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{{Short description|South Korean footballer (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Cho Jae-jin
| fullname       = Cho Jae-jin
| image          =
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1981|7|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place    = [[Paju]], [[Gyeonggi-do|Gyeonggi]], South Korea
| height         = {{height|meter=1.85}}
| currentclub    =
| clubnumber     =
| position       = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]]
| youthyears1    = 1997–1999 | youthclubs1 = Daeshin High School
| years1         = 2000–2004 | clubs1 = [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] | caps1 = 16 | goals1 = 0
| years2         = 2002–2003 | clubs2 = → [[Gimcheon Sangmu FC|Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo]] ([[Conscription in South Korea|draft]]) | caps2 = 31 | goals2 = 3
| years4         = 2004–2007 | clubs4 = [[Shimizu S-Pulse]] | caps4 = 101 | goals4 = 45
| years5         = 2008 | clubs5 = [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]] | caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 8
| years6         = 2009–2010 | clubs6 = [[Gamba Osaka]] | caps6 = 35 | goals6 = 10
| totalcaps      = 209
| totalgoals     = 67
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2000 | nationalteam1 = [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U20]]
| nationalcaps1  = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2003–2004 | nationalteam2 = [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea U23]]
| nationalcaps2  = 28 | nationalgoals2 = 11
| nationalyears3 = 2003–2008 | nationalteam3 = [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
| nationalcaps3  = 40 | nationalgoals3 = 10
| pcupdate       =
| ntupdate       =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{KOR}} }}
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[AFC Asian Cup]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup|2007 Indonesia/Malaysia<br/>/Thailand/Vietnam]]|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup squads#South Korea|Team]]}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name|hangul=조재진|hanja={{linktext|曺|宰|溱}}|rr=Jo Jae-jin|mr=Cho Chaejin}}
{{Family name hatnote|Cho||lang=Korean}}
'''Cho Jae-jin''' ({{Korean|hangul=조재진}}; born 9 July 1981) is a former [[South Korea]]n [[association football|football]] player.
==Playing career==
Cho emerged as a national star when he played for [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korean under-23 team]] in the [[Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=082&aid=0000008205 |script-title=ko:한국올림픽축구대표팀 명단 |date=2004-07-19 |publisher=[[Busan Ilbo]] |language=ko}}</ref> He scored two goals in a 3–3 draw with [[Mali national under-23 football team|Mali]], helping his team advance to the quarter-finals.
Cho showed impressive performances including 45 goals in 101 [[J1 League]] appearances while playing for [[Shimizu S-Pulse]] from 2004 to 2007. He was also selected for [[South Korea national football team|South Korean national team]] for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], and played three World Cup matches as a powerful target man. [[David Pleat]], an expert of ''[[The Guardian]]'' at the time, selected him as one of six talents outside the [[Premier League]] after the World Cup.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jun/29/worldcup2006.sport11 |title=Six top talents made for the Premiership |work=The Guardian |date=2006-06-29 |access-date=2022-10-21}}</ref>
After his successful stint at Shimizu, Cho tried to join a Premier League club, and received offers from [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]], [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]], [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] and [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]. However, he signed for [[K League]] club [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]] after failing to negotiate with them.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://star.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/OhmyStar/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0000801227 |script-title=ko:조재진, 멀고 험한 프리미어리그 진출 |publisher=[[OhmyNews]] |language=ko |date=2007-12-30 |access-date=2022-10-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/sports/soccer/271132.html |script-title=ko:조재진 전북 현대 입단 “잉글랜드 진출 꿈은 계속” |publisher=[[The Hankyoreh]] |language=ko |date=2008-02-21 |access-date=2022-10-21}}</ref>
Cho has congenital [[hip dysplasia]], and started to suffer from pain when he was 22. He had relied on the drug to continue playing football, but eventually announced his retirement on 18 March 2011.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hankyung.com/sports/article/2011031899937 |script-title=ko:조재진, 은퇴 선언 '충격'…부상으로 선수생활 불가능 |publisher=[[The Korea Economic Daily]] |language=ko |date=2011-03-18 |access-date=2022-10-22}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Cho is a close friend of [[Kim Dong-jin]], who was also a member of South Korean Olympic team.
Cho appeared in advertisements for [[Adidas]], ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' and clothing brand "ASK" in South Korea.
