He turned down the chance to join his hometown club, Incheon United, choosing instead to sign for Suwon Bluewings in 2005, aged 19.

He spent three two years playing for Suwon's youth team before making the step-up to senior level in 2008, at the age of 21.

Cho made 20 league appearances for Suwon across two seasons (2008 and 2009), scoring twice.

In January 2010 he moved to Gwangju Sangmu for the two-year army service.

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