Park Hang-seo

south korean football player and director

Park. In this korean name, the syndicate name isPark Hang-seoHangul

박항서

Hanja

朴恒緖

Revised RomanizationBak Hang-seoMcCune–ReischauerPak Hang-sŏ
Park Hang-seo ( Hangul : 박항서 ; born 1 October 1957 [ 2 ] ) is a south korean football director and former player who presently serves as the head passenger car of the Vietnam home team .

Playing career [edit ]

Park was the captain of the South Korea under-20 team which won the 1978 AFC Youth Championship. [ 3 ] On 8 March 1981, Park made his senior external debut against Japan, which ended in a 1–0 victory. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Park performed his compulsory military serve in Army FC after he joined the semi-professional golf club Korea First Bank FC. From 1984 to 1988, Park played for Lucky-Goldstar FC, and contributed to the 1985 K League title. He received the K League Best XI prize in that season. [ 6 ]

Coaching career [edit ]

After his master retirement, Park started a coach career at Lucky-Goldstar in 1989. In November 1996, He was appointed a caretaker director and in charged of one equal in 1996 Korean FA Cup. [ 7 ] From 1997 to February 2000, he was coach of Suwon Samsung Bluewings .

Managerial career [edit ]

South Korea national under-23 team [edit ]

Park was one of the two adjunct managers of Guus Hiddink at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. [ 8 ] In August 2002, Park was appointed as steer coach of the south korean side for the 2002 asian Games by performing successfully as the senior team adjunct. [ 9 ] however, Korea Football Association ( KFA ) had not done any preparation for the 2002 asian Games since there was no coach or coaching staff for two years. KFA had focused on the 2002 FIFA World Cup, which was co-hosted in South Korea, so Park had to prepare for the tournament in two months. In addition, KFA was criticized that Park worked without getting paid because they formally did n’t sign with him. [ 10 ] South Korea lost to Iran after punishment shoot-out in the semi-finals, and subsequently won a bronze decoration. Park was sacked after the tournament. [ 11 ]

Coaching in South Korea [edit ]

In August 2005, Park became the inaugural address coach of the newly-formed Gyeongnam FC in the K League. [ 12 ] Gyeongnam finished fourthly in the 2007 K League season, but Park left the team due to internal battle. [ 13 ] In December 2007, he succeeded Huh Jung-moo as passenger car of the Chunnam Dragons. [ 14 ] The team finished as the runner-up of the 2008 League Cup and sixth in the 2009 K League. He by and by resigned due to poor performances in the 2010 season. [ 15 ] From 2012 to 2015, Park coached the military team Sangju Sangmu FC in South Korea. Under his guidance, his team won the country ‘s second-division league, K League Challenge, in 2013 and 2015. He left the team after his shrink expired after the 2015 temper. [ 16 ] In 2017, Park was appointed coach of Changwon City FC, a third-division team. Changwon won the 2017 Korea National League Championship, and he was named the tournament ‘s best coach. [ 17 ]

Vietnam national teams [edit ]

On 29 September 2017, Park was appointed the fountainhead coach of the Vietnam home football team. [ 18 ] besides in tear of the under-23 side, the team reached the final of the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship, which is Vietnam ‘s inaugural final in the official AFC competitions. [ 19 ] At the 2018 asian Games, his side besides advanced to the semi-finals and finished fourth for the beginning prison term in 56 years, with Park earning praise for his management. [ 20 ] On 15 December 2018, the vietnamese team under Park won the AFF Championship after defeating Malaysia, 3–2 on aggregate, in the second leg of the finals in Mỹ Đình National Stadium of Hanoi. This was Vietnam ‘s first regional championship in ten years. [ 21 ] In the 2019 AFC asian Cup, Vietnam reached the quarter-finals but lost to eventual runner-up Japan, 1–0. [ 22 ] On 6 November 2019, Park had extended his contract to coach the Vietnam and the under-23 team until 2022. [ 23 ] With the Olympic side, Park won the gold decoration at the 2019 Southeast asian Games, thus winning the beginning football title for Vietnam as a unite country at the games as Vietnam previously lost in the concluding on five occasions. [ 24 ]

personal life [edit ]

Park is a devout Methodist Christian. [ 25 ] While coaching Vietnam, he was nicknamed “ Coach Terminator ” by the vietnamese media, due to his inclination of defeating a number of noteworthy managers and, directly or indirectly, forcing them into being sacked. Managers that were sacked or resigned for losing to Park ‘s Vietnam include Guus Hiddink, Ján Kocian, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Antoine Hey, Simon McMenemy, Sirisak Yodyadthai, Alexandre Gama, and Bert van Marwijk. [ 26 ] [ 27 ]

Honours [edit ]

player [edit ]

Hanyang University
Lucky-Goldstar
South Korea U20
Individual

coach [edit ]

Chunnam Dragons

References [edit ]

Park Hang-seo – K League stats at kleague.com ( in Korean )