Choi Chul-soon

{{Short description|South Korean footballer (born 1987)}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Choi Chul-soon<br/><small>최철순</small> | image = | caption = | fullname = Choi Chul-soon | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|2|8}} | birth_place = Seoul, South Korea | height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="FCWC 2016">{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2016: List of Players: Jeonbuk Hyundai |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2016/pdf/FCWC_2016_SquadLists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=4 |date=14 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033347/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FCWC/2016/pdf/FCWC_2016_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | currentclub = Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | clubnumber = 25 | position = Right back | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Chungbuk National University | years1 = 2006–2025 | clubs1 = Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | caps1 = 374 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2012–2014 | clubs2 = → Sangju Sangmu (draft) | caps2 = 43 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 2022–2025 | clubs3 = Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors B | caps3 = 26 | goals3 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2005–2007 | nationalyears2 = 2007–2008 | nationalyears3 = 2010–2018 | nationalteam1 = South Korea U-20 | nationalteam2 = South Korea U-23 | nationalteam3 = South Korea | nationalcaps1 = 15 | nationalcaps2 = 6 | nationalcaps3 = 11 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | pcupdate = 30 November 2025 | ntupdate = 27 March 2018 }}

'''Choi Chul-soon''' ({{korean|최철순}}, {{IPA|ko|tɕʰwe̞.tɕʰʌl.s͈un}}; born February 8, 1987) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a right back for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. He has previously played for the Korean national U-23 football team which is also known as the Olympic National Team.

He was a member of the Korean national U-20 football team for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada as a central defender<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sports.news.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=021&aid=0000196550|title=U-20월드컵 청소년대표팀 확정(U-20 World Cup Youth Team Confirmed)|last=Kyung Taek|first=Lee|date=2007-06-16|work=Munhwa Ilbo}}</ref> and was also a member of Korean National U-19 Football Team for 2006 AFC Youth Championship in India. However, he has been a fullback since Korean national U-23 football team.

On 9 January 2010, Choi made his first international cap for South Korea at the friendly match against Zambia.

==Early life==

Choi was born in Seoul. He studied at Chungbuk National University.

==Career==

Choi went on loan to Sangju in 2012.

On November 30, 2025, he played his retirement game. His uniform number 25 was designated as a permanent number.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ko:프로축구 전북, '레전드' 최철순 등번호 25번 영구 결번 |trans-title=Jeonbuk, 'Legend' Choi Chul-soon ranked No. 25 permanently in professional soccer|url=https://www.newsis.com/view/NISX20251130_0003422631|via=|website=Newsis|language=ko|last=Ahn|first=Kyung-nam|date=November 30, 2025}}</ref>

== Club career statistics == ''As of 6 December 2025''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|KFA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan="20"|Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |2006||rowspan="19"|K League 1||12||0||1||0||11||0||8{{efn|name=ACL|Appearances in AFC Champions League}}||0||1{{efn|name=CWC|Appearances in FIFA Club World Cup}}||0||33||0 |- |2007||15||0||0||0||4||0||2{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||21||0 |- |2008||25||0||1||0||9||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=KLC|Appearances in K League Championship}}||0||37||0 |- |2009||21||0||2||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=KLC|Appearances in K League Championship}}||0||29||0 |- |2010||17||0||0||0||1||0||3{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||3{{efn|name=KLC|Appearances in K League Championship}}||0||24||0 |- |2011||21||1||1||0||0||0||8{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||2{{efn|name=KLC|Appearances in K League Championship}}||0||32||1 |- |2012||12||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||5{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||19||0 |- |2014||30||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||0 |- |2015||29||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||5{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||34||0 |- |2016||30||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||10{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||2{{efn|name=CWC}}||0||42||1 |- |2017||35||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||36||0 |- |2018||28||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||7{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||36||0 |- |2019||18||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||5{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||24||0 |- |2020||13||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||5{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||23||0 |- |2021||18||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||20||0 |- |2022||17||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||21||0 |- |2023||19||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||3{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||24||0 |- |2024||5||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||4{{efn|name=ACLT|Appearances in AFC Champions League Two}}||0||colspan="2"|—||10||0 |- |2025||9||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||3{{efn|name=ACLT}}||0||colspan="2"|—||16||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !374!!2!!27!!0!!29!!0!!71!!0!!12!!0!!513!!2 |- |rowspan="4"|Sangju Sangmu (draft) |2012||K League 1||10||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||1 |- |2013||K League 2||29||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=KLPO|Appearance in K League promotion-relegation play-offs}}||0||32||0 |- |2014||K League 1||4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !43!!1!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!2!!0!!46!!1 |- |rowspan="5"|Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors B |2022||rowspan="3"|K4 League||6||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||0 |- |2023||5||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||1 |- |2024||7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||0 |- |2025||K3 League||8||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !26!!1!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!26!!1 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !443||4||28||0||29||0||71||0||14||0||585||4 |}

== Honours == ===Club=== ; Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors * AFC Champions League (2) : 2006, 2016 * K League 1 (10) : 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2025 * Korean FA Cup (3) : 2020, 2022, 2025

; Sangju Sangmu * K League 2 : 2013

; Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors B * K4 League : 2024

===International===

;South Korea * EAFF East Asian Cup : 2017

===Individual=== * K League 1 Best XI (2) : 2011, 2017 * K League 2 Best XI : 2013

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{K League player}} * {{Soccerway|27096}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080618102725/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=263381/index.html FIFA Player Statistics]

{{2011 K-League Best XI}} {{2013 K League Challenge Best XI}} {{2017 K League Classic Best XI}} {{Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors squad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Choi, Chul-Soon}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Men's association football defenders Category:South Korean men's footballers Category:South Korea men's under-20 international footballers Category:South Korea men's under-23 international footballers Category:South Korea men's international footballers Category:Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors players Category:Gimcheon Sangmu FC players Category:K League 1 players Category:K League 2 players Category:Chungbuk National University alumni Category:21st-century South Korean sportsmen