Yoo Sang-chul

Yoo Sang-chul (Korean: 유상철; 18 October 1971 – 7 June 2021) was a South Korean football player and manager. Yoo was regarded as one of the greatest South Korean midfielders of all time. He was selected as a midfielder of the 2002 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team and K League 30th Anniversary Best XI.[3][4]

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoo.
Yoo Sang-chul
Yoo in July 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-10-18)18 October 1971
Place of birth Seoul, South Korea
Date of death 7 June 2021(2021-06-07) (aged 49)
Place of death Seoul, South Korea
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Konkuk University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1998 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 75 (21)
1999–2000 Yokohama F. Marinos 44 (24)
2001–2002 Kashiwa Reysol 33 (14)
2002–2003 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 18 (12)
2003–2004 Yokohama F. Marinos 36 (6)
2005–2006 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 13 (1)
Total 219 (78)
International career
1996–2004 South Korea U23 8[lower-greek 1] (0)
1993 South Korea B
1994–2005 South Korea 124 (18)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Daejeon Citizen
2014–2017 Ulsan University
2018 Jeonnam Dragons
2019 Incheon United
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  South Korea
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place1993 BuffaloTeam[1]
AFC Asian Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Lebanon Team
EAFF Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Japan Team
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place1993 ShanghaiTeam[2]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Yoo Sang-chul
Hangul
유상철
Hanja
柳想鐵
Revised RomanizationYu Sangcheol
McCune–ReischauerYu Sangch'ŏl

Club career

In 1994, Yoo joined a K League club Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i,[5] and was selected as a defender of the K League Best XI right after his first season. In 1996, he won the 1996 K League with Ulsan.[6] In 1998, he won the K League scoring title, scoring 14 goals in 20 games,[7] and was named as a midfielder in the K League Best XI.[5]

Yoo was offered a trial from Barcelona after the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[8][9] However, confusion regarding how agents work in European football caused him to miss out on the trial;[10] furthermore, his club Ulsan had already agreed to a contract-binding deal to sell him to Yokohama F. Marinos.[11]

Yoo briefly joined Kashiwa Reysol in 2001, where he played 33 games and scored 14 goals.[12] Following his success at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, there was interest from many major European football clubs, and he nearly signed a deal with Tottenham Hotspur, to the point that he had already said farewell to Kashiwa; but the negotiation broke down.[10] Without a club, he returned to Ulsan after the registration deadline and was granted a special exemption to play with the team.[10] With only eight matches left in the 2002 season, he scored nine goals, helping Ulsan move from a mid-table position to a title challenge, finishing in second place.[10] That season, he picked up another Best XI award as a forward, after finishing with the third-most goals in the league.[5][10] He was one of only two players in K League history to have been included in all three outfield positions of the Best XI.[13]

Back at Yokohama, Yoo won the J.League in 2003 and 2004, before returning to Ulsan and winning one more title in 2005.[6] Following that title, a chronic left knee injury forced him to retire from football.[13][14]

International career

Yoo scored two goals for South Korea in FIFA World Cup, one in 1998 against Belgium,[15] and another in 2002 against Poland.[16] He played a key part of the South Korea national team when they reached the semi-finals in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and was named to the World Cup all-star team.[17] He was also part of the South Korea under-23 team for the 2004 Summer Olympics,[18][19] who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by Paraguay, the eventual silver medalists.[20]

Style of play

Yoo was one of South Korea's most versatile players in the 1990s and 2000s. He was originally a defensive player, who could perform roles of stopper and right back with excellent physical strength, but he had the ability to spark attacks with his incisive distribution after getting great positioning and wide vision in his experiences.[21] He could even be deployed as a forward, and he became the top goal-scorer of the league. His versatility allowed him to shine in almost any area of the field from defence to attack, and his presence allowed coach Guus Hiddink to alter tactics easily during World Cup matches.[21] After his retirement, he shocked Koreans by revealing that he was blind in one eye during his career.[22]

Managerial career

Yoo Sang-chul began managing in 2009 as a high school football manager, at Chuncheon Machinery Technical High School.[10]

On 17 July 2011, he was appointed manager of Daejeon Citizen.[23] This was a tough appointment, because a match-fixing scandal caused Daejeon to lose nearly half of their players just before his appointment.[10] Then, in 2012, a relegation system was introduced, threatening the Citizens with relegation.[10][24] In the 2012 season, while it was close,[25] the Daejeon Citizens managed to avoid relegation.[26] Following the expiration of his contract at the end of the 2012 season, negotiations to extend his contract failed, and the Daejeon Citizens appointed a different manager, a move which many fans found controversial.[27][28][29]

