Huh Jung-moo
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Personal information | |||
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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 |
Medal record | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
Men's football | ||
Asian Games | ||
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1978 Bangkok | Team |
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1986 Seoul | Team |
Huh Jung-moo | |
Hangul | 허정무 |
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Hanja | 許丁茂 |
Revised Romanization | Heo Jeong-mu |
McCune–Reischauer | Hŏ 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
- 1978-1980
Korea Electric Power (amateur)
- 1978-1980
Korean Navy (army)
- 1980-1983
PSV Eindhoven
- 1984-1986
Hyundai Horang-i
Coach & Manager Career
- 1989-1991 : Korea Republic trainer
- 1991-1992 : POSCO Atoms coach
- 1993-1994 : Korea Republic coach
- 1993-1995 : Pohang Atoms manager
- 1995 : Korea Republic manager
- 1995-1998 : Chunnam Dragons manager
- 1998-2000 : Korea Republic & U-23 team manager
- 2004-2005 : Korea Republic assistant manager
- 2005-2007 : Chunnam Dragons manager
- 2007–Present : Korea Republic manager
International goals
- Results list Korea Republic's goal tally first.
External links
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Association football midfielders
- South Korean footballers
- South Korean expatriate footballers
- South Korea international footballers
- South Korean football managers
- PSV Eindhoven players
- Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i players
- Eredivisie players
- K-League players
- Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands
- 1986 FIFA World Cup players
- Korea Republic national football team managers
- People from Jeollanam-do
- South Korean expatriates in the Netherlands
- Yonsei University alumni