#7 Ja-cheol Koo

Jeju United

K League 1 League level: Korea, South

First Tier Joined: Feb 22, 2022 Contract expires: -

Date of birth/Age: Feb 27, 1989 (35)
Place of birth: Nonsan, Chungnam
Citizenship: Korea, South

Height: 1,84 m
Position: Central Midfield
Agent: Apertura Sports GmbH

Former International: South Korea
Caps/Goals: 76 / 19

€550k

Last update: Dec 19, 2023

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	South Korea
13		South Korea	Feb 17, 2008	76	19	Jung-moo Huh	18 years 11 months 21 days
	South Korea U23
-		South Korea U23	Jul 16, 2008	16	5	Sung-hwa Park	19 years 04 months 19 days
	South Korea U20
7		South Korea U20	Nov 6, 2007	16	5	Dong-hyun Cho	18 years 08 months 10 days
	South Korea Ol.
13		South Korea Olympic Team	Jul 26, 2012	6	1	Myung-bo Hong	23 years 04 months 29 days

Stats of Ja-cheol Koo

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Total :			76	19	6	-	23	34	6	-	-	3	249'	4.729'
	International Friendlies	33	6	1	-	15	14	1	-	-	2	290'	1.741'
	World Cup qualification	21	6	1	-	3	11	4	-	-	1	257'	1.544'
	AFC Asian Cup	12	5	4	-	2	7	-	-	-	-	154'	772'
	East Asian Football Championship	5	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	273'	273'
	World Cup	5	1	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	399'	399'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Seoul	Jan 30, 2008	South Korea	Chile	0:1	on the bench
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 3	Seoul	Feb 6, 2008	South Korea	Turkmenistan	4:0	Not in squad
	East Asian Football Championship
	Group 1	Chongqing	Feb 17, 2008	China	South Korea	2:3					63'		27'
	Group 1	Chongqing	Feb 20, 2008	South Korea	North Korea	1:1	on the bench
	Group 1	Chongqing	Feb 23, 2008	Japan	South Korea	1:1					58'		32'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 3		Mar 26, 2008	North Korea	South Korea	0:0	Not in squad
	Group 3	Seoul	May 31, 2008	South Korea	Jordan	2:2	Not in squad
	Group 3	Amman	Jun 7, 2008	Jordan	South Korea	0:1	Not in squad
	Group 3	Aşgabat	Jun 14, 2008	Turkmenistan	South Korea	1:3	Not in squad
	Group 3	Seoul	Jun 22, 2008	South Korea	North Korea	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Seoul	Sep 5, 2008	South Korea	Jordan	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B		Sep 10, 2008	North Korea	South Korea	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Suwon	Oct 11, 2008	South Korea	Uzbekistan	3:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B	Seoul	Oct 15, 2008	South Korea	U. A. E.	4:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Doha	Nov 14, 2008	Qatar	South Korea	1:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B	Riad	Nov 19, 2008	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	0:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Dubai	Feb 1, 2009	Syria	South Korea	1:1	Not in squad
		Dubai	Feb 4, 2009	Bahrain	South Korea	2:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B	Teheran	Feb 11, 2009	Iran	South Korea	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Suwon	Mar 28, 2009	South Korea	Iraq	2:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B	Seoul	Apr 1, 2009	South Korea	North Korea	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Dubai	Jun 2, 2009	Oman	South Korea	0:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B	Dubai	Jun 6, 2009	U. A. E.	South Korea	0:2	Not in squad
	Group B	Seoul	Jun 10, 2009	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	0:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Seoul	Jun 17, 2009	South Korea	Iran	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Seoul	Aug 12, 2009	South Korea	Paraguay	1:0	Not in squad
