Chang Woe-Ryong started his career as an amateur footballer for Yonsei University and was deemed good enough to represent his country in the 1980 AFC Asian Cup where he was part of the team that came runners-up to Kuwait.
[1] In 1982 Chang would officially start his semi-professional football career when he joined Daewoo Royals and became one of the first South Korean players in the new professionalized 1983 K League.
[3] By 1989 Chang had already moved into coaching until Japanese football club Tosu Futures briefly brought him out of retirement as a player-coach.
Chang spent the whole of 2007 studying in England, and Park Lee-Chun took temporary charge of Incheon United for the year.
[4] On 17 December 2015, Chang accepted the invitation of Chinese Super League side Chongqing Lifan with three-year contract.