=20 December 2019 |access-date=2 September 2020 |first=Karel |website=[[RSSSF]] |last=Stokkermans}}</ref>

'''Individual'''
*[[K League Young Player of the Year|K League Rookie of the Year]]: [[1994 K League|1994]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1994112000329119003&editNo=20&printCount=1&publishDate=1994-11-20&officeId=00032&pageNo=19&printNo=15261&publishType=00010 |script-title=ko:「적토마」고정운 MVP영예 |website=[[Naver]] |publisher=[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]] |language=ko |date=20 November 1994}}</ref>
*[[AFC Annual Awards#Asian All Stars|AFC Asian All-Star]]: 1997<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/as-poy.html|title=Asian Player of the Year|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=18 January 2018}}</ref>
*[[K League All-Star Game|K League All-Star]]: 1998, 1999, 2000<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/view.naver?editNo=1&printCount=&publishDate=1998-08-08&officeId=00023&pageNo=11&printNo=24129&publishType=00010&articleId=&serviceStartYear=1920&serviceEndYear=1999 |script-title=ko:프로축구 올스타전 |website=Naver |publisher=The Chosun Ilbo |lang=ko |date=1998-08-08 |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1999072100239133002&editNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1999-07-21&officeId=00023&pageNo=33&printNo=24427&publishType=00010 |script-title=ko:신세대 축구스타 잠실벌서 뜬다 |website=Naver |publisher=The Chosun Ilbo |lang=ko |date=1999-07-21 |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref><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>
*[[Korean National Semi-Professional Football League|Korean Semi-professional League (Autumn)]] top goalscorer: 1998<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1998091700329127010&editNo=40&printCount=1&publishDate=1998-09-17&officeId=00032&pageNo=27&printNo=16541&publishType=00010 |script-title=ko:패기의 상무 2연패 가을철 실업축구연맹전 |language=ko |website=[[Naver]] |publisher=[[Kyunghyang Shinmun]] |date=1998-09-17 |access-date=2022-03-10}}</ref>
*[[Korean FA Cup#Top Scorer Award|Korean FA Cup top goalscorer]]: [[1999 Korean FA Cup|1999]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/skor99.html |title=South Korea 1999 |date=2021-12-02 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=2022-03-11}}</ref>
*[[K League MVP Award|K League 1 Most Valuable Player]]: [[2000 K League|2000]]<ref name="Awards">{{cite web |url=https://sports.news.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=005&aid=0000033967 |script-title=ko:[프로축구] 최용수, 첫 MVP 등극 |language=ko |website=[[Naver]] |publisher=[[Kukmin Ilbo]] |date=1 December 2000}}</ref>
*[[K League Best XI|K League 1 Best XI]]: [[2000 K League|2000]]<ref name="Awards"/>
*[[J.League All-Star Soccer|J.League All-Star]]: 2001, 2003<ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=5638 |title=2001 Ｊリーグたらみオールスターサッカー |lang=ja |publisher=J.League Data Site |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=6964 |title=2003 JOMO オールスターサッカー |lang=ja |publisher=J.League Data Site |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref>

===Manager===
'''FC Seoul'''
*[[K League 1]]: [[2012 K League|2012]]
*[[Korean FA Cup]]: [[2015 Korean FA Cup|2015]]
*[[AFC Champions League]] runner-up: [[2013 AFC Champions League|2013]]

'''Jiangsu Suning'''
*[[Chinese FA Cup]] runner-up: [[2015 Chinese FA Cup|2016]]

'''Individual'''
*[[K League Manager of the Year Award|K League 1 Manager of the Year]]: [[2012 K League|2012]]
*[[K League All-Star Game|K League All-Star]]: 2013<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.xportsnews.com/article/337108 |script-title=ko:K리그 올스타전 명단 발표…팀 클래식 vs 팀 챌린지 |language=ko |publisher=Xportsnews |date=2013-06-14 |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref>
*[[AFC Annual Awards#Coaching awards|AFC Coach of the Year]]: 2013
*[[K League]] Manager of the Month: September 2014, March/April 2016, March 2019<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/10/01/2014100103396.html |script-title=ko:최용수 FC서울 감독, 9월 K-리그 이달의 감독 선정 |publisher=[[The Chosun Ilbo]] |date=2014-10-01 |access-date=2023-12-08 |lang=ko}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hankyung.com/economy/article/2016051117545 |script-title=ko:최용수 감독, 3·4월 K리그 `이달의 감독` 선정 |publisher=[[The Korea Economic Daily]] |date=2016-05-11 |access-date=2023-12-08 |lang=ko}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://m.mk.co.kr/news/stock/8762301 |script-title=ko:신라스테이, K리그 후원…3월 `이달의 감독상`에 최용수 감독 선정 |publisher=[[Maeil Business Newspaper]] |date=2019-04-07 |access-date=2023-12-08 |lang=ko}}</ref>
*[[Korean FA Cup]] Best Manager: [[2015 Korean FA Cup|2015]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{FIFA player|156220|Choi Yongsoo}}
* {{K League player|name=Choi Yongsoo}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711095458/http://www.kfa.or.kr/record/playeramatch.asp?Page=1&Query=Gender%3DM%26Name%3D%EC%B5%9C%EC%9A%A9%EC%88%98 |date=dmy |title=Choi Yong-soo – National Team Stats at KFA {{in lang|ko}} }}
* {{NFT player|6184|Choi Yong-Soo}}
* {{J.League player|name=Choi Yong Soo}}
* {{Olympedia|102548|Choi Yong-Su}}
* {{Olympics.com|yong-su-choi|Choi Yong-Su}}

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