Park Sang-in (, born 15 November 1952) is a South Korean

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manager and former player who manages Korea National League club Busan Transportation Corporation. His sons Park Hyuk-soon and Park Seung-min are also footballers.

Playing career

Park began his career at Changnyeong Middle School at the age of 13. He went through Dongnae High School, graduating in 1972. In the same year he joined the Commercial Bank of Korea. One year later, he joined the army in order to fulfil his military service. In 1981, he had trials for Dutch club,

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, receiving a favorable response from the club. However, the contract foundered due to an objection of the player's labor union. In July 1981, he signed a contract with

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club

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for one year. He played only two league games though, due to a thigh injury. He returned to South Korea and joined

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. He lifted the first championship of the

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with Hallelujah FC in 1983. He then went on to play for Hyundai Horang-i from 1986 to 1987.

Managerial career

After retiring from club football, he was appointed as his

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's football team manager from 1988 to 2001. In the middle of the term, in 1992–1993, he managed the South Korea U20 team, going to the

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. The South Korean youth team finished unbeaten, with three draws. From 2006, he has managed newly formed Busan Transportation Corporation. In 2009, he went to the

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as the South Korea team manager.

Honours

Player

ROK Army * Korea Football League: 1974 Autumn; runner-up 1973 Autumn, 1975 Spring * Korean President's Cup: 1975 *

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: 1975 Hallelujah FC *

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South Korea *

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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 Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

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1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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: 1977 Individual *

MVP: 1975 * K-League Best XI: 1985

Manager

Busan Transportation Corporation *

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References

External links

K-League Legend - Park Sang-in
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Sang-in 1952 births Living people Men's association football midfielders South Korean men's footballers South Korea men's international footballers South Korean expatriate men's footballers Hallelujah FC players Ulsan HD FC players K League 1 players MSV Duisburg players Busan Transportation Corporation FC managers Bundesliga players Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany Footballers from South Gyeongsang Province South Korean expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in football People from Changnyeong County Footballers at the 1978 Asian Games 20th-century South Korean sportsmen