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Huh Jung-moo
Personal information
Full name Huh Jung-Moo
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Manager (Former Midfielder)
Team information
Current team
 Korea Republic
Huh Jung-moo
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's football
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 Bangkok Team
Gold medal – first place 1986 Seoul Team
Huh Jung-moo
Hangul
허정무
Hanja
許丁茂
Revised RomanizationHeo Jeong-mu
McCune–ReischauerHŏ Chŏng-mu

Huh Jung-Moo (Korean: 허정무, Hanja: 許丁茂, born January 13, 1955) is a Korean former football player and the current manager of the Korean national team.

One of Huh's memorable goals is that he scored against Japan in the final game of the Asian qualifier for 1986 Mexico World Cup. With already 2-1 win in the 1st leg, Huh's goal was to finally end the drought of Korean national team's 32 years of World cup absences and start 6 consecutive appearances of World Cup, which is the most in Asia.

Football career

Huh played for PSV Eindhoven and Hyundai Horang-i as midfielder. Because of his tough and energetic playing style, he was nicknamed as Jindogae, the hunter dog breed originated from his hometown Jindo Island. As one of rare Korean players in Europe in 1980s, he was often compared with Cha Bum-Kun who had been playing in Germany. He was a member of Korean squad in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. In the match against Argentina, he left a famous photo that he appeared to be kicking Maradona whose face twisted with pain. In the match against Italy, he scored 1 goal.

Managerial career

Huh has previously coached the Korea Republic national football team twice before, as well as having coaching the Pohang Atoms and the Chunnam Dragons. His team won the Korean FA Cup in 2006 and 2007.

His first term as national team manager was temporary. In 1998, he was appointed for the second time. Then he picked up some nameless young players and give them important positions instead of star players. This caused harsh criticism against him. After the failures in the 2000 Summer Olympics and 1998 Asian Games, he was replaced by foreign coach Guus Hiddink.

Since Hiddink's incredible success in the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in Korean homeland, KFA had successively appointed foreign managers, Humberto Coelho, Jo Bonfrere, Dick Advocaat, and Pim Verbeek. However, they couldn't make an eminent success.

Meanwhile, the criticized "nameless players" who was picked up by Huh became star players. Park Ji-Sung, once the most unpopular player during Huh's period, became the most successful player in Asia. Lee Young-Pyo and Seol Ki-Hyeon also became star players. The success of Huh's former apprentices and that of himself in Chunnam Dragons made him revalued to be a candidate for new national team manager. And Huh was re-appointed in December 2007, after the leading candidates Mick McCarthy and Gérard Houllier both rejected the job.

Huh led his team qualified for 2010 FIFA World Cup. November 2009, Huh won the AFC Coach of the Year Award, with leading Korean Republic national team 27 consecutive games without a loss.

Club career

Coach & Manager Career

International goals

Results list Korea Republic's goal tally first.
Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
December 20, 1974 Thailand Bangkok  Thailand 1 goal 1-1 (3-1 a.e.t.) 1974 King's Cup
May 22, 1974 South Korea Seoul  Burma 1 goal 1-0 1974 President's Cup
November 4, 1976 Japan Tokyo  Japan 1 goal 2-1 Korea-Japan Annual Match
February 14, 1977 Singapore Singapore  Singapore 1 goal 4-0 Friendly match
February 20, 1977 Bahrain Manama  Bahrain 1 goal 1-1 Friendly match
July 16, 1977 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Libya 3 goals 4-0 1977 Merdeka Cup
July 17, 1977 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 1 goal 1-1 1977 Merdeka Cup
September 3, 1977 South Korea Seoul  Thailand 2 goals 3-1 1977 President's Cup
December 4, 1977 South Korea Busan  Hong Kong 1 goal 5-2 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
September 13, 1978 South Korea Daegu  Bahrain 1 goal 3-1 1978 President's Cup
December 12, 1978 Thailand Bangkok  Kuwait 1 goal 2-0 1978 Asian Games
December 25, 1978 Philippines Manila  Macau 1 goal 4-1 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification
December 29, 1978 Philippines Manila  China 1 goal 1-0 1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification
September 8, 1979 South Korea Seoul  Sudan 1 goal 8-0 1979 President's Cup
September 16, 1979 South Korea Incheon  Bangladesh 3 goals 9-0 1979 President's Cup
April 6, 1985 South Korea Seoul    Nepal 2 goals 4-0 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
July 30, 1985 Indonesia Jakarta  Indonesia 1 goal 4-1 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
November 3, 1985 South Korea Seoul  Japan 1 goal 1-0 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
June 10, 1986 Mexico Puebla  Italy 1 goal 2-3 1986 FIFA World Cup
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