Chung Hae-won (, 1 July 1959 – 1 May 2020) was a South Korean football player and coach.

International career

After winning the 1978 AFC Youth Championship as a member of the national under-20 team, Chung played as a left winger or a striker for senior national team. He scored two crucial goals to give South Korea a 2–1 win over

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in the semi-finals of the

1980 AFC Asian Cup The 1980 AFC Asian Cup was the 7th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Kuwait between 15 and 30 September 1980. The fi ...

, sending his team to the final. Chung was selected for the national team for the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. However, he was injured during the first match against

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, and had to finish his competition early. He also participated as an

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in the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being M ...

, but had difficulty in showing impressive performance.

Honours

Yonsei University * Korean President's Cup: 1980 Daewoo Royals *

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airpor ...

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the ...

* Korean National Championship: 1989 *

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runner-up:

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

Asian Club Championship The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...

: 1985–86 *

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South Korea U20 * AFC Youth Championship:

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – ...

South Korea *

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runner-up:

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Syst ...

, 1988 * Afro-Asian Cup of Nations:

Individual * Korean President's Cup Best Player: 1980 * Korean President's Cup top goalscorer: 1980 * Korean FA Best XI: 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988 * AFC Asian All Stars: 1982 * K League 1 Best XI:

* K League 1 top goalscorer:

* K League 1 Most Valuable Player:

Team of the Tournament: 1988

References

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* * * 1959 births 2020 deaths Association football forwards South Korean footballers South Korea international footballers South Korean football managers Busan IPark players K League 1 players K League 1 Most Valuable Player Award winners 1980 AFC Asian Cup players Footballers at the 1988 Summer Olympics 1988 AFC Asian Cup players 1990 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers of South Korea Busan IPark managers Yonsei University alumni Footballers at the 1982 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for South Korea {{SouthKorea-footy-forward-stub