Choi Chung-min

Choi Chung-min
Hangul	최정민
Hanja	崔貞敏
RR	Choe Jeongmin
MR	Ch'oe Chŏngmin

Personal information
Full name	Choi Chung-min
Date of birth	30 August 1930
Place of birth	Taedong, Heian'nan Province, Korea, Empire of Japan
Date of death	8 December 1983 (aged 53)
Place of death	Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
?–1963	ROK Army CIC
International career
1953–1961	South Korea
Managerial career
1967–1968	Yangzee
1977	South Korea
Medal record
Representing South Korea
Men's football
AFC Asian Cup
Asian Games
Representing South Korea
Men's football
AFC Asian Cup
Asian Games
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Choi Chung-min (Korean: 최정민; Hanja: 崔貞敏; 30 August 1930 – 8 December 1983) was a former South Korean football player and manager. Nicknamed the "Golden Legs", Choi was one of Asia's greatest strikers in the 1950s.^[2]

Playing career

Choi was born in Taedong, Heian'nan Province, Korea, Empire of Japan, in what is now North Korea. He grew up in Pyongyang, but moved south during the Korean War. Afterwards, he enlisted in the Korea Army Counter Intelligence Corps. (CIC) He played for CIC's football club and the South Korea national football team since 1952.^[3]^[4]

South Korea went to Japan to play qualifiers for the 1954 FIFA World Cup against Japan national team. South Korean team felt a heavy burden of the two matches against Japan due to pressure from the South Korean public caused by the Japanese occupation until 1945. He scored three goals during two matches, and South Korea advanced to the World Cup by defeating Japan 7–3 on aggregate.^[2] In the 1954 FIFA World Cup, however, he failed to prevent South Korea's defeats against Hungary and Turkey.

Honours

ROK Army CIC

Korean National Championship: 1957, 1959^[5]
Korean President's Cup: 1952, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961^[6]

South Korea

AFC Asian Cup: 1956, 1960
Asian Games silver medal: 1954, 1958

References

^ 崔貞敏씨『蹴球의王座』11年. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 31 August 1963. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "A rivalry is born in Tokyo". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ 최정민(崔貞敏) (in Korean). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ 50年代슈퍼스타 崔貞敏씨 볼과함께살다간'축구 人生' (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 30 August 1983. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ Lee, Seung-soo; Schöggl, Hans; Trevena, Mark (13 May 2020). "South Korea - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
^ Lee, Seung-soo; Trevena, Mark (8 April 2020). "South Korea - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

External links

Choi Jeong-min at KFA

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[1] 崔貞敏씨『蹴球의王座』11年. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 31 August 1963. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[Qual-2] "A rivalry is born in Tokyo". FIFA. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[3] 최정민(崔貞敏) (in Korean). Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[4] 50年代슈퍼스타 崔貞敏씨 볼과함께살다간'축구 人生' (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 30 August 1983. Retrieved 3 November 2015.

[Leagues-5] Lee, Seung-soo; Schöggl, Hans; Trevena, Mark (13 May 2020). "South Korea - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

[Cups-6] Lee, Seung-soo; Trevena, Mark (8 April 2020). "South Korea - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

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