Ha Seok-ju (; born 20 February 1968) is a South Korean football manager and former player. Ha was one of the few left-footed South Korean players at the time.

International career

He played for the

South Korea national football team The South Korea national football team (; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in men's international Association football, football and is governed by the Korea Football Association, a member of FIFA and the Asian Foot ...

, and was a participant in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

and

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the Association football, football world championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 1 ...

. In the 1998 World Cup, he played the first game against

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, scoring the opener with a free kick. However, he was sent off for an ill-advised tackle three minutes after his goal. South Korea conceded three goals after his exit. He also could not play the game against the

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due to the punishment for his red card, and South Korea lost 5–0 during his absence. He came back for the last game against

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, assisting

Yoo Sang-chul Yoo Sang-chul (; 18 October 1971 – 7 June 2021) was a South Korean football player and manager. Yoo was regarded as one of the greatest South Korean midfielders of all time. He was selected as a midfielder of the 2002 FIFA World Cup All-Star ...

's equaliser with a free kick again. He contributed to all of South Korea's two goals in the 1998 World Cup, but due to the red card was hated among fans. He was also feeling guilty towards the manager

Cha Bum-kun Cha Bum-kun (; or ; born 22 May 1953) is a South Korean former football manager and player. A forward, he was nicknamed Tscha Bum or "Cha Boom" in Germany because of his name and thunderous ball striking ability. He showed explosive pace an ...

, who was sacked from the national team in the middle of the tournament, and so he avoided Cha for 20 years.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''

Honours

Player

Ajou University * Korean National Championship runner-up: 1986 Daewoo Royals B * Korean National Championship: 1990 Daewoo Royals *

K League 1 The K League 1 () is a professional association football league in South Korea and the highest level of the South Korean football league system. The league is contested by twelve clubs. It is one of the most successful leagues in the Asian Foo ...

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

Korean League Cup The Korean League Cup was a professional football competition in South Korean football. It was held by the K League Federation from 1986 to 2012. Sponsorship Results Finals Titles by club K League's principle of official statistics is tha ...

, 1997+ Pohang Steelers *

Korean FA Cup The Korea Cup (), formerly the Korean FA Cup, is a national Association football, football cup knockout competition of South Korea, held annually by the Korea Football Association (KFA). Before the competition was established in 1996, two simil ...

runner-up:

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

South Korea *

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second-oldest c ...

third place:

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

Individual * Korean National Championship Most Valuable Player: 1990 * Korean National Championship top goalscorer: 1990 * K League All-Star: 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002 * K League 1 Best XI:

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

World XI The World XI, also known as the FIFA World Stars, is an association football scratch team consisting of players from various countries. The World XI play one-off games against clubs, national teams, collectives of continental teams. The official ...

: 1997 * AFC Asian All-Star: 1997

Manager

Individual *

K League K League () is South Korea's professional football league. It includes the first division K League 1 and the second division K League 2. Clubs competing in the K League have won a record total of twelve AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions ...

Manager of the Month: July 2014

Television personality

Notes

References

External links

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Ha Seok-ju – National Team Stats
at KFA * * *
International Appearances & Goals
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ha, Seok-Ju 1968 births Living people Men's association football midfielders South Korean men's footballers South Korean expatriate men's footballers South Korea men's international footballers Busan IPark players Cerezo Osaka players Vissel Kobe players Pohang Steelers players K League 1 players J1 League players Expatriate men's footballers in Japan 1994 FIFA World Cup players 1998 FIFA World Cup players 2000 AFC Asian Cup players 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for South Korea Footballers from South Gyeongsang Province South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan Jeonnam Dragons managers Ajou University alumni South Korean football managers Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for South Korea 20th-century South Korean sportsmen