Park Hang-seo
Park Hang-seo (Korean: 박항서; Hanja: 朴恒緖 ; born 1 October 1957[2]) is a South Korean football manager and former player. He was most recently the head coach of the Vietnam national football team.[3]
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| Full name | Park Hang-seo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1 October 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sancheong, Gyeongnam, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1980 | Hanyang University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Korea First Bank | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1983 | ROK Army (draft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1988 | Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso | 99 | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1978 | South Korea U20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1980 | South Korea B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | South Korea | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Anyang LG Cheetahs (caretaker) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | South Korea (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | South Korea U23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Gyeongnam FC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Jeonnam Dragons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Sangju Sangmu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Changwon City | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | Vietnam U23 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | Vietnam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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| Park Hang-seo | |
| Hangul | 박항서 |
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| Hanja | 朴恒緖 |
| Revised Romanization | Bak Hang-seo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pak Hang-sŏ |
Playing career
Park was the captain of the South Korea under-20 squad which won the 1978 AFC Youth Championship.[4] On 8 March 1981, Park made his senior international debut against Japan, which ended in a 1–0 victory.[5][6] Park performed his mandatory military service in Army FC after he joined the semi-professional club Korea First Bank. From 1984 to 1988, Park played for Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso, and contributed to the 1985 K League title. He received the K League Best XI award in that season.[7]
Coaching career
After his professional retirement, Park started a coaching career at Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso in 1989. In November 1996, he was appointed a caretaker manager and was in charge of one match in the 1996 Korean FA Cup.[8] From 1997 to February 2000, he was a coach of Suwon Samsung Bluewings. Park was one of the two assistant managers of Guus Hiddink at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.[9]
Managerial career
South Korea U23
In August 2002, Park was appointed as head coach of the South Korean side for the 2002 Asian Games by performing successfully as the senior team assistant.[10] However, Korea Football Association (KFA) had not done any preparation for the 2002 Asian Games since there was no manager 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 didn't sign with him.[11] South Korea lost to Iran on penalties in the semi-finals, but won the bronze medal. Park was sacked after the tournament.[12]
Career in K League
In August 2005, Park became the inaugural manager of the newly-formed Gyeongnam FC in the K League.[13] Gyeongnam finished fourth in the 2007 K League season, but Park left the team due to internal conflict.[14] In December 2007, he succeeded Huh Jung-moo as the manager of Jeonnam Dragons.[15] The team finished as the runners-up of the 2008 League Cup and sixth in the 2009 K League. He later resigned due to poor performances in the 2010 season.[16] From 2012 to 2015, Park managed the military team Sangju Sangmu in South Korea. Under his guidance, his squad won the country's second-division league, K League Challenge, in 2013 and 2015. He left the team after his contract expired after the 2015 season.[17] In 2017, Park was appointed manager of Changwon City, a third-division team. Changwon won the 2017 Korea National League Championship, and he was named the tournament's best manager.[18]
Vietnam
On 29 September 2017, Park was appointed the head coach of the Vietnam national football team.[19] Also in charge of the under-23 side, the team reached the final of the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship, which is Vietnam's first final in the official AFC competitions.[20]
At the 2018 Asian Games, his side also advanced to the semi-finals and finished fourth for the first time in 56 years, with Park earning praise for his management.[21] 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.[22]
In the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, Vietnam reached the quarter-finals but lost to eventual runner-up Japan, 1–0.[23] Park won the gold medal at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, thus winning the first football title for Vietnam as a united country at the games.[24] In the very next Southeast Asian games in 2022, he led Vietnam to defend their gold medal to win their 2nd straight title, before he resigns from the under 23/Olympic team.[25][26] In the third round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, he led Vietnam got 4 points when they won 3-1 against China[27] and drew 1-1 against Japan, which is Vietnam's best result in a FIFA World Cup qualification.[28] He decided to leave Vietnam after his contract expires on 31 January 2023, so the 2022 AFF Championship in December is Park's last tournament as head coach of the Vietnam national football team.[29] At this tournament, Vietnam came into the final but eventually lost to Thailand and therefore they are the runner-up.[30]
Personal life
Park is a devout Methodist Protestant.[31]
During his tenure as Vietnam coach, he was nicknamed "Coach Terminator" by the Vietnamese media due to his supposed role in the resignation or sacking of more notable managers for losses against the lower-ranked Vietnam team. These managers include Guus Hiddink, Ján Kocian, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Antoine Hey, Simon McMenemy, Sirisak Yodyardthai, Alexandre Gama and Bert van Marwijk.[32][33]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 16 January 2023
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Gyeongnam | 22 August 2005 | 16 November 2007 | 78 | 29 | 15 | 34 | 37.18 |
| Jeonnam Dragons | 27 December 2007 | 8 November 2010 | 110 | 39 | 27 | 44 | 35.45 |
| Sangju Sangmu | 30 December 2011 | 11 December 2015 | 168 | 63 | 34 | 71 | 37.50 |
| Changwon City | 11 November 2016 | 14 October 2017 | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 23.53 |
| Vietnam | 29 September 2017 | 31 January 2023 | 55 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 47.27 |
| Vietnam U23 | 1 January 2018 | 24 May 2022 | 28 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 53.57 |
| Total | 469 | 178 | 109 | 182 | 37.95 | ||
Honours
Player
Hanyang University
- Korean National Championship runner-up: 1980[34]
- Korean President's Cup: 1977[35]
Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
South Korea U20
Individual
- K League 1 Best XI: 1985[7]
Manager
Jeonnam Dragons
- Korean League Cup runner-up: 2008[38]
Sangju Sangmu
Changwon City
South Korea U23
- Asian Games bronze medal: 2002[40]
Vietnam U23
- AFC U-23 Championship runner-up: 2018[41]
- Southeast Asian Games: 2019, 2021[42][43]
Vietnam
Individual
- Maengho Medal: 2002[45]
- K League 2 Manager of the Year: 2013[46]
- Korea National League Championship Best Manager: 2017[18]
- Third-class Vietnamese Labor Order: 2018[47]
- Vietnamese Friendship Order: 2018[48]
- AFF Coach of the Year: 2019[49]
- Second-class Vietnamese Labor Order: 2020[50]
- Heungin Medal: 2022[51]
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc awarded the first-class Labor Order to the U-23 team and the third-class Labor Order to head coach Park Hang-seo, a Republic of Korea national, and to midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai and goal keeper Bui Tien Dung for their outstanding performance at the tournament.
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During Friday's reception, PM Phuc also granted a Friendship Order to head coach Park Hang-seo and a first-class Labor Order to the national football team.
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External links
- Park Hang-seo – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)