		Seoul	Sep 5, 2009	South Korea	Australia	3:1	Not in squad
		Seoul	Oct 14, 2009	South Korea	Senegal	2:0	With U20 national team
		Esbjerg	Nov 14, 2009	Denmark	South Korea	0:0	Not in squad
		London	Nov 18, 2009	South Korea	Serbia	0:1	Not in squad
		Doornfontein, Johannesburg	Jan 9, 2010	Zambia	South Korea	4:2		1			64'		26'
			Jan 18, 2010	Finland	South Korea	0:2					78'		12'
		Málaga	Jan 22, 2010	South Korea	Latvia	1:0						72'	72'
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	Tokyo	Feb 7, 2010	South Korea	Hong Kong	5:0	CM	1					90'
	group A1	Chofu City, Tokyo	Feb 10, 2010	China	South Korea	3:0							90'
	group A1	Tokyo	Feb 14, 2010	Japan	South Korea	1:3					56'		34'
	International Friendlies
		London	Mar 3, 2010	Ivory Coast	South Korea	0:2	Not in squad
		Seoul	May 16, 2010	South Korea	Ecuador	2:0					73'		17'
		Saitama, Saitama	May 24, 2010	Japan	South Korea	0:2	on the bench
		Kufstein	May 30, 2010	Belarus	South Korea	1:0	on the bench
		Innsbruck	Jun 3, 2010	Spain	South Korea	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup 2010
	Group B		Jun 12, 2010	South Korea	Greece	2:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Johannesburg	Jun 17, 2010	Argentina	South Korea	4:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Durban	Jun 22, 2010	Nigeria	South Korea	2:2	Not in squad
	Round of 16		Jun 26, 2010	Uruguay	South Korea	2:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Suwon	Aug 11, 2010	South Korea	Nigeria	2:1	Not in squad
		Seoul	Sep 7, 2010	South Korea	Iran	0:1	Not in squad
		Seoul	Oct 12, 2010	South Korea	Japan	0:0	on the bench
		Abu Dhabi	Dec 30, 2010	South Korea	Syria	1:0					68'		22'
	2011 AFC Asian Cup
	Group C	Doha	Jan 10, 2011	South Korea	Bahrain	2:1	LM	2				78'	78'
	Group C	Doha	Jan 14, 2011	Australia	South Korea	1:1	AM	1				67'	67'
	Group C	Doha	Jan 18, 2011	South Korea	India	4:1	LM	1	2				90'
	Quarter-Finals	Doha	Jan 22, 2011	Iran	South Korea	0:1 AET	AM					81'	81'
	Semi-Finals	Doha	Jan 25, 2011	Japan	South Korea	5:3 on pens	AM						120'
	Third Place Play-Off	Doha	Jan 28, 2011	Uzbekistan	South Korea	2:3	LW	1	1			53'	53'
	International Friendlies
		Trabzon	Feb 9, 2011	Türkiye	South Korea	0:0	CM			59'		83'	83'
		Seoul	Mar 25, 2011	South Korea	Honduras	4:0	Not in squad
		Seoul	Jun 3, 2011	South Korea	Serbia	2:1					77'		13'
		Jeonju	Jun 7, 2011	South Korea	Ghana	2:1		1			60'		30'
		Toyohira-ku, Sapporo	Aug 10, 2011	Japan	South Korea	3:0	RW						90'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B	Goyang	Sep 2, 2011	South Korea	Lebanon	6:0	AM		1			75'	75'
	Group B	Adiliya	Sep 6, 2011	Kuwait	South Korea	1:1	AM					79'	79'
	Group B	Suwon	Oct 11, 2011	South Korea	U. A. E.	2:1	AM			45'		64'	64'
	Group B	Dubai	Nov 11, 2011	U. A. E.	South Korea	0:2	LW						90'
	Group B	Beirut	Nov 15, 2011	Lebanon	South Korea	2:1	CM	1		23'			90'
	International Friendlies
		Jeonju	Feb 25, 2012	South Korea	Uzbekistan	4:2	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group B	Seoul	Feb 29, 2012	South Korea	Kuwait	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Bern	May 30, 2012	Spain	South Korea	4:1	CM					74'	74'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 1	Doha	Jun 8, 2012	Qatar	South Korea	1:4	CM					56'	56'
	Group 1	Goyang	Jun 12, 2012	South Korea	Lebanon	3:0	CM	1			21'		69'
	International Friendlies
		Anyang, Gyeonggi	Aug 15, 2012	South Korea	Zambia	2:1	With other national team
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 1	Tashkent	Sep 11, 2012	Uzbekistan	South Korea	2:2	Outer ligament tear
	Group 1	Teheran	Oct 16, 2012	Iran	South Korea	1:0	Outer ligament tear
	International Friendlies
		Hwaseong, Gyeonggi	Nov 14, 2012	South Korea	Australia	1:2	Not in squad
