Yoo Sang-Chul

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Yoo Sang-Chul (born October 18, 1971) is a South Korean football player who, as of 2004 was playing for Yokohama F.M..

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Birth Date: 18 October 1971
Height: 184 cm
Weight: 78 kg
Position: MF
Current Club:
First Int'l Cap: USA ( 5 March 1994)

Yoo has been one of Korea's most influential players over the last decade. He is known as a powerful and versatile midfielder with strong aerial ability, even though his versatility actually allows him to shine in just about any area of the field, from defence to attack, but his coaches believe his all-roundness is best deployed in the centre of midfield, where he can patrol the middle of the park with presence and authority.

Yoo has the ability to spark a Korean attack with his incisive distribution and is also strong defensively as well as physically.

The highly-rated midfilder 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 Marinos. He moved briefly to join Kashiwa Reysol 's Korean trio in 2001 but Marinos 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 scored a goal for Korea in FIFA World Cup 1998, and was a key part of the Korean National Football Team when Korea reached the semi-finals in the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

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