Career
He is current manager of Ulsan University. Weight: 78 kg First International"l Cap: United States of America (March 5, 1994) Yoo was one of of Korea"s most influential players over the last decade. Yoo had the ability to spark an attack with his incisive distribution and was also strong defensively as well as physically.
The highly rated midfielder was offered a trial with Barcelona in 1998 for his impressive performances during the 1998 World Cup group stages.
However, he missed out on that possible move to Europe because his club Ulsan Hyundai had already agreed a contract-binding deal to sell Yoo to Yokohama. He moved briefly to join Kashiwa Reysol"s Korean trio in 2001 but brought the versatile Korean back to Yokohama in 2003.
He was part of the South Korean 2004 Olympic football team, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners Paraguay. He also has a blind eye, in which he kept secret.
He publicly told everyone at a Korean Television talk show.
On 17 July 2011, he was appointed manager of Daejeon Citizen. His management at Daejeon Citizen was successful in order to survive the K-league classic. Many fans wanted him to stay with Daejeon Citizen for longer but his contract had expired.
The club asked for him to renew the contract but the two parties could not agree on some conditions.
In 2013, Ulsan University which is one of the strongest Korean university football clubs asked to be manager. He started coaching again from the 2014 season.
Results list of Korea Republic"s goal tally first. Club J. Individual.