FC Seoul's Choi the latest Korean coach to make China switch

Choi, who led Seoul to the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League this year, will take over from July 1. He replaces Romania's Dan Petrescu, who was sacked earlier this month.

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Choi, who became Seoul's full-time head coach in 2012, also guided the team to the K League title that year and a runners-up finish in the 2013 AFC Champions League.

He joins compatriots Chang Woe-ryong (Chongqing Lifan), Lee Jang-soo (Changchun Yatai), Hong Myung-bo (Hangzhou Greentown) and Park Tae-ha (Yanbian Funde) in China's top flight.

Jiangsu currently sit third in the championship, four points behind leader Guangzhou Evergrande.

(Reporting by Ian Rodricks in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)