		London	Feb 6, 2013	South Korea	Croatia	0:4	AM						90'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group 1	Seoul	Mar 26, 2013	South Korea	Qatar	2:1	CM						90'
	Group 1	Beirut	Jun 4, 2013	Lebanon	South Korea	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 1	Seoul	Jun 11, 2013	South Korea	Uzbekistan	1:0	Not in squad
	Group 1	Nam-gu, Ulsan	Jun 18, 2013	South Korea	Iran	0:1	Not in squad
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	Seoul	Jul 20, 2013	South Korea	Australia	0:0	Not in squad
	group A1	Hwaseong, Gyeonggi	Jul 24, 2013	South Korea	China	0:0	Not in squad
	group A1	Seoul	Jul 28, 2013	South Korea	Japan	1:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Suwon	Aug 14, 2013	South Korea	Peru	0:0	Not in squad
		Incheon	Sep 6, 2013	South Korea	Haiti	4:1		1			46'		45'
		Jeonju	Sep 10, 2013	South Korea	Croatia	1:2	DM					78'	78'
		Seoul	Oct 12, 2013	South Korea	Brazil	0:2	AM					65'	65'
		Cheonan	Oct 15, 2013	South Korea	Mali	3:1	AM	1				53'	53'
		Seoul	Nov 15, 2013	South Korea	Switzerland	2:1	Torn lateral ankle ligament
		Dubai	Nov 19, 2013	Russia	South Korea	2:1	Torn lateral ankle ligament
		Los Angeles, California	Jan 26, 2014	Costa Rica	South Korea	0:1	Not in squad
		San Antonio, Texas	Jan 30, 2014	Mexico	South Korea	4:0	Not in squad
		Carson, California	Feb 1, 2014	USA	South Korea	2:0	Not in squad
		Piräus	Mar 5, 2014	Greece	South Korea	0:2	AM		1			85'	85'
		Seoul	May 28, 2014	South Korea	Tunisia	0:1	AM					59'	59'
		Miami Gardens, Florida	Jun 10, 2014	Ghana	South Korea	4:0	RM					57'	57'
	World Cup 2014
	Group H		Jun 18, 2014	Russia	South Korea	1:1	AM			90'			90'
	Group H	Porto Alegre (RS)	Jun 22, 2014	South Korea	Algeria	2:4	AM	1					90'
	Group H		Jun 26, 2014	South Korea	Belgium	0:1	AM						90'
	International Friendlies
		Bucheon	Sep 5, 2014	South Korea	Venezuela	3:1	on the bench
		Goyang	Sep 8, 2014	South Korea	Uruguay	0:1	on the bench
		Cheonan	Oct 10, 2014	South Korea	Paraguay	2:0	Not in squad
		Seoul	Oct 14, 2014	South Korea	Costa Rica	1:3	Not in squad
		Amman	Nov 14, 2014	Jordan	South Korea	0:1					83'		7'
		Teheran	Nov 18, 2014	Iran	South Korea	1:0	AM					83'	83'
	2015 AFC Asian Cup
	Group A	Canberra	Jan 10, 2015	South Korea	Oman	1:0	AM		1				90'
	Group A	Canberra	Jan 13, 2015	Kuwait	South Korea	0:1	Not in squad
	Group A	Brisbane	Jan 17, 2015	Australia	South Korea	0:1	CM					49'	49'
	Quarter-Finals	Melbourne	Jan 22, 2015	South Korea	Uzbekistan	2:0 AET	Elbow injury
	Semi-Finals	Sydney	Jan 26, 2015	South Korea	Iraq	2:0	Elbow injury
	Final	Sydney	Jan 31, 2015	South Korea	Australia	1:2 AET	Elbow injury
	International Friendlies
		Daejeon	Mar 27, 2015	South Korea	Uzbekistan	1:1	AM	1					90'
		Seoul	Mar 31, 2015	South Korea	New Zealand	1:0					46'		45'
			Jun 11, 2015	U. A. E.	South Korea	0:3	special leave
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group G	Yangon	Jun 16, 2015	Myanmar	South Korea	0:2	special leave
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	Wuhan	Aug 2, 2015	China	South Korea	0:2	Not in squad
	group A1	Wuhan	Aug 5, 2015	Japan	South Korea	1:1	Not in squad
	group A1	Wuhan	Aug 9, 2015	South Korea	North Korea	0:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group G	Hwaseong, Gyeonggi	Sep 3, 2015	South Korea	Laos	8:0	on the bench
	Group G	Saida	Sep 8, 2015	Lebanon	South Korea	0:3	LM					45'	45'
	Group G	Kaifan	Oct 8, 2015	Kuwait	South Korea	0:1	AM	1		53'			90'
	International Friendlies
		Seoul	Oct 13, 2015	South Korea	Jamaica	3:0					70'		20'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group G	Suwon	Nov 12, 2015	South Korea	Myanmar	4:0	AM	1		35'		77'	77'
