Son Dae-Ho (Korean: 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.

Son Dae-Ho
손대호
Personal information
Full name Son Dae-Ho
Date of birth (1981-09-11) September 11, 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Pohang, Gyeongbuk, South Korea
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2000–2001 Myongji University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 22 (1)
2005 Chunnam Dragons 1 (0)
2005–2008 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 58 (2)
2009–2013 Incheon United 51 (1)
2014 Hangzhou Greentown 22 (0)
2015 BEC Tero Sasana 1 (0)
International career
2007 South Korea 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:48, November 3, 2014 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:48, April 27, 2009 (UTC)
Son Dae-ho
Hangul
손대호
Hanja
孫大鎬
Revised RomanizationSon Dae-ho
McCune–ReischauerSon Tae-ho

Club career

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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.[1]

International career

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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

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Korea Republic League FA Cup K-League Cup Asia Total
2002 Suwon Samsung Bluewings K-League 6 0 8 0 14 0
2003 8 1 0 0 8 1
2004 8 0 1 0 12 0 21 0
2005 Chunnam Dragons 1 0 0 0 5 0 6 0
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 Incheon United 6 0 1 0 4 0 11 0
2012 22 0 22 0
2013 23 1 23 1
China PR League FA Cup CSL Cup Asia Total
2014 Hangzhou Greentown Chinese Super League 22 0 1 0 23 0
Country Korea Republic 132 4 5 0 42 1 5 1 184 6
China PR 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
Total 154 4 6 0 42 1 5 1 207 6

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