Cho Gue-sung

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Cho Gue-sung
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Cho with FC Anyang in 2019
Personal information
Full name Cho Gue-sung[1]
Date of birth (1998-01-25) 25 January 1998 (age 28)
Place of birth Ansan, South Korea[2]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Midtjylland
Number 10
Youth career
2013 Anyang Technical High School (ko)
2014–2015 FC Anyang[note 1]
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Gwangju University (ko)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019 FC Anyang 31 (14)
2020–2023 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 43 (13)
2021–2022 → Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) 48 (21)
2023– Midtjylland 43 (15)
International career‡
2019–2021 South Korea U23 11[α] (4)
2021– South Korea 41 (10)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea
AFC U-23 Championship
Winner 2020 Thailand
EAFF Championship
Runner-up 2022 Japan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2025
Korean name
Hangul
조규성
Hanja
曺圭成
[3]
RRJo Gyuseong
MRCho Kyusŏng
IPA[t͡ɕo.ɡju.sʌŋ]

Cho Gue-sung (Korean: 조규성; born 25 January 1998) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as striker for Danish Superliga club Midtjylland and the South Korea national team.

Club career

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Early career in South Korea

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Cho played defensive midfielder during his youth career and freshman year at Gwangju University. However, Cho was not evaluated as a good midfielder by his university's head coach Lee Seung-won and changed his position to striker in 2017.[4] In 2019, Cho joined K League 2 side FC Anyang where he was a youth player before.[5] He was selected for the K League 2 Best XI after becoming the third highest scorer in his first professional season and transferred to K League 1 club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors the next year.[6]

Cho had difficulty proving his worth in his first season at Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. In 2021, he joined the military team Gimcheon Sangmu to serve his mandatory duty and to get a stable spot.[7] As a result, he developed physically and technically while being trained at Gimcheon.[8] He became the top goalscorer in the 2022 K League 1 and led Jeonbuk to the 2022 Korean FA Cup title. In January 2023, Jeonbuk received transfer bids for him from Mainz 05, Celtic, Rangers and Minnesota United.[9][10] Cho was attracted to Mainz and Celtic but rejected their offers after determining that his physical condition was not good enough to play in Europe.[11]

Midtjylland

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On 11 July 2023, Cho signed with Danish Superliga club Midtjylland on a five-year contract for a fee reported to be around £2.6 million.[12] On 22 July 2023, he made his Danish Superliga debut with Midtjylland, scoring in a 1–0 win over Hvidovre.[13] Having a considerable presence at Midtjylland early on, he was selected for the Superliga Team of the Month in July and September.[14][15] He won the most duels and aerial duels in the 2023–24 Danish Superliga.[16][17] He successfully performed the role of target man, while helping his team win the league title.[18]

Cho suffered knee pain during the 2023–24 season and underwent knee surgery at the end of the season to remove his meniscus in Italy. Despite anticipating a full recovery by the start of the 2024–25 season, he contracted a bacterial infection which further complicated his rehabilitation and forced him to undergo another operation. This resulted in Cho sitting out the entire 2024–25 season.[19]

On 17 August 2025, Cho made his first appearance in 448 days towards the end of a Superliga match against Vejle.[20] On 29 September, he scored a bicycle kick goal against Randers, which was selected as the Superliga Goal of the Month.[21]

International career

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Cho made his senior debut for South Korea on 7 September 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Lebanon.[22]

In November 2022, Cho was named to the 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[23] In Korea's second match at the tournament, he scored two goals against Ghana in an eventual 2–3 defeat, becoming the first South Korean player to ever score 2 or more goals in a single World Cup match. Despite losing that match, the goals proved decisive in ultimately sending Korea through to the Round of 16 on goal difference, at the expense of Uruguay.[24][25] Due to his performance in 2022 FIFA World Cup, Cho proved to be one of the greatest players in the air in Qatar. The young Korean forward won 21 aerial duels, putting him second in terms of success in the air among all players at the World Cup, after Morocco's Youssef En-Nesyri.[26]

Cho was called up for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, and was expected to play as an influential striker for the South Korean national team during Hwang Ui-jo's absence.[27] However, he disappointed Koreans by missing five big chances and winning only 35% of duels while scoring one goal in six matches (although he did score against Saudi Arabia as the Koreans would win on penalties);[28][29] especially after receiving a yellow card for diving instead of shooting in front of Jordan's goal when Jordan held a 2–0 lead in the 88th minute during the semi-finals.[30]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 14 December 2025[31][32]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Anyang 2019 K League 2 31 14 3 0 — 2[b] 0 36 14
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2020 K League 1 23 4 5 1 6[c] 3 — 34 8
2022 K League 1 8 4 3 4 — — 11 8
2023 K League 1 12 5 2 1 — — 14 6
Total 43 13 10 6 6 3 0 0 59 22
Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) 2021 K League 2 25 8 2 1 — — 27 9
2022 K League 1 23 13 1 0 — — 24 13
Total 48 21 3 1 0 0 0 0 51 22
Midtjylland 2023–24 Danish Superliga 30 12 2 0 5[d] 1 — 37 13
2025–26 Danish Superliga 13 3 4 2 5[e] 1 — 22 6
Total 43 15 6 2 10 2 0 0 59 19
Career total 165 61 22 9 16 5 2 0 205 77
  1. ^ Includes Korean FA Cup, Danish Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in K League 2 promotion play-offs
  3. ^ Appearances in AFC Champions League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League
  5. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

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As of match played 18 November 2025[33]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
South Korea 2021 4 0
2022 16 6
2023 10 2
2024 9 1
2025 2 1
Total 41 10
Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cho goal.[33]
List of international goals scored by Cho Gue-sung
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 January 2022 Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 1–0 5–1 Friendly
2 27 January 2022 Saida Municipal Stadium, Sidon, Lebanon File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 1–0 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 14 June 2022 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 3–1 4–1 Friendly
4 20 July 2022 Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 3–0 3–0 2022 EAFF Championship
5 28 November 2022 Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 1–2 2–3 2022 FIFA World Cup
6 2–2
7 12 September 2023 St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, England File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 1–0 1–0 Friendly
8 16 November 2023 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 1–0 5–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 30 January 2024 Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)		 2023 AFC Asian Cup
10 14 November 2025 Daejeon World Cup Stadium, Daejeon, South Korea Error creating thumbnail:  Bolivia 2–0 2–0 Friendly

Honours

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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

Gimcheon Sangmu

Midtjylland

South Korea U23

South Korea

Individual

Notes

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  1. ^ Anyang Technical High School became an academy of FC Anyang in 2014.
  1. ^ Includes two appearances against another KFA team.

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