Choi Yong-son

{{short description|North Korean footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Choi||lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Choi Yong-son

|image =

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|10|10|df=y}}

|birth_place =

|height = 1.80 m{{cite news |author= |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1990102100209111011&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1990-10-21&officeId=00020&pageNo=11&printNo=21275&publishType=00010 |script-title=ko:통일축구 北韓선수단 얼굴 |language=ko |trans-title=North Korea men's team at unification football match 2 |newspaper=The Dong-a Ilbo |location= |date=1990-10-21 |access-date=2021-12-29 }}

|position = Forward

|currentclub =

|clubnumber =

|youthyears1 =

|youthclubs1 = Pyongyang Athletics College

|years1 = |clubs1 = Pyongyang{{WorldFootball.net|yong-son-choi}} |caps1 = |goals1 =

|nationalyears1 = 1991

|nationalteam1 = Korea U20

|nationalcaps1 = 4

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|nationalyears2 = 1990–1993

|nationalteam2 = North Korea

|nationalcaps2 = 29

|nationalgoals2 = 10

}}

{{Infobox Korean name|context=north|hangul=최영선|hanja=|mr=Ch'oe Yŏngsŏn|rr=Choe Yeongseon}}

Choi Yong-son ({{Ko-hhrm|최영선}}; born 10 October 1972) is a North Korean former footballer. He represented North Korea on at least twenty-nine occasions between 1990 and 1993, scoring ten goals.{{NFT player|pid=67346}} He also represented the unified Korean team at the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u20worldcup/portugal1991/teams/1888275|title=FIFA World Youth Championship Portugal 1991™ - Korea Republic|accessdate=28 December 2021|website=fifa.com}}

Career statistics

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="4"|North Korea

|1990

70
199111
199261
1993158
colspan=2|Total2910

=International goals=

:Scores and results list North Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each North Korea goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Choi

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|1

|{{dts|19 October 1991}}

|RFK Stadium, Washington, United States

|{{fb|USA}}

|align="center"|2–1

|align="center"|2–1

|rowspan="5"|Friendly

align="center"|2

|{{dts|24 August 1992}}

|Workers' Stadium, Beijing, China

|{{fb|KOR}}

|align="center"|1–1

|align="center"|1–1

align="center"|3

|{{dts|19 January 1993}}

|rowspan="3"|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, India

|{{fb|BOL}}

|align="center"|?–?

|align="center"|2–1

align="center"|4

|rowspan="2"|{{dts|31 January 1993}}

|rowspan="2"|{{fb|FIN}}

|align="center"|1–0

|rowspan="2" align="center"|3–2

align="center"|5

|align="center"|2–0

align="center"|6

|{{dts|9 April 1993}}

|rowspan="3"|Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar

|{{fb|VIE}}

|align="center"|2–0

|align="center"|3–0

|rowspan="5"|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification

align="center"|7

|rowspan="2"|{{dts|13 April 1993}}

|rowspan="2"|{{fb|IDN}}

|align="center"|2–0

|rowspan="2" align="center"|4–0

align="center"|8

|align="center"|3–0

align="center"|9

|rowspan="2"|{{dts|26 April 1993}}

|rowspan="2"|National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore

|rowspan="2"|{{fb|SGP}}

|align="center"|2–0

|rowspan="2" align="center"|3–1

align="center"|10

|align="center"|3–1

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