Kim Cheol-ho (footballer)

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Kim Cheol-ho (Korean: 김철호; born September 26, 1983) is a South Korean football player.

Kim Cheol-ho

Personal information
Date of birth	(1983-09-26) September 26, 1983
Place of birth	Miryang, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1999–2001	Jungmyong High School
2002–2003	Kangwon Tourism College
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2015	Seongnam	263	(10)
2011–2012	→ Sangju Sangmu (army)	48	(3)
2016	Chonburi	13	(0)
2016–2018	Suwon FC	16	(0)
2020	Jeonju Bluebird
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 January 2019

Kim Cheol-ho
Hangul	김철호
Hanja	金喆淏
Revised Romanization	Gim Cheolho
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Ch'ŏrho

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Summary

Kim is a very versatile defensive midfielder who is good at defense and passing based on his amount of activity.

Club career

In 2003, Kim joined South Korea Futsal National Team, and in 2004, he got the recommendation of the head coach of the Futsal National team and entered into Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma with the signing fee US$100,000. Coaches said that he was really impressive with his amount of activity. Even though he was not the first squad member in year 2004, he became the first squad from the next year, 2005. Year 2006, he did 26 appearances and the Seongnam Ilhwa won K League champion and League cup runner-up. The most impressive time is that he scored at AFC Final match versus Zob Ahan in year 2010. Due to this goal, Seongnam Ilhwa won AFC Champion as the second time. After that, he entered Sangju Sangmu for his military service. After finishing his military service, he back to Seongnam Ilhwa and played as the defensive midfielder. He scored 2 goals among 3 goals of team's total until 10 round of the league. His performance was prodigious in terms of both quantity and quality with his veteran experience.

League statistics

Club	League	Year	Apps	Sub	Goal	Assist	Y/C	R/C
Seongnam Ilhwa	K League	2004	18	4	0	2	3	0
		2005	33	8	1	0	4	0
		2006	26	8	1	1	5	0
		2007	9	4	1	0	2	0
		2008	29	14	0	2	6	0
		2009	32	22	0	0	3	0
		2010	27	19	3	2	3	0
Sangju Sangmu		2011	29	7	1	4	4	0
		2012	19	10	2	0	1	0
Seongnam Ilhwa		2012	7	5	0	1	3	0
	K League Classic	2013	29	9	1	2	5	1
		2014	10	0	2	0	0	0
Total (K League)	K League Classic	-	268	110	12	14	39	1

League records include K-League Cup. As of April 28th, 2014

Honors

Club

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

• K League (1): 2006
• League Cup (1): 2004
• AFC Champions League (1): 2010

External links

• Kim Cheol-ho – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)