Cho began his professional career in 2002 with
K-League club
Suwon Samsung Bluewings. He moved to
Chunnam Dragons at the end of the 2004 season in a swap deal which saw
Kim Nam-Il move to Suwon. In August 2005, he joined
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. He was part of the
South Korea football team in
2004 Summer Olympics, who finished second in Group A, making it through to the next round, before being defeated by silver medal winners
Paraguay. In May 2010, he left team to do
military service. On 10 January 2014, Cho transferred to
Chinese Super League side
Shanghai Greenland Shenhua and becomes the first ever South Korean player in history of the Chinese club. ==Club statistics==