	Group G	Vientiane	Nov 17, 2015	Laos	South Korea	0:5	Not in squad
	Group G	Ansan	Mar 24, 2016	South Korea	Lebanon	1:0	AM					79'	79'
	International Friendlies
		Bangkok	Mar 27, 2016	Thailand	South Korea	0:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group G		Mar 29, 2016	South Korea	Kuwait	3:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Siezenheim	Jun 1, 2016	Spain	South Korea	6:1	Broken toe
		Prag	Jun 5, 2016	Czechia	South Korea	1:2	Broken toe
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	Seoul	Sep 1, 2016	South Korea	China	3:2	AM	1				79'	79'
	Group A		Sep 6, 2016	Syria	South Korea	0:0	AM					75'	75'
	Group A	Suwon	Oct 6, 2016	South Korea	Qatar	3:2	AM					70'	70'
	Group A	Teheran	Oct 11, 2016	Iran	South Korea	1:0					76'		14'
	International Friendlies
		Cheonan	Nov 11, 2016	South Korea	Canada	2:0					46'		45'
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	Seoul	Nov 15, 2016	South Korea	Uzbekistan	2:1	AM	1					90'
	Group A	Changsha, Hunan	Mar 23, 2017	China	South Korea	1:0	AM						90'
	Group A	Seoul	Mar 28, 2017	South Korea	Syria	1:0	AM					86'	86'
	International Friendlies
		Dubai	Jun 7, 2017	Iraq	South Korea	0:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Asia
	Group A	Doha	Jun 13, 2017	Qatar	South Korea	3:2	Not in squad
	Group A	Seoul	Aug 31, 2017	South Korea	Iran	0:0	CM						90'
	Group A	Tashkent	Sep 5, 2017	Uzbekistan	South Korea	0:0					44'		46'
	International Friendlies
			Oct 7, 2017	Russia	South Korea	4:2	DM					70'	70'
			Oct 10, 2017	South Korea	Morocco	1:3					28'		62'
		Suwon	Nov 10, 2017	South Korea	Colombia	2:1					82'		8'
		Nam-gu, Ulsan	Nov 14, 2017	South Korea	Serbia	1:1	SS	1				70'	70'
	East Asian Football Championship
	group A1	Chofu City, Tokyo	Dec 9, 2017	South Korea	China	2:2	Not in squad
	group A1	Chofu City, Tokyo	Dec 12, 2017	North Korea	South Korea	0:1	Not in squad
	group A1	Chofu City, Tokyo	Dec 16, 2017	Japan	South Korea	1:4	cold
	International Friendlies
		Antalya	Jan 27, 2018	Moldova	South Korea	0:1	Not in squad
		Antalya	Jan 30, 2018	Jamaica	South Korea	2:2	Head injury
		Antalya	Feb 3, 2018	South Korea	Latvia	1:0	Not in squad
		Belfast	Mar 24, 2018	N. Ireland	South Korea	2:1	on the bench
		Chorzow	Mar 27, 2018	Poland	South Korea	3:2	on the bench
		Daegu	May 28, 2018	South Korea	Honduras	2:0	on the bench
		Jeonju	Jun 1, 2018	South Korea	Bosnia	1:3	CM					75'	75'
		Innsbruck	Jun 7, 2018	South Korea	Bolivia	0:0					71'		19'
		Grödig	Jun 11, 2018	Senegal	South Korea	2:0	AM						90'
	World Cup 2018
	Group F		Jun 18, 2018	Sweden	South Korea	1:0	CM					73'	73'
	Group F		Jun 23, 2018	South Korea	Mexico	1:2	on the bench
	Group F	Kazan	Jun 27, 2018	South Korea	Germany	2:0	SS					56'	56'
	International Friendlies
		Goyang	Sep 7, 2018	South Korea	Costa Rica	2:0	Not in squad
		Suwon	Sep 11, 2018	South Korea	Chile	0:0	Not in squad
		Seoul	Oct 12, 2018	South Korea	Uruguay	2:1	Kidney problems
		Cheonan	Oct 16, 2018	South Korea	Panama	2:2	Kidney problems
		Brisbane	Nov 17, 2018	Australia	South Korea	1:1	CM					45'	45'
			Nov 20, 2018	Uzbekistan	South Korea	0:4	on the bench
		Abu Dhabi	Dec 31, 2018	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	0:0					46'		45'
	2019 AFC Asian Cup
	Group C	Dubai	Jan 7, 2019	South Korea	Philippines	1:0	AM					64'	64'
	Group C		Jan 11, 2019	Kyrgyzstan	South Korea	0:1	AM					63'	63'
	Group C	Madinat Zaid	Jan 16, 2019	South Korea	China	2:0	AM				89'		1'
	Round of 16	Dubai	Jan 22, 2019	South Korea	Bahrain	2:1 AET	on the bench
	Quarter-Finals	Abu Dhabi	Jan 25, 2019	South Korea	Qatar	0:1	AM				74'		16'
Squad: 90, Starting eleven: 53, Substituted in: 23, On the bench: 14, Suspended: 2, Injured: 13,