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South Korean footballer (1971–2021)

Yoo Sang chul (; 18 October 1971 – 7 June 2021) was a South Korean football player and manager. Yoo was regarded as one of the greatest South Korean midfielders of all time. He was selected as a midfielder of the 2002 FIFA World Cup All Star Team and K League 30th Anniversary Best XI. and was selected as a defender of the K League Best XI right after his first season. In 1996, he won the 1996 K League with Ulsan. In 1998, he won the K League scoring title, scoring 14 goals in 20 games, and was named as a midfielder in the K League Best XI. However, confusion regarding how agents work in European football caused him to miss out on the trial;

Yoo briefly joined Kashiwa Reysol in 2001, where he played 33 games and scored 14 goals. Following his success at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, there was interest from many major European football clubs, and he nearly signed a deal with Tottenham Hotspur, to the point that he had already said farewell to Kashiwa; but the negotiation broke down.

Yoo scored two goals for South Korea in FIFA World Cup, one in 1998 against Belgium, and another in 2002 against Poland. He played a key part of the South Korea national team when they reached the semi finals in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, and was named to the World Cup all star team. He was also part of the South Korea under 23 team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by Paraguay, the eventual silver medalists.

Yoo was one of South Korea's most versatile players in the 1990s and 2000s. He was originally a defensive player, who could perform roles of stopper and right back with excellent physical strength, but he had the ability to spark attacks with his incisive distribution after getting great positioning and wide vision in his experiences. After his retirement, he shocked Koreans by revealing that he was blind in one eye during his career.

Yoo Sang chul began managing in 2009 as a high school football manager, at Chuncheon Machinery Technical High School. On 17 July 2011, he was appointed manager of Daejeon Citizen. This was a tough appointment, because a match fixing scandal caused Daejeon to lose nearly half of their players just before his appointment. In the 2012 season, while it was close, the Daejeon Citizens managed to avoid relegation. Following the expiration of his contract at the end of the 2012 season, negotiations to extend his contract failed, and the Daejeon Citizens appointed a different manager, a move which many fans found controversial. In January 2014, Yoo became the manager of the Ulsan University football team, the affiliate university team of the Ulsan Hyundai football club where he had spent his entire K League career. He remained with Ulsan University until December 2017, when he was appointed manager of the Jeonnam Dragons. Under Yoo, the Jeonnam Dragons attempted to reorganize the team around a youth movement. However, the team struggled to score goals, and despite Yoo's request, they were unable to land a better forward. His tenure at Jeonnam Dragons ended on August 16, 2018, when he resigned after only three victories, with the team doing poorly in the 2018 K League 1 standings. Jeonnam Dragons would eventually be relegated at the end of the season. On May 14, 2019, Yoo was appointed manager of Incheon United. He died on 7 June 2021 in Seoul at the age of 49.

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsUlsan Hyundai Horang i1994K League205—60—2651995K League261—71—3321996K League20??41? ?611997K League71??100? ?1711998K League2014??31??2315Total7521??303? ?10524Yokohama F. Marinos1999J1 League2273130—2882000J1 League22173064—3121Total44246194—5929Kashiwa Reysol2001J1 League2491000—2592002J1 League950000—95Total33141000—3414Ulsan Hyundai Horang i2002K League89? ?00—892003K League103??——103Total1812? ?00—1812Yokohama F. Marinos2003J1 League1762030—2262004J1 League190102041261Total366305041487Ulsan Hyundai Horang i2005K League121? ?60—1812006K League10??00??10Total131??60? ?191Career total219781015074128387