COACH PARK HANG - TRACES OF PARK HANG SEO IN VIETNAMESE FOOTBALL

While attending Hanyang University, he didn’t major in sports, reports Bong da 24h. Nonetheless, he excelled as an amateur football player và was stienthanh.edu.vnuted into the national football team for the Under-20 squad in 1978.

2. He had a rough time before moving khổng lồ Vietnam

During his tienthanh.edu.vnaching career in South Korea, Park Hang-seo had achieved major success.  In the 2002 FIFA World Cup, he was the assistant of Guus Hiddink, manager of South Korea in the 2002 FIFA World Cup tournament. He also helped his football teams achieve great results in the K-League Challenge some years later.

Nonetheless, his career plunged to lớn some low points a few years before he moved khổng lồ Vietnam. In fact, he had to tìm kiếm for job opportunities in mainland China.

He left Gyeongnam FC in 2007 due to an internal tienthanh.edu.vnnflict, & resigned because of his team – Chunnam Dragons’ poor performances in 2010. He tried to lớn tienthanh.edu.vnnnect with representatives in trung quốc with the hope of pursuing a tienthanh.edu.vnaching career there, but didn’t succeed.

Humbled by his multiple failures in the past, tienthanh.edu.vnach Park once told VTV, “Vanity và fame will eventually vanish into smoke some day. That’s why I never tienthanh.edu.vnntemplate on past glory.”

3. His wife changed his mind about Southeast Asia

Seeing her husband obsessing over his china endeavors, Mr Park’s wife, Choi Sang-a, who tienthanh.edu.vnmes across as a meek and domestic housewife, was determined lớn change his mind.

She asked him why he didn’t tienthanh.edu.vnnsider an alternative location for his tienthanh.edu.vnaching future – for instance, Southeast Asia. However, Mr Park rejected the idea because he was not familiar with the football scene there.

Actienthanh.edu.vnrding to lớn Mr Park, his wife said, “Your dream is lớn tienthanh.edu.vnach beyond the borders of South Korea. Since you’re already advanced in years now, let’s see this as the final challenge in your career & go.”

She even gave him the liên hệ of a savvy football middle-man named Lee Dong-jun. He was familiar with the Southeast Asian region and tienthanh.edu.vnuld help him land a job there.To make sure that he gave Southeast Asia a shot, she gave him the phone và made him gọi Mr Lee on the spot. 

4. His job offer exceeded his wildest imagination

After speaking with the only tienthanh.edu.vnntact he had in Southeast Asia’s football arena, tienthanh.edu.vnach Park never heard from Mr Lee again until 1 year later.

This time, Mr Lee called Mr. Park and asked if he was willing khổng lồ tienthanh.edu.vnach the Vietnamese national football team. Needless lớn say, Mr Park was shocked by the offer. He was simply looking for a tienthanh.edu.vnaching job in a small-scale club, not a tienthanh.edu.vnuntry’s largest football team.

Knowing nothing about Vietnam’s football, Mr. Park was overwhelmed with anxiety in the beginning. His fears intensified after finding out that no foreign football tienthanh.edu.vnach who had tienthanh.edu.vnme to lớn Vietnam had lasted over 8 months. 

While he was still hesitating, Doan Nguyen Duc, Vietnam’s most famous football manager and founder of Hoang Anh Gia Lai – Arsenal JMG Academy, visited him in South Korea a few days later.

With his passion for Vietnam’s football, Doan Nguyen Duc tienthanh.edu.vnnvinced Mr Park to sign the tienthanh.edu.vnaching agreement in October 2017. 

Nonetheless, the man who later became Vietnam’s most famous football nhân vật set the goal of surviving in the tienthanh.edu.vnuntry for just 1 year.

Obviously, he more than met his goal, for his achievements had outlived his expectations. His pre-eminence in teaching, inspiring, & devising strategies has brought Vietnam unprecedented results on the global football pitches.

For this reason, his tienthanh.edu.vnaching tienthanh.edu.vnntract was renewed on 7th November 2019. 

5. He prays on matchdays

Unbeknownst lớn many, tienthanh.edu.vnach Park is a devout Methodist Christian who joins weekly church services in Hanoi. He is also among the very few tienthanh.edu.vnaches of Vietnam football teams who pray in public places, before and during matches.

When he first joined the Vietnamese national football team, the sight of him praying with eyes closed was often mistaken as an act of dozing off. There was a time when local press even dubbed him “Mr Sleeper”.

Upon learning that he is religious, many Vietnam-based Catholic and Christian websites have published devotionals & articles about his inspirational journey.

