Kang Chul (born 2 November 1971) is a former South Korean

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player who played as a

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. He played for South Korea in two

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and two

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s. After retirement, he became an assistant manager under

Hwang Sun-hong Hwang Sun-hong (born 14 July 1968) is a South Korean former football player and current manager of the South Korea national under-23 football team and manager of Daejeon Hana Citizen. His playing career included spells abroad at clubs in Germ ...

for a long time. In the

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, he was named the best manager after leading

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to win the final instead of Hwang who was sent off.

Career statistics

International

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

Honours

Player

Yonsei University *

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: 1989 Bucheon SK *

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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 ...

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

Jeonnam Dragons *

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runner-up:

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South Korea *

third place:

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Individual * K League All-Star: 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000 * K League 1 Best XI:

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Manager

Individual *

Best Manager:

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* * * 1971 births Living people Men's association football defenders South Korean men's footballers South Korean expatriate men's footballers South Korea men's international footballers Jeju SK FC players Gimcheon Sangmu FC players LASK players Jeonnam Dragons players K League 1 players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria 1996 AFC Asian Cup players 2000 AFC Asian Cup players 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for South Korea Footballers from Seoul South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Austria Yonsei University alumni FC Seoul non-playing staff Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for South Korea Daejeon Hana Citizen managers {{SouthKorea-footy-defender-stub