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Choi Jin-cheul

崔眞喆 / ちぇ・じんちょる

Association football player from South Korea

March 26, 1971 (age 55) ・ Jindo, South Jeolla, South Korea

  • South Jeolla
  • association football player
  • association football coach

My Take

Choi Jin-cheul appeals to the part of me that values defenders over flashy attackers. At 187 cm, coming off the island of Jindo in South Jeolla, he built a career on the unglamorous work of stopping goals rather than scoring them, and that kind of steadiness rarely gets the headlines it deserves. What I respect most is the pivot into coaching. Players who become managers are passing on a philosophy forged through their own bodies, and a defender's discipline is exactly the sort of hard-won wisdom worth handing down. There is something deeply grounded about a man who spent his life holding the back line.

Overview

Choi Jin-cheul (born 26 March 1971) is a South Korean football manager and former player.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English)
Choi Jin-cheul
Name (Japanese)
崔眞喆
Reading
ちぇ・じんちょる
Born
March 26, 1971 (age 55)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
Aries / Boar
Origin
Jindo, South Jeolla, South Korea
Blood type
Private
Height
187 cm
Agency
Private
Occupation
association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school
Private
Junior high
Private
High school
Ohyun High School
University
Soongsil University

3. Relationships

Spouse
Private
Children
Private
Parents
Private
Siblings
Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

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7. About this entry

Tags

  • South Jeolla
  • association football player
  • association football coach
Last updated
2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.