Cho Yoon-ok

In this Korean name, the family name is Cho.

Cho Yoon-ok (25 February 1940 – 22 June 2002)^{[note 1]} was a South Korean football player and manager. Considered one of Asia's greatest inside forwards in the 1960s, Cho led South Korea to an AFC Asian Cup title. He also participated at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Cho Yoon-ok

Personal information
Full name	Cho Yoon-ok
Date of birth	(1940-02-25)25 February 1940[note 1]
Place of birth	Keijō, Keiki-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Date of death	22 June 2002(2002-06-22) (aged 62)
Place of death	Seoul, South Korea
Position(s)	Second striker[2][3]
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965[4]	Kyung Hee University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1962[5]	ROK Army CIC (draft)
1963–1964[6]	Korea Tungsten
1966–1968[7]	Korea Tungsten
International career
1959–1960	South Korea U20
1959–1967	South Korea	55	(25)
Managerial career
1975–1981	POSCO FC
1983	South Korea
1984	Daewoo Royals
Medal record Men's football Representing  South Korea AFC Asian Cup Winner 1960 South Korea Asian Games 1962 Jakarta AFC Youth Championship Winner 1959 Malaya[8] Winner 1960 Malaya[9]
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cho Yoon-ok
Hangul	조윤옥
Hanja	趙潤玉
Revised Romanization	Jo Yun-ok
McCune–Reischauer	Cho Yun-ok

Honours

Player

ROK Army CIC

• Korean President's Cup: 1961^[10]

Korea Tungsten

• Korean Semi-professional League (Spring): 1968^[11]
• Korean Semi-professional League (Autumn): 1966^[11]
• Korean National Championship runner-up: 1968^[11]
• Korean President's Cup: 1966^[10]

South Korea U20

• AFC Youth Championship: 1959, 1960^[8][9]

South Korea

• AFC Asian Cup: 1960^[12]
• Asian Games silver medal: 1962^[13]

Individual

• AFC Asian Cup top goalscorer: 1960^[14]
• AFC Asian All-Star: 1965, 1966, 1967^[15][16][17]
• Korean FA Most Valuable Player: 1965^[7]

Manager

POSCO FC

• Korean Semi-professional League (Autumn): 1981^[11]
• Korean National Championship runner-up: 1977^[10]

Individual

• Korean Semi-professional League (Autumn) Best Manager: 1981^[18]

Notes

1. K League website stated that the year of Cho's birth is 1937.^[1]