[1] Cho Hyung-Ik was drafted from Myongji University in Yongin, just south of Seoul to Daegu FC for the 2008 season.
He continued to play a key role for the team in 2009, scoring 3 goals in the K-League, and a further 3 in the League Cup.
[2] He was implicated in the 2011 South Korean football match-fixing scandal and was suspended from the K-League for 2 years.
In 2013, the K-League reduced his disciplinary punishment and he was allowed to return to professional football with Daegu FC.
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