Park Ji-sung (born in Goheng, Jeollanamdo, South Korea, February 25, 1981, age 31 years) is a football player from South Korea that has a height 176 cm and plays as a midfielder in the English club Manchester United. He became famous at the 2002 World Cup event in Korea and Japan after scoring a single goal that won South Korea beat Portugal dibabak 2002 World Cup group phase. Game tireless and capable of making history interesting to South Korea as the first Asian team that is able to enter the World Cup semifinals.
His international career began at the age of 18 years as a defensive midfielder. When Guus Hiddink as coach of South Korea, Park is positioned as a winger. Since then, Park has been a player who can play in different positions, from wing-back to central midfield. Park Ji Sung in Manchester United got the nickname Three-Lungs Park or Park with three lungs.
The nickname arose because in the game, Park Ji Sung has always played an aggressive, dedicated, moves around the field at a steady pace during the game. In the last few games, Park scored important goals, such as the match with Arsenal a crucial position in the Premier League standings. Goals and the importance kegawang big clubs like AC Milan europe. Not to mention his goal to bring Manchester United ahead of Chelsea's UEFA Champions League final diperempat 2011 more to make him loved by the fans of red devils. UEFA Champions League 2010-2011 game set a new record to the Park, he became the first Asian player to play as a starter in the final. Park decided to retire from the South Korean national team at the 2011 Asian Cup event is completed.
Name: Park Ji Sung
Position: Midfielder
Nationality: South Korea
Date of Birth: 1981-02-25 (29 years)
Place of birth: Suwon, South Korea
Park Ji-Sung started his professional football career at South Korean club Kyoto Purple Sanga in 2000 after encountering resistance at the beginning of his career. He made 76 league appearances in three years and later in the summer of 2003 was imported to Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven coach Guus Hiddink, who coached the Park during the 2002 World Cup in Korea Republic.
After two impressive seasons, he was signed by Manchester United to four million pounds. Although he does not quite cut the ratings for the first two seasons and has always come off the bench in most occasions, he came to the fore in the 2007-2008 season and has now accumulated more than 50 Premier League appearances for the club.
Parks made his international debut for Republic of Korea in 2001 as a defensive midfielder when he was only 19 years old. He is one of the best players in the World Cup in 2002 when he starred on the right side of midfield for the nation. he was also prominent in the World Cup Germany 2006. He has made 70 international appearances Republic of Korea.
degree
Kyoto Purple Sanga
• J. League Division 2 (1): 2001
• Emperor's Cup (1): 2002
PSV Eindhoven
• Eredivisie (2): 2002-03, 2004-05
• KNVB Cup (1): 2005
Manchester United
• Premier League (4): 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-2011
• Football League Cup (3): 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-2010
• UEFA Champions League (1): 2007-08
• FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2008
career
Club:
Myongji University (1999-2000)
Kyoto Purple Sanga (2001-02)
PSV Eindhoven (2002-05)
Manchester United (2005-present)
National team:
South Korea U-23 (1999-2004)
South Korea (2000-2011)
