Choi Eun-sung

Choi Eun-sung
최은성

Choi Eun Sung Memorial Attachment
Personal information
Full name	Choi Eun-sung
Date of birth	(1971-04-05) 5 April 1971 (age 52)
Place of birth	Hanam, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1991–1996	University of Incheon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995	Kookmin Bank
1995–1996	Sangmu FC (military service)
1997–2011	Daejeon Citizen	352	(1)
2012–2014	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	68	(0)
Total		420	(0)
International career
2001–2002	South Korea	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Korean name, the family name is Choi .

Choi Eun-sung (born 5 April 1971) is a South Korean former professional footballer who last played for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. He spent 15 seasons as the goalkeeper with Daejeon Citizen.

He played for the South Korea national football team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

He was the first goalkeeper to score in the AFC Champions League, in a match against Monte Carlo on 9 October 2002. Daejeon Citizen went on to win the match 5–1.^{[ citation needed ]}

In February 2012, just before the 2012 league campaign, Choi requested to extend his contract with Daejeon for one more year, but the board rejected his proposal and he was forced to leave the club and become a free agent. On 23 March 2012, Choi joined Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on a one-year deal. While at Jeonbuk, Choi sportingly scored an own goal on purpose during a match against Seongnam, after team-mate Lee Dong-gook accidentally scored while attempting to return the ball to Seongnam's goalkeeper; Seongnam won the match 2–1. ^[1]

Club career statistics

As of 23 March 2012

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
South Korea			League		KFA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
1997	Daejeon Citizen	K League 1	18	0			17	0	—
1998			17	0			16	0	—
1999			23	0			9	0	—
2000			25	0			8	0	—
2001			25	0			8	0	—
2002			24	0			1	0	4	1
2003			37	0	3	0	—		3	0	43	0
2004			22	0	4	0	10	0	—		36	0
2005			22	0	0	0	11	0	—		33	0
2006			26	0	1	0	13	0	—		40	0
2007			24	0	1	0	8	0	—		33	0
2008			25	0	1	0	6	0	—		32	0
2009			24	0	4	0	4	0	—		32	0
2010			12	0	0	0	1	0	—		13	0
2011			28	0	1	0	0	0	—		29	0
2012	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Career total			352	0			112	0	7	1

National team

• 2001 Confederations Cup
• 2002 FIFA World Cup

References

1. "12 footballers who scored (or threatened) deliberate own goals - and why". FourFourTwo. FourFourTwo. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2020.

External links

• Choi Eun-sung – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
• National Team Player Record ^{[ permanent dead link ]}(in Korean)
• Choi Eun-sung at National-Football-Teams.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Kim Jung-Su	Daejeon Citizen captain 2003-2006	Succeeded by Kang Jung-Hoon
Preceded by Kim Gil-Sik	Daejeon Citizen captain 2009	Succeeded by Hwang Ji-Yoon