Park Joo-ho

Park Joo-ho (박주호; or ; born 16 January 1987) is a South Korean former football player who usually played as a defender.

A versatile player, he primarily played left-back but also in the midfield as a defensive or wide midfielder.

Park attended Kwangwoon Electronics Technical High School and Soongsil University.

While at university, he gained the interest of notable local and Japanese top-flight clubs but was not offered a contract after medicals revealed a back injury.

Park started his professional career by joining J2 League club Mito HollyHock in 2008 after recovering from his back injury.

He advanced to the top division after his debut season, and won the 2009 J1 League and the 2010 J.League Cup with Kashima Antlers and Júbilo Iwata respectively.

On 25 June 2011, Swiss Super League club Basel announced that Park had signed a four-year contract with them.

He joined Basel's first team for their 2011–12 season under head coach Thorsten Fink.

To the beginning of their 2011–12 season season Park was member of the Basel team that won the 2011 Uhrencup, beating both Hertha Berlin 3–0 and West Ham United 2–1 to lead the table on goal difference above Young Boys.

After playing in six test games, Park played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Swissporarena on 20 August 2011 as Basel were defeated 3–1 by Luzern.

Park soon established himself as Basel's first-choice left-back.

Basel entered the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League in the group stage.

On 7 December 2011, during the Champions League group C match at home in the St. Jakob-Park he helped Basel defeat Manchester United to make his team become the first Swiss club to advance to the knockout stage of a Champions League.

Basel won the match 2–1, sending United out of the Champions league.

He also contributed to the team's 1–0 first-leg victory over Bayern Munich in the round of 16 by stopping Arjen Robben successfully.

However, the team suffered a 7–0 defeat in the second leg and, therefore, it was the German team who advanced to the next round.

At the end of the 2011–12 season Park won the Double with his new club.

They won the League Championship title with 20 points advantage.

The team won the Swiss Cup, winning the final 4–2 in a penalty shootout against Luzern.

The following season, Basel had to rotate their players a lot because they played twenty European games, including Champions League qualifiers and Europa League matches.

Park wasn't guaranteed a consistent position as a starter, but still got enough appearances.

Basel had started in the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League in the qualifying rounds.

But were knocked out of the competition by CFR Cluj in the play-off round.

They then continued in the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League group stage.

Ending the group in second position, Basel continued in the knockout phase.

Missing the first leg due to a suspension, Park played the second leg of quarter-final matches against Tottenham Hotspur, whom they beat 4–1 on penalties after a 4–4 aggregate draw to progress to the semi-finals.

In the semi-final Basel were being matched against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea.

Park played in the first leg, but Chelsea won both games advancing 5–2 on aggregate and eventually winning the competition.

At the end of the 2012–13 Swiss Super League he won his second Championship title with the team.

In the 2012–13 Swiss Cup Basel reached the final, but were runners up behind Grasshopper Club, being defeated 4–3 on penalties, following a 1–1 draw after extra time.

Park scored his first goal for the club on 21 April 2013 in the away game at the Stockhorn Arena as Basel played a 2–2 draw with Thun.

On 17 July 2013, it was announced that Park was leaving the club.

During his two season with them, Park played a total of 107 games for Basel scoring that one goal.

47 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, eight in the Swiss Cup, 22 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 30 were friendly games.

On 17 July 2013, Mainz 05 announced the signing of Park on a full transfer from Basel.

He played 27 matches as a left-back or a central midfielder for Mainz in the 2013–14 Bundesliga, and cooperated with them in qualifying for the Europa League.

He was named in player rankings of football magazine kicker after the end of the season.

Park moved to Borussia Dortmund, following Thomas Tuchel who coached him in Mainz.

He signed a two-year contract through June 2015 with a club option for an additional two years.

On 17 September 2015, he played his first match for Dortmund in a Europa League match against Krasnodar, and led Dortmund to a 2–1 win by having a goal and an assist.