![[단독] ‘Legend’ Park Ji-sung transforms into an administrator in the K-League… Confirmation to Jeonbuk](http://image.sportsseoul.com/2021/01/18/news/2021011801000903100060061.jpg "[단독] ‘Legend’ Park Ji-sung transforms into an administrator in the K-League… Confirmation to Jeonbuk")
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[스포츠서울 정다워기자] Park Ji-sung (40), a legend of Korean football, takes on an administrative task in earnest in the K-League. The destination is Jeonbuk Hyundai, the strongest team in the K-League.
According to multiple officials who are bright in the situation of Jeonbuk, Park Ji-sung turns into an administrator in Jeonbuk. He will take a position to monitor and advise the overall business of the club management and technology part. I have already visited the club and met with Jeonbuk CEO Heo Byung-gil, and an official announcement will be made soon. An official said, “Jeonbuk and Park Ji-sung have communicated enough, and the coordination has already been completed. We know that we will announce the news in the near future.”
Park Ji-sung, who retired in 2014, passed the Master Course of the International Football Federation (FIFA) in 2016 and took administrative classes. The FIFA Master Course is a soccer administration education course run by the Swiss International Football Research Center (CIES). Ji-Sung Park completed the course in July 2017 after spending a total of three semesters at De Montfort University in Leicester, England, SDA Bocconi Management School in Milan, Italy, and Neuchatel University in Switzerland. In 2016, at the time, Park Ji-sung said in an interview with De Montfort University that he could work in the K-League later, but this statement became a reality after 5 years.
Park Ji-sung previously served as an advisory committee member of the International Football Council (IFAB) and the head of the Youth Strategy Division of the Korea Football Association, where he worked in administrative affairs. However, this is the first time to take on administrative duties in a specific professional club. Park Ji-seong is known to have accepted the proposal after receiving a proposal from Jeonbuk last year.
Jeonbuk is planning to go beyond the best in the K-League to become an Asian and world-class level through the recruitment of Park Ji-sung. Park Ji-Sung experienced advanced football playing in Holland and England for a long time. In addition, through the completion of the FIFA Master Course, he has accumulated administrative knowledge. It is expected that it will play a positive role leading to the development of the club as it has a wide range of know-how in professionals, youth, and administration. Ahead of this season, Jeonbuk switched to the managerial system of Kim Sang-sik, recruiting goalkeeper Lee Woon-jae and coach Kim Doo-hyun, and built a tight lineup from players to coaching staff. Not only this, but also Park Ji-sung joins the secretariat’s competitiveness.
It is also meaningful in symbolic terms. Park Ji-sung was a player representing Korea in the 21st century. He was the leading player in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup semifinal, and played an active part in the A-match 100 matches. He was the first Asian to score 3 consecutive World Cup finals. In 2005, he was the first Korean to enter the Premier League, wearing a Manchester United uniform. Since then, he has won the Premier League four times and has won the European Football Federation (UEFA) Champions League and the International Football Federation (FIFA) Club World Cup champions once. The joining of Park Ji-sung, a prominent figure in the position, is expected to be a great help in strengthening Jeonbuk’s position as a prestigious club.
Park Ji-sung’s trip to Jeonbuk is expected to be of great help to the overall development of professional football. Park Ji-sung, a representative of Korea, is enough to become a hot topic just to be in charge of administrative affairs in the K-League and Jeonbuk. There is no person to follow in terms of presence and weight. It is welcome from the K-League standpoint.
The meeting with Kangwon FC CEO Lee Young-pyo is also attracting attention. Recently, Park Ji-sung, CEO Lee Young-pyo, who supported Korean football, is a novice but agile and witty, leading the winter transfer market and is receiving favorable reviews in the soccer world. The two people with deep ties have been reborn as administrators in the K-League and have an interesting confrontation.
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