Education
Yonsei University.
Yonsei University.
Cho began his professional career in 2002 with K-League club Suwon Samsung Bluewings. He moved to Chunnam Dragons at the end of the 2004 season in a swap deal which saw Kim Nam-Il move to Suwon. In 2005, he joined Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.
He was part of the South of Korea football team in 2004 Summer Olympics, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners Paraguay.
In May 2010, he left team to do military service. On 10 January 2014, Cho transferred to Shanghai Greenland Shenhua.
Results list South of Korea"s goal tally first.