Cho Byung-kuk (Korean: 조병국; born July 1, 1981) is a South Korean international football manager and former football player.

Cho began his professional career in 2002 with K-League club Suwon Samsung Bluewings.

[1] 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.

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.