Monday, June 28, 2010

Park Ji-Sung

This is a Korean name; the family name is Park.


Park began his football career in his native South Korea and played for the Myongji University team before moving to Japan to play for Kyoto Purple Sanga. After Park's national team manager Guus Hiddink moved back to the Netherlands to manage PSV Eindhoven, Park followed him to the Dutch side a year later. After PSV reached the semi-finals of the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, Park's talents were recognised by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and he signed Park for a fee of around £4 million in July 2005. Since then, Park has played in three consecutive Premier League-winning Manchester United teams and has also won the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup. Park is able to play anywhere across the midfield and is noted for his exceptional fitness level, discipline, work ethic and movement.[4]
Park Ji-Sung
(Hangul: 박지성; Hanja: 朴智星; Korean pronunciation: [pak̚t͈ɕisʌŋ]; born 25February 1981) is a South Korean footballer who plays for the English club Manchester United and is the captain of the South Korean national team. He is the only Korean player to have won the UEFA Champions League and the first Asian to have played in a final of the tournament.[3]

As a member of the South Korean national team, Park has won 91 caps and scored 13 goals, and was a member of the team that finished fourth at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He also represented his nation at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and is captain at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Park scored in all three consecutive tournaments (the first and only Asian to do so) and is currently Asia's joint all-time leading goalscorer at the FIFA World Cup finals with three goals, alongside compatriot Ahn Jung-Hwan and Saudi Arabia's Sami Al-Jaber.

Adapt from:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Ji-Sung

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