==Career statistics==
===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{K League player}}</ref>
|-
! rowspan=2 | Club
! rowspan=2 | Season
! colspan=3 | League
! colspan=2 | National cup
! colspan=2 | League cup
! colspan=2 | Continental
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Division
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|rowspan=4|[[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
|[[K-League 2000|2000]]||[[K League]]
|5||0||?||?||0||0||?||?||5||0
|-
|[[K-League 2001|2001]]||K League
|3||0||?||?||0||0||?||?||3||0
|-
|[[K-League 2004|2004]]||K League
|8||1||0||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||8||1
|-
!colspan=2 | Total
!16||1||?||?||0||0||?||?||16||1
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Gimcheon Sangmu FC|Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo]] ([[Conscription in South Korea|draft]])
|2002||[[Korean National Semi-Professional Football League|Semipro League]]
|?||?||?||?||?||?||colspan=2|—||?||?
|-
|[[K-League 2003|2003]]||K League
|31||3||2||1||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||33||4
|-
!colspan=2 | Total
!31||3||2||1||?||?||colspan=2|—||33||4
|-
|rowspan=5|[[Shimizu S-Pulse]]
|[[J. League 2004|2004]]||[[J1 League]]
|12||7||1||0||1||1||colspan=2|—||14||8
|-
|[[J. League 2005|2005]]||J1 League
|29||9||3||2||7||3||colspan=2|—||39||14
|-
|[[J. League 2006|2006]]||J1 League
|32||16||2||1||3||0||colspan=2|—||37||17
|-
|[[J. League 2007|2007]]||J1 League
|28||13||1||0||3||1||colspan=2|—||32||14
|-
!colspan=2 | Total
!101||45||7||3||14||5||colspan=2|—||122||53
|-
|[[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]]
|[[K-League 2008|2008]]||K League
|26||8||2||1||5||2||colspan=2|—||33||11
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Gamba Osaka]]
|[[J. League 2009|2009]]||J1 League
|25||10||3||0||1||0||6||1||35||11
|-
|[[J. League 2010|2010]]||J1 League
|10||0||1||2||1||0||4||0||16||2
|-
! colspan=2 | Total
!35||10||4||2||2||0||10||1||51||13
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!209||67||15||7||21||7||10||1||255||82
|}
===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kfa.or.kr/archive/player_record.php?search_val=%EC%A1%B0%EC%9E%AC%EC%A7%84 |title=Cho Jae-jin at Korea Football Association |language=ko |publisher=KFA |access-date=2022-10-22}}</ref><ref>{{NFT player|id=8541|accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
!National team
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan=6 | [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
|2003||7||2
|-
|2004||3||1
|-
|2005||3||0
|-
|2006||14||5
|-
|2007||10||2
|-
|2008||3||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total||40||10
|}
:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of international goals scored by Cho Jae-jin
|-
! No. !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 25 September 2003 || [[Incheon]], South Korea || {{fb|VIE}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|5–0 || [[2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 24 October 2003 || [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]], Oman || {{fb|NEP}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|7–0 || 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|3 || 19 December 2004 || [[Busan]], South Korea || {{fb|GER}} || align="center"|3–1 || align="center"|3–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || 1 February 2006 || Hong Kong || {{fb|DNK}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–3 || [[2006 Lunar New Year Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|5 || 26 May 2006 || [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fb|BIH}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|6 || rowspan="2"|6 September 2006 || rowspan="2"|[[Suwon]], South Korea || rowspan="2"|{{fb|TPE}} || align="center"|5–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|8–0 || rowspan="2"|[[2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification]]
|-
| align="center"|7 || align="center"|7–0
|-
| align="center"|8 || 11 October 2006 || [[Seoul]], South Korea || {{fb|SYR}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–1 || 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification
|-
| align="center"|9 || rowspan="2"| 5 July 2007 || rowspan="2"|[[Seoul]], South Korea || rowspan="2"|{{fb|UZB}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="2" align="center"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|Friendly
|-
| align="center"|10 || align="center"|2–0
|}
== Filmography ==
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" | Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Note(s)
