Cho Gue-sung

About

Cho Gue-sung (Korean: 조규성; born 25 January 1998) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as striker for Danish Superliga club Midtjylland and the South Korea national team.

Cho played defensive midfielder during his youth career and freshman year at Gwangju University. However, Cho was not evaluated as a good midfielder by his university’s head coach Lee Seung-won and changed his position to striker in 2017.
In 2019, Cho joined K League 2 side FC Anyang where he was a youth player before. He was selected for the K League 2 Best XI after becoming the third highest scorer in his first professional season and transferred to K League 1 club Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors the next year.
Cho had difficulty proving his worth in his first season at Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. In 2021, he joined the military team Gimcheon Sangmu to serve his mandatory duty and to get a stable spot. As a result, he developed physically and technically while being trained at Gimcheon. He became the top goalscorer in the 2022 K League 1 and led Jeonbuk to the 2022 Korean FA Cup title.
In January 2023, Jeonbuk received transfer bids for him from Mainz 05, Celtic…