# Choi Chul-soon
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{{Short description|South Korean footballer (born 1987)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Choi Chul-soon
최철순
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Choi Chul-soon
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|2|8}}
| birth_place = [Seoul](/source/Seoul), [South Korea](/source/South_Korea)
| height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}[{{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}}]
| currentclub = [Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors](/source/Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors)
| clubnumber = 25
| position = [Right back](/source/Defender_(association_football))
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = [Chungbuk National University](/source/Chungbuk_National_University)
| years1 = 2006–2025 | clubs1 = [Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors](/source/Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors) | caps1 = 374 | goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2012–2014 | clubs2 = → [Sangju Sangmu](/source/Sangju_Sangmu_FC) ([draft](/source/Conscription_in_South_Korea)) | 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](/source/South_Korea_national_under-20_football_team)
| nationalteam2 = [South Korea U-23](/source/South_Korea_national_under-23_football_team)
| nationalteam3 = [South Korea](/source/South_Korea_national_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 15
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalcaps3 = 11
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| pcupdate = 30 November 2025
| ntupdate = 27 March 2018
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto|hangul=%최철순|hanja=崔喆淳|}}
{{family name hatnote|[Choi](/source/Choi_(Korean_name))||lang=Korean}}
'''Choi Chul-soon''' ({{korean|최철순}}, {{IPA|ko|tɕʰwe̞.tɕʰʌl.s͈un}}; born February 8, 1987) is a South Korean [footballer](/source/Football_(soccer)) who plays as a [right back](/source/Defender_(association_football)) for [Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors](/source/Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors). He has previously played for the [Korean national U-23 football team](/source/South_Korea_national_under-23_football_team) which is also known as the Olympic National Team.
He was a member of the [Korean national U-20 football team](/source/South_Korea_national_under-20_football_team) for the [2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup](/source/2007_FIFA_U-20_World_Cup) in [Canada](/source/Canada) as a [central defender](/source/Defender_(association_football))[{{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](/source/Munhwa_Ilbo)}}] and was also a member of Korean National U-19 Football Team for 2006 [AFC Youth Championship](/source/AFC_U-19_Championship) in [India](/source/India). However, he has been a [fullback](/source/Defender_(association_football)) since [Korean national U-23 football team](/source/South_Korea_national_under-23_football_team).
On 9 January 2010, Choi made his first international cap for [South Korea](/source/South_Korea_national_football_team) at the friendly match against [Zambia](/source/Zambia_national_football_team).
==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.[{{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}}]
== 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](/source/Korean_FA_Cup)
!colspan="2"|[League Cup](/source/K-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](/source/Jeonbuk_Hyundai_Motors)
|[2006](/source/K-League_2006)||rowspan="19"|[K League 1](/source/K_League_1)||12||0||1||0||11||0||8{{efn|name=ACL|Appearances in [AFC Champions League](/source/AFC_Champions_League)}}||0||1{{efn|name=CWC|Appearances in [FIFA Club World Cup](/source/FIFA_Club_World_Cup)}}||0||33||0
|-
|[2007](/source/K-League_2007)||15||0||0||0||4||0||2{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||21||0
|-
|[2008](/source/K-League_2008)||25||0||1||0||9||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=KLC|Appearances in [K League Championship](/source/K_League_Championship)}}||0||37||0
|-
|[2009](/source/K-League_2009)||21||0||2||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=KLC|Appearances in [K League Championship](/source/K_League_Championship)}}||0||29||0
|-
|[2010](/source/K-League_2010)||17||0||0||0||1||0||3{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||3{{efn|name=KLC|Appearances in [K League Championship](/source/K_League_Championship)}}||0||24||0
|-
|[2011](/source/K-League_2011)||21||1||1||0||0||0||8{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||2{{efn|name=KLC|Appearances in [K League Championship](/source/K_League_Championship)}}||0||32||1
|-
|[2012](/source/K-League_2012)||12||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||5{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||19||0
|-
|[2014](/source/2014_K_League_Classic)||30||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||0
|-
|[2015](/source/2015_K_League_Classic)||29||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||5{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||34||0
|-
|[2016](/source/2016_K_League_Classic)||30||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||10{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||2{{efn|name=CWC}}||0||42||1
|-
|[2017](/source/2017_K_League_Classic)||35||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||36||0
|-
|[2018](/source/2018_K_League_1)||28||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||7{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||36||0
|-
|[2019](/source/2019_K_League_1)||18||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||5{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||24||0
|-
|[2020](/source/2020_K_League_1)||13||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||5{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||23||0
|-
|[2021](/source/2021_K_League_1)||18||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||20||0
|-
|[2022](/source/2022_K_League_1)||17||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||21||0
|-
|[2023](/source/2023_K_League_1)||19||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||3{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||24||0
|-
|[2024](/source/2024_K_League_1)||5||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||4{{efn|name=ACLT|Appearances in [AFC Champions League Two](/source/AFC_Champions_League_Two)}}||0||colspan="2"|—||10||0
|-
|[2025](/source/2025_K_League_1)||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](/source/Sangju_Sangmu_FC) ([draft](/source/Conscription_in_South_Korea))
|[2012](/source/K-League_2012)||K League 1||10||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||1
|-
|[2013](/source/2013_K_League_Challenge)||[K League 2](/source/K_League_2)||29||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2{{efn|name=KLPO|Appearance in [K League](/source/K_League) promotion-relegation play-offs}}||0||32||0
|-
|[2014](/source/2014_K_League_Classic)||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](/source/2022_K4_League)||rowspan="3"|[K4 League](/source/K4_League)||6||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||6||0
|-
|[2023](/source/2023_K4_League)||5||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||1
|-
|[2024](/source/2024_K4_League)||7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||0
|-
|[2025](/source/2025_K3_League)||[K3 League](/source/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
|}
{{notelist}}
== Honours ==
===Club===
; Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
* [AFC Champions League](/source/AFC_Champions_League) (2) : [2006](/source/2006_AFC_Champions_League), [2016](/source/2016_AFC_Champions_League)
* [K League 1](/source/K_League_1) (10) : [2009](/source/2009_K_League), [2011](/source/2011_K_League), [2014](/source/2014_K_League_Classic), [2015](/source/2015_K_League_Classic), [2017](/source/2017_K_League_Classic), [2018](/source/2018_K_League_1), [2019](/source/2019_K_League_1), [2020](/source/2020_K_League_1), [2021](/source/2021_K_League_1), [2025](/source/2025_K_League_1)
* [Korean FA Cup](/source/Korean_FA_Cup) (3) : [2020](/source/2020_Korean_FA_Cup), [2022](/source/2022_Korean_FA_Cup), [2025](/source/2025_Korea_Cup)
; Sangju Sangmu
* [K League 2](/source/K_League_2) : [2013](/source/2013_K_League_Challenge)
; Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors B
* [K4 League](/source/K4_League) : [2024](/source/2024_K4_League)
===International===
;South Korea
* [EAFF East Asian Cup](/source/EAFF_East_Asian_Cup) : [2017](/source/2017_EAFF_East_Asian_Cup)
===Individual===
* [K League 1 Best XI](/source/K_League_Best_XI) (2) : [2011](/source/2011_K_League), [2017](/source/2017_K_League_Classic)
* [K League 2 Best XI](/source/K_League_Best_XI) : [2013](/source/2013_K_League_Challenge)
==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
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