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| scope="row" | 2021
| ''[[Kick A Goal]] Season 1''
| Himself
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=609&aid=0000640837 |last=Yoo |first=Kyung-sang |script-title=ko:골때녀’ 새 감독 조재진, 아나콘다 8연패 원인? “체력” |publisher=Newsen |website=[[Naver]] |date=October 12, 2022 |access-date=October 12, 2022 |language=ko}}</ref>
|-
| 2021–2022
| ''[[Kick A Goal]] Season 2''
| Himself
|
|
|-
| 2022–2023
| ''[[Kick A Goal]] Season 3''
| Himself
|
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[The Fishermen and the City]] Season 4''
| Himself
| Episode 12
|
|}
==Honours==
=== Player ===
'''Suwon Samsung Bluewings'''
*[[Korean League Cup]]: [[2000 Korean League Cup|2000]], [[2001 Korean League Cup|2001]]<ref name="Cups">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/skorcuphist.html |title=South Korea – List of Cup Winners |date=8 April 2020 |access-date=2 September 2020 |first1=Seung-soo |last1=Lee |first2=Mark |website=[[RSSSF]] |last2=Trevena}}</ref>
*[[Korean Super Cup]]: 2000<ref name="Cups"/>
*[[AFC Champions League|Asian Club Championship]]: [[2000–01 Asian Club Championship|2000–01]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/as1.html |title=Asian Champions' Cup |date=25 March 2020 |access-date=2 September 2020 |first1=Atsushi |last1=Fujioka |first2=Stephen |last2=Halchuk |first3=Karel |website=[[RSSSF]] |last3=Stokkermans}}</ref>
*[[Asian Super Cup]]: [[2001 Asian Super Cup|2001]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/assup.html |title=Asian Super Cup |date=21 July 2002 |access-date=2 September 2020 |first=Atsushi |website=[[RSSSF]] |last=Fujioka}}</ref>
'''Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo'''
*[[Korean National Semi-Professional Football League|Korean Semi-professional League (Spring)]]: 2002<ref name="Leagues">{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/skorchamp.html |title=South Korea - List of Champions |date=13 May 2020 |access-date=2 September 2020 |first1=Seung-soo |last1=Lee |first2=Hans |last2=Schöggl |first3=Mark |website=[[RSSSF]] |last3=Trevena}}</ref>
*[[Korean National Semi-Professional Football Championship|Korean Semi-professional Championship]] runner-up: 2002
'''Shimizu S-Pulse'''
*[[Emperor's Cup]] runner-up: [[2005 Emperor's Cup|2005]]
'''Gamba Osaka'''
*[[Emperor's Cup]]: [[Emperor's Cup 2009|2009]]
'''South Korea'''
*[[AFC Asian Cup]] third place: [[2007 AFC Asian Cup|2007]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asiachamp.html |title=Asian Nations Cup |date=7 February 2019 |access-date=2 September 2020 |first=Karel |website=[[RSSSF]] |last=Stokkermans}}</ref>
=== Television personality ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+ List of awards and nominations received by TV personality Cho Jae-jin
! scope="col" | Award ceremony
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Nominated work
! scope="col" | Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan="1"| [[SBS Entertainment Awards]]
| style="text-align:center"| [[2022 SBS Entertainment Awards|2022]]
| Leader of the Year Award{{efn|Shared with [[Ha Seok-ju]], [[Kim Byung-ji]], [[Kim Tae-young (footballer, born 1970)|Kim Tae-young]], [[Choi Jin-cheul]], [[Choi Sung-yong]], [[Lee Eul-yong]], [[Hyun Young-min]], [[Lee Young-pyo]], [[Oh Beom-seok]] and [[Baek Ji-hoon]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=609&aid=0000667202 |last=Lee |first=Min-ji |script-title=ko:골때녀 잔칫날’ 감독진 11명, 올해의 리더상 [2022 SBS 연예대상] |trans-title=Leader of the Year Award [2022 SBS Entertainment Awards], 11 directors |publisher=Newsen |website=[[Naver]] |date=December 17, 2022 |access-date=December 17, 2022 |language=ko}}</ref>}}
| ''[[Kick A Goal]]''
| {{won}}
| style="text-align:center" rowspan="1"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=117&aid=0003678945 |last=Lee |first=Seung-gil |script-title=ko:유재석, 감격의 '대상' 영예…통산 19번째 트로피 품었다 [2022 SBS 연예대상] (종합) |trans-title=Yoo Jae-seok had the honor of the "Grand Prize"...won his 19th trophy in his career [2022 SBS Entertainment Awards] (comprehensive) |publisher=My Daily |website=[[Naver]] |date=December 18, 2022 |access-date=December 18, 2022 |language=ko}}</ref>
|-
|}
{{notelist}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{K League player}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113535/http://www.kfa.or.kr/record/playeramatch.asp?Page=1&Query=Gender%3DM%26Name%3D%EC%A1%B0%EC%9E%AC%EC%A7%84 Cho Jae-jin – National Team Stats] at [[Korea Football Association|KFA]] {{in lang|ko}}
* {{FIFA player|209902}}
*{{J.League player}}
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