In January 2014, Yoo became the manager of the Ulsan University football team, the affiliate university team of the Ulsan Hyundai football club where he had spent his entire K-League career.[30] He remained with Ulsan University until December 2017, when he was appointed manager of the Jeonnam Dragons.[31]

Under Yoo, the Jeonnam Dragons attempted to reorganize the team around a youth movement. However, the team struggled to score goals, and despite Yoo's request, they were unable to land a better forward. His tenure at Jeonnam Dragons ended on August 16, 2018, when he resigned after only three victories, with the team doing poorly in the 2018 K League 1 standings.[32] Jeonnam Dragons would eventually be relegated at the end of the season.[33]

On May 14, 2019, Yoo was appointed manager of Incheon United.[33] At the time of his appointment, Incheon United was at the bottom of the 2019 K League 1, with only 6 points in 11 games.[33] While managing Incheon United in October 2019, Yoo was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Despite the diagnosis, he continued to manage Incheon United and helped the club avoid relegation, before resigning in January 2020. After resigning, he was named the honorary head coach. In June 2020, when Incheon United had another managerial vacancy, Yoo approached the team and asked to be appointed the manager again, but he was turned down on account of his poor health.[7]

Death

On 21 November 2019, Yoo announced that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which caused him to be hospitalised.[34] He died on 7 June 2021 in Seoul at the age of 49.[35][36]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i1994K League205—60—265
1995K League261—71—332
1996K League20?[lower-alpha 1]?41?[lower-alpha 2]?61
1997K League71?[lower-alpha 1]?100?[lower-alpha 2]?171
1998K League2014?[lower-alpha 1]?31?[lower-alpha 2]?2315
Total7521??303??10524
Yokohama F. Marinos1999J1 League2273130—288
2000J1 League22173064—3121
Total44246194—5929
Kashiwa Reysol2001J1 League2491000—259
2002J1 League950000—95
Total33141000—3414
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i2002K League89?[lower-alpha 1]?00—89
2003K League103?[lower-alpha 1]?——103
Total1812??00—1812
Yokohama F. Marinos2003J1 League1762030—226
2004J1 League190102041261
Total366305041487
Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i2005K League121?[lower-alpha 1]?60—181
2006K League10?[lower-alpha 1]?00?[lower-alpha 3]?10
Total131??60??191
Career total 219781015074128387
  1. Appearance(s) in Korean FA Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in Asian Club Championship
  3. Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[37]
National teamYearAppsGoals
South Korea 1994101
199580
199651
1997217
1998243
199920
2000110
200183
2002161
200391
200451
200550
Career total12418
Scores and results list Korea Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yoo goal.
List of international goals scored by Yoo Sang-chul
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
111 October 1994Hiroshima, Japan8 Japan1–13–21994 Asian Games
230 April 1996Tel Aviv, Israel19 Israel2–05–4Friendly
325 January 1997Sydney, Australia26 New Zealand3–13–11997 Opus Tournament
421 May 1997Tokyo, Japan30 Japan1–01–1Friendly
528 May 1997Daejeon, South Korea31 Hong Kong1–04–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
612 June 1997Seoul, South Korea33 Egypt2–13–11997 Korea Cup
724 August 1997Daegu, South Korea37 Tajikistan4–14–1Friendly
84 October 1997Seoul, South Korea40 United Arab Emirates2–03–01998 FIFA World Cup qualification
918 October 1997Tashkent, Uzbekistan42 Uzbekistan2–05–11998 FIFA World Cup qualification
1025 June 1998Paris, France62 Belgium1–11–11998 FIFA World Cup
119 December 1998Bangkok, Thailand66 United Arab Emirates2–02–11998 Asian Games
1214 December 1998Bangkok, Thailand68 Thailand1–11–21998 Asian Games
1311 February 2001Dubai, United Arab Emirates84 United Arab Emirates2–14–12001 Dubai Tournament
141 June 2001Ulsan, South Korea87 Mexico2–12–12001 FIFA Confederations Cup
159 December 2001Seogwipo, South Korea89 United States1–01–0Friendly
164 June 2002Busan, South Korea98 Poland2–02–02002 FIFA World Cup
178 December 2003Saitama, Japan113 China1–01–02003 EAFF Championship
185 June 2004Daegu, South Korea116 Turkey1–12–1Friendly

Honours

Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i

Yokohama F. Marinos

South Korea B

South Korea

Individual

See also

Notes
  1. Appearances as an overage player (four appearances in Summer Olympics, four appearances in friendlies, including one appearance against non-national team)

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