Park Ji-sung (40), a Korean soccer legend, will join the K-League as a member of Jeonbuk Hyundai in professional soccer.
According to the football world on the 18th, Park Ji-sung will continue his career as an administrator in Jeonbuk from the beginning of this year.
An official from Jeonbuk said, “We have almost reached an agreement between the club and Park Ji-sung over the plan to work together,” and “we will make an official announcement soon.”
Exactly what role Park Ji-sung will play in Jeonbuk has not been confirmed.
It is known that there is a high possibility that he will be in charge of advice not only in the soccer technical field but in the overall operation of the club as a’part-time employee’.
Park Ji-sung, who has been active on the European stage for over 10 years and has experienced advanced club management systems, is expected to help Jeonbuk become a prestigious Asian leader beyond the K-League.
Although the effect will vary depending on the content of the job to be assigned, it is certainly a good news in terms of the K-League box office success.
Park Ji-sung is considered a’treasure’ of Korean football, but he did not play in the K-League.
Park Ji-sung, who debuted as a professional wearing a purple shopping center uniform in Kyoto, Japan, played an active part in the semifinal myth at the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, and then went to the European stage and retired in 2014 after working for 11 years in Eindhoven in the Netherlands and Manchester United in England. did.
Myongji University is the last time he played for the Korean team except for the national team.
He is expected to attract great interest just by becoming a member of Jeonbuk, who has won the K-League’s’defending champion’ and winning the most eight times in his career.
After Park Ji-sung retired from active duty, he studied football administration in England and prepared for his second life.
From September 2016 to July 2017, he attended the International Football Federation (FIFA) Master Course at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK.
In November 2017, he took his first step as an administrator by serving as the head of youth strategy headquarters, the general executive of youth soccer at the Korea Football Association (KFA).
However, Park Ji-sung, who lived in the UK at the time and was unable to concentrate on his work as a part-time worker, eventually resigned from the post of general manager after a year or so.
It is known that Park Ji-sung is currently staying in Korea.