He played in the Korean Professional Football League (K-League) for the Hyundai Horang-i, LG Cheetahs in South Korea and in the former Japan Football League (JFL) for the Oita Trinity in Japan.
In the K-League's 1986 season he was awarded the Rookie of the Year award for his outstanding play having scored 8 goals during the regular season and 9 goals in the Korean Professional Championship of 1986.
However his next year was disappointing and he left the K-League and moved to Oita Trinity which was a lower division prefectural league team at the time.
After the 1994 season he retired to teaching high school teams in Korea.
He is now the coach of the Mukho High School in Donghae, South Korea.