Choi Soo-jong's 30-Year Celebrity Soccer Club Gets Sports Taping Sponsorship

International Taping has signed an official sponsorship agreement with the Eleven Celebrity Soccer Club, led by club leader Choi Soo-jong, to provide sports taping products. This agreement focuses on creating an environment where players can reduce the burden of injury and consistently participate in friendly matches and charity events, rather than mere logo exposure.

Sports Taping Support for club leader Choi Soo-jong's Team

The Eleven Celebrity Soccer Club is a celebrity soccer team that has been active centered around actor club leader Choi Soo-jong. Their official website introduces the team as '30 years of living history' and sets social contribution and a culture of sharing through soccer as its primary directions.

The matches of the celebrity soccer club often go beyond simple hobby gatherings, leading to friendly matches, charity events, and local exchanges. As familiar faces to fans stand on the pitch, interest naturally gathers, but the actual schedule is structured around repetitive physical activities such as regular training and friendly matches.

In soccer, where pressure builds up in the knees, ankles, and calves, basic management before and after matches is crucial. Through this sponsorship, International Taping provides products that help prevent injuries and maintain the performance of the players.

CEO Seong Nak-hyeon: "Hoping it helps with safe play and recovery"

International Taping is a sports taping brand operated by Korea Rehabilitation Medicine, selling kinesiology tape, sports tape, protectors, and rehabilitation-related supplies through its official mall.

CEO Seong Nak-hyeon stated, "I hope that the sports taping products will be of great help to the players' safe play and recovery." Here, recovery refers to the process of restoring the body after a match.

Connecting Sharing Activities Following the 2017 Shinhyup Sponsorship

This is not the first time the Eleven Celebrity Soccer Club has received corporate sponsorship. In 2017, they also signed a sponsorship agreement for soccer equipment with Shinhyup, and reports at the time included a series of friendly matches and charity events involving broadcasters such as Choi Soo-jong and Lee Deok-hwa.

Sponsorship for celebrity soccer clubs often does not end with just product advertisements. When a brand meets faces familiar to fans and those scenes are connected to social contribution events, both the team and the sponsor can approach the public more naturally.

This agreement differs in nature in that it is taping support closer to physical management rather than highly visible items like soccer balls or uniforms. Although the celebrity soccer club is not a professional squad, the risk of injury follows as the match schedule continues. For a team where middle-aged actors and singers play together, safety management is needed first so they can keep taking part in charitable activities over time rather than stopping at a one-off event.

If the taping products become established in the players' preparation process and injury management cases accumulate at the sites of friendly matches or charity events, this agreement could remain as an operational case for celebrity sports activities. The details of the Eleven Celebrity Soccer Club's next public match and International Taping's on-site support method have not yet been specifically disclosed.