Choi Tae-uk

Choi Tae-uk's second act is what I find quietly admirable. A 173 cm forward out of Incheon who, after his playing days, stepped into the role of assistant coach for the South Korea national team. I respect the choice to trade the spotlight of the pitch for the bench, where the work is teaching, organising, and pushing younger players forward. That transition from doing to guiding is harder than it looks, and it rarely earns applause. Yet these are the people who form the spine of a squad. He climbed from Incheon to the national stage, and now he passes the torch.

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Name (English)

Choi Tae-uk

Name (Japanese)

崔兌旭

Reading

ちぇ・てうく

Born

March 13, 1981 (age 45)

Origin

Incheon, South Korea

Height

173 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rooster

High school

Bupyeong High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi%20Tae-uk
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%94%E5%85%8C%E6%97%AD
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q166707

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 28, 2026

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