Son Dae-ho

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Son Dae-Ho
손대호

| fullname = Son Dae-Ho

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|9|11}}

| birth_place = Pohang, Gyeongbuk, South Korea

| height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Defensive midfielder

| youthyears1= 2000–2001

| youthclubs1= Myongji University

| years1 = 2002–2004

| clubs1 = Suwon Samsung Bluewings

| caps1 = 22 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2005

| clubs2 = Chunnam Dragons

| caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2005–2008

| clubs3 = Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

| caps3 = 58 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2009–2013

| clubs4 = Incheon United

| caps4 = 51 | goals4 = 1

| years6 = 2014

| clubs6 = Hangzhou Greentown

| caps6 = 22 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2015

| clubs7 = BEC Tero Sasana

| caps7 = 1 | goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2007

| nationalteam1 = South Korea

| nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 10:48, November 3, 2014 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 10:48, April 27, 2009 (UTC)

}}{{Infobox Korean name|hangul=손대호|hanja=孫大鎬|rr=Son Dae-ho|mr=Son Tae-ho}}

Son Dae-Ho ({{langx|ko|손대호}}; born September 11, 1981) is a South Korean football player. Son is a tough defender who utilizes his own height and strong pressure. His nickname is 'tough guy' in K-League.

Club career

In 2002, Son joined Suwon Samsung Bluewings, and in 2005, he transferred to Chunnam Dragons. However, he was traded with Kim Do-Kyun and transferred to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. In 2007, he contributed much to his team and Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma got second place in the league. However, in 2008, the coach changed from Kim Hak-Beom to Shin Tae-Yong due to the poor performance and he got traded Incheon United After that, in order to finish his military duty, he tried to enter Sangju Sangmu Phoenix. But failed with date calculation, he got started the Social Service Personnel, the supplement system of the military duty. He returned to Incheon United in January 2012, playing as defensive midfielder for Incheon United with Kim Nam-il. His performance was prodigious in terms of both quantity and quality with his veteran experience in spite of his two years career break.

On 9 November 2014, Son signed a one-year deal with Chinese Super League side Hangzhou Greentown.[http://sports.163.com/14/0110/00/9I6J02QS00051C89.html 绿城完成新外援第一签孙大镐想载入俱乐部史册]{{in lang|zh}}

International career

He got chosen by Pim Verbeek who was the head coach of the Australian national football team. He regarded Son Dae-Ho's strength and power very high. He made his debut June 2, 2007 versus Netherlands, and he was a regular midfielder in 2007 AFC Asian Cup and made Korean national football team semi-final.

Career statistics

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Continental ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Season ! Club ! League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \|Korea Republic ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| FA Cup ! colspan=2 \| K-League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Asia ! colspan=2 \| Total
2002	rowspan="3"\|Suwon Samsung Bluewings	rowspan="11"\|K-League	6	0			8	0			14	0
2003	8	1	0	0					8	1
2004	8	0	1	0	12	0			\|21	0
rowspan="2"\|2005	Chunnam Dragons	1	0	0	0	5	0			\|6	0
rowspan="4"\|Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma	6	0	0	0	0	0			\|6	0
2006	7	0	1	0	3	0			\|11	0
2007	25	2	0	0	1	0	5	1	31	3
2008	20	0	2	0	9	1			\|31	1
2009	rowspan="3"\|Incheon United	6	0	1	0	4	0			\|11	0
2012	22	0							\|22	0
2013	23	1							\|23	1
colspan=3 \| China PR ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| FA Cup ! colspan=2 \| CSL Cup ! colspan=2 \| Asia ! colspan=2 \| Total
2014	Hangzhou Greentown	Chinese Super League	22	0	1	0					23	0
rowspan=2 \| Country !colspan=2\| Korea Republic !132\|\|4\|\|5\|\|0\|\|42\|\|1\|\|5\|\|1\|\|184\|\|6
colspan=2 \| China PR !22\|\|0\|\|1\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|0\|\|23\|\|0
colspan=3\|Total !154\|\|4\|\|6\|\|0\|\|42\|\|1\|\|5\|\|1\|\|207\|\|6