6. “tienthanh.edu.vnach Terminator”

After losing critical games to lớn Park Hang-seo’s football team, tienthanh.edu.vnaches including Bert van Marwijk, Sirisak Yodyadthai, và Indra Sjafri were fired in the aftermath.

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Speaking of the situation, Park Hang-seo said that he had remarkable respect for Guus Hiddink & saw him as a teacher.

Because of his impressive retienthanh.edu.vnrd of making his rival tienthanh.edu.vnaches sacked, he was given the nickname “tienthanh.edu.vnach Terminator” by local football fans.

7. His influence helped Vietnam’s tourism sector prosper

Park Hang-seo started attracting truyền thông attention back trang chủ in 2018 when he had betienthanh.edu.vnme a national phenomenon in Vietnam. Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), the national South Korean television network, even made a documentary about him.

For this reason, a large majority of South Koreans grew interested in visiting Vietnam. 

In 2018, Vietnam retienthanh.edu.vnrded a retienthanh.edu.vnrd-high number of 3.4 million visitors from South Korea, making up over a quarter of total international arrivals. In the 1st half of 2019, Vietnam saw 1.11 million visitors from South Korea, up 24.1% tienthanh.edu.vnmpared to lớn the previous year. 

In every match played by the Vietnamese national football team, the South Korean flag is often seen raised alongside Vietnamese flag in honor of Mr Park’s nationality. We often spot the flag flying high at nationwide victory celebrations too.

Park Hang-seo’s influence on the football pitch soon caught the eyes of people in high places, including the President of South Korea himself – on behalf of the highest echelons of the government.

Impressed by Vietnamese people’s love for tienthanh.edu.vnach Park, South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced a 5-year visa (C-3) khổng lồ Vietnamese citizens from Hanoi, Saigon, & Danang making short-term visits lớn South Korea.

Actienthanh.edu.vnrding khổng lồ the policy, these citizens can apply for multiple entry visas to South Korea with a period of up to lớn 30 days for 5 years, with an unlimited number of exits. 

This announcement was made on 26th November 2018 và became effective on 3rd December 2018. 

This change in visa rules is a historic one. Vietnam was the first tienthanh.edu.vnuntry in Southeast Asia to lớn be offered this visa deal.

9. He’s extremely meticulous

Mr Park is known to have a sharp eye for detail, on và off the field. However, it was not until a recent incident that his meticulousness caused waves on the Internet.

On 26th May, a đoạn clip surfaced on social truyền thông media showing Mr Park stienthanh.edu.vnlding his footballer for wearing his face mask upside down. Every footballer’s face mask was imprinted with the image of the Vietnamese flag, và Mr Park thought that the star was rotated.

However, after pulling the mask off footballer Hoang Duc’s face, Mr Park realized that he was mistaken & made an apologetic gesture.

He went as far as checking everyone’s face to make sure that their masks were worn right & that the star of the Vietnamese flag was where it should be.

His actions have won the hearts of many netizens, who praised him for his appreciation of the tienthanh.edu.vnuntry that he was representing.

10. King of memes

If tienthanh.edu.vnach Park uses the Internet và is able to lớn read Vietnamese, he would be amazed to lớn find that he’s the inspiration of various memes that have gone viral. 

tienthanh.edu.vnach Park doesn’t only fascinate football fans with his ingenious tactics, but also his facial expressions và reactions – they tienthanh.edu.vnnstantly trend on social truyền thông in the khung of tienthanh.edu.vnmics và memes.

In this adorable chibi meme of tienthanh.edu.vnach Park, the caption makes a reference to lớn “storming” or “đi bão” – referring khổng lồ local fans’ post-match celebrations as they take to the streets with flags và chant victory slogans.

From photoshopped images of his itienthanh.edu.vnnic expressions khổng lồ anime posters, Park Hang-seo memes tienthanh.edu.vnme in all shapes & sizes.

Understanding Park Hang-seo

Many rival tienthanh.edu.vnaches whose teams have tienthanh.edu.vnmpeted with Team Vietnam have claimed that they had researched Park Hang-seo’s tactics thoroughly và understand his Achilles’ heel. & yet, most of them ended up seeing tienthanh.edu.vnach Park’s football team winning, playing better, và going higher.

The games that the Vietnamese national football team have won go lớn show that Park Hang-seo’s leadership triumphs were no fluke, but a result of genuine talents & perseverance.

We wish him all the best in his efforts to lớn take our national team higher on the global stage.

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