Cho Young-wook

Cho joined FC Seoul in January 2018. He made his K League 1 debut against Jeju United on 1 March 2018. Cho enlisted in military football team Gimcheon Sangmu to perform his mandatory military service in January 2023. While playing for Sangmu, he had 13 goals and 5 assists in 27 K League 2 appearances, and won the league title. He was discharged early from the military service as an Asian Games gold medalist after the 2023 season.

Cho played for South Korea under-20 team in 2017 and 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He appeared in all eleven of South Korea's matches, becoming South Korea's most capped player in the FIFA U-20 World Cup. He helped his team reach the final in the 2019 tournament by scoring two important goals. He scored the winning goal in a 2–1 group victory over Argentina and South Korea's third goal in a 3–3 draw with quarter-final opponents Senegal. Cho played for South Korean under-24 team in the 2022 Asian Games, scoring four goals in seven matches of the tournament. He earned his 85th youth cap in the Asian Games final against Japan, and won a gold medal after scoring the winning goal.

Club

As of 29 September 2024

International

Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first.

Cho is nicknamed the "Shooting Hamster". It had originally been used to criticise his weak shots, which had been far from the "Shooting Monster", but was changed to positive meaning, with his skills developing.