From 20,000 Instagram followers to 1.6 million, Cho Gue-sung has been making headlines off the pitch after a video of him sitting on the bench went viral.
According to a South Korean journalist, the striker’s phone was ringing off the hook.
“He had to get some rest,” the journalist told the Athletic.
“His phone was going all night. It was keeping him awake. He was trying to concentrate on football and, all the time, the messages were coming.”
The viral video of the 24-year-old now has over 7 million views and is constantly growing.
Cho Gue-sung’s fancam already has over 6M views lol pic.twitter.com/L4B2JI3Te1
— Hyunsu Yim (@hyunsuinseoul) November 28, 2022
The striker has also been scoring on the pitch, with his two goals against Ghana catapulting his name into mainstream media.