[1][2] A forward, Choe was a squad player for Malaya that captured the 1958, 1959 and 1960 Merdeka Tournament editions.
[5] He was also a part of the Malaya team that won bronze medals in the 1962 Asian Games.
[6] In 1962, he was also offered by Eintracht Frankfurt and Tottenham Hotspur (along with Abdul Ghani Minhat) to attend a trial session.
[7][8] At the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Choe was honoured to captain the national squad before announcing his retirement from the international stage at the age of 26 to focus on a career as a banker.
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