Jang Jung () is a South Korean former footballer who mostly played as a

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throughout his entire career.

Playing career

Club career

Jang formerly played with Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso in South Korea. In 1989, he joined

Perak FA Perak Football Club (Perak FC) was a professional football team based in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. Founded in 1921, it was one of the oldest football clubs in the country and last competed in the Malaysia Super League. Formerly overseen by the P ...

in Malaysia. In 1991, he joined

Singapore FA Singapore FA was a representative team of the Football Association of Singapore in competitions run by the Football Association of Malaysia, separate from the Singapore national football team, Singapore national team. Despite dissolving in 19 ...

and

Geylang United Geylang International Football Club is a professional football club based in Bedok, Singapore, that competes in Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club was founded in 1973 and played their first season in 1 ...

in Singapore.

International career

Jang played for the South Korea U20 team and won the bronze medal in the 1983 World Youth Championship. He also represented the South Korean Olympic team for the 1985

Merlion Cup The Merlion Cup is an invitational association football, football tournament that was held in Singapore annually from 1982–1986, in 1992, 2009 and 2019 and 2023. Participants included full national sides, Olympic sides, Invitational XI's and ...

Coaching career

Geylang United

While playing for

, Jang was trained as a coach and completed his qualifications. He eventually became part of the club's youth coaching system and also the club assistant head coach after his retirement in 1998. Jang then became the head coach of the club in 2001 where he won the S.League title in his first season in charge of the club. In 2002, he was reassigned to assistant under Seak Poh Leong before he became the club technical director thus seeing Jang back at the helms. He left the club after the 2002 season has ended

Balestier Khalsa

On 10 April 2003, Jang was appointed as head coach at

Balestier Khalsa Balestier Khalsa Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Toa Payoh, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League. Founded in 1898, the club is considered as the oldest Football in Singapore, foot ...

. On 26 June 2004, he was reassigned as the club technical director.

Sri Lanka national team

In January 2006, Jang coached the Sri Lanka's U23 and their Sri Lanka senior national team for six years until April 2012.

Perak FA

On 19 July 2012, it was announced that Jang will take over his former team Perak FA's head coach position from Norizan Bakar on an interim basis until the end of the

2012 Malaysia Cup The 2012 Malaysia Cup ( Malay: ''Piala Malaysia 2012'') was the 86th edition of Malaysia Cup. The competition began on 24 August 2012 and ended on 20 October 2012 with the final, held at Shah Alam Stadium. A total of 16 teams took part in the comp ...

campaign. His spell with Perak was a disappointing one, recording only one win, while suffering three draws and two defeats in six Malaysia Cup group stage matches, failing to qualify to the quarter-finals. His contract was not renewed after the Malaysia Cup exit.

Personal life

Jang is married and has a son and a daughter.

International goals

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

Honours

Player

Perak *

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: 1990 Singapore Lions *

M-League The Malaysian League, also known as the M-League ( Malay: ''Liga Malaysia'' or ''Liga-M''), is a terminology used to describe the professional football league in Malaysia. The terminology was mainly used to describe the league and its divisions ...

: 1994 *

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: 1994

Manager

Geylang United * S.League: 2001

Individual

*S.League Coach of the Year: 2001

References

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