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Vietnam's national team coach Park Hang Seo's style is always excited and exploding on the pitch. (the-afc.com)
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JAKARTA - The world of coaching is not new lớn Park Hang Seo. He once served as one of South Korean assistant coaches who helped Guus Hiddink. He also learned a lot from a seasoned coach who turned South Korea into a "black horse" at the 2002 World Cup.

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This science was adopted by Park Hang Seo when he headed Vietnam. The national team nicknamed The Golden Star brought him to achieve flashy achievements. From the fourth rank of the 2018 Asian Games khổng lồ the 2018 AFF Cup Champion. This achievement made him look like a celebrity.

The figure of Park Hang Seo cannot be separated from the world of football. For him, football is like life itself. He even proved it by being actively listed as a player và coach. His first coaching career began in 1989.

He became the physical coach of the club he played for in 1984-1988, Lucky Goldstar (now: FC Seoul). Park Hang Seo"s move began to lớn skyrocket when he served as assistant coach who helped Guus Hiddink lead South Korea in preparation for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

The opportunity was not wasted by him. He learned a lot from Guus Hiddink to gather the Taegeuk Knight squad. From exploring the character of the players khổng lồ processing strategies. Even his collaboration with Guus Hiddink resulted in success. South Korean laju in the 2002 World Cup amazed many eyes.

South Korea became the first team in Asia to advance until the semifinals. This success made the entire squad until the coach was hailed lượt thích a hero. Park Hang Seo"s career soared. Offers lớn fill the world of coaching in the K League (Korean League) came. He was also listed as the main coach of various clubs. From Gyeongnam (2005-2007) khổng lồ Changwon FC (2016/2017).

In many ways, the South Korean national team has not been maximal in many ways since the 1998 world trophy. The national team owner has tested various players through training và matches to build a squad. All because of a series of bad results in various competitions.

Hiddink"s contract continues until 2002. This means that the South Korean national team will compete in the 2002 World Cup under his leadership. Recently the South Korean technical committee has called on players to lớn train in training camps. Guus Hiddink was assisted by assistant coaches for attacking và defensive training - Pim Verbeek. Park Hang Seo, và Jung Hae Sung - & also goalkeeping coach Kim Hyun Lae, "said Wolfram Manzenreiter & John Horne in the book
Japan, Korea & the 2002 World Cup (2013).

Park Hang Seo feels his coaching career in South Korea is enough. The capital is lớn train the national team and the South Korean club is considered a valuable provision. That"s why when he stepped in agreement when he received an offer khổng lồ coach from the Vietnam Football Federation, VFF.

It could be that Park Hang Seo was surprised at first. Moreover, the level of Vietnam in the eyes of Asian football is not too flashy. However, Park Hang Seo tried khổng lồ challenge himself. Moreover, the dream of coaching abroad is no longer restrained. Park Hang Seo took that opportunity in 2017.

In fact, Park Hang Seo was able khổng lồ bring fresh air khổng lồ Vietnamese football. His capacity was tested when he was able lớn bring Vietnam khổng lồ become the second winner in the U-23 Asian Cup in 2018. This achievement further increased his enthusiasm in training. The pinnacle of being loved by scholars arrived, the Vietnam national team was able khổng lồ look stunning at the 2018 Asian Games celebration.

Park Hang Seo"s concoction national team was able to lớn advance until the semifinals. The Vietnamese people were proud not to play. Even though Vietnam"s steps had to lớn run aground in the hands of the United Arab Emirates in the race for a bronze medal.

In the same year, Park Hang Seo also proved that Vietnam was able lớn become the king of Southeast Asian football by winning the 2018 AFF Cup. One year later, Vietnam again proved its greatness in Southeast Asia by being able to win the gold truyền thông media at the 2019 SEA Games.

A series of achievements are proof of the genius of Park Hang Seo. He was also amazed by celebrities by the Vietnamese people throughout the country. Even the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, also gave his appreciation by awarding Third-Class Medalas Park Hang Seo"s services to advance Vietnamese football.

"I know his name because the Korean coach has become a celebrity with his achievements in Vietnam. He is the head coach of the Vietnam national football team, which has achieved extraordinary results in several Asian football celebrations. Therefore I held an mở cửa interview with Vietnamese residents, I was able lớn ask the interviewers about their truyền thông media practices related to the Vietnam national football team.

They always vày their best lớn watch national team matches while keeping information about the team by accessing various information channels across borders. They, for example, look for information on Facebook related to lớn Vietnam, especially since they also visit Vietnamese news sites more often than before," explained Tae Sik Kim in the book Digital Peripheries (2020).

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The 64-year-old helped Guus Hiddink guide South Korea to the 2002 FIFA World Cup semi-finals, và now he's revived Vietnamese football. But why vì chưng they hotline him 'The Terminator?' Read on...


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Vietnam players hoist coach Park hang-seo high after winning the Southeast Asian Games in 2019. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun TPX

Park hang-seo: How his wife helped him get the Vietnam coaching job

A career blessed with much success hasn't been without its low points though.

There was a time when Park was drifting và after he had won the K-League Challenge (South Korea's second tier) a couple of times back home, he found himself managing in the third division, but things didn't work out.

A search for new opportunities in trung quốc didn’t come off either & his career seemed khổng lồ have hit an impasse.

Reportedly, it was his wife who encouraged him khổng lồ look khổng lồ South East Asia for a new challenge, but he was hesitant as his lack of knowledge or contacts in the region could hold him back.

"Your dream is khổng lồ coach beyond the borders of South Korea," his wife said to lớn him, according khổng lồ Park, "since you’re already advanced in years now, let’s see this as the final challenge in your career and go.”

The story goes that the woman found the liên hệ of an agent named Lee Dong-jun, who had a handle on football in the region, và she even made him call the number that instant while she watched.

A year later the Vietnam national job offer came in and the rest is history.


Another version comes from a Q&A with Park in Vietnamese paper đất nước hình chữ s Express back in 2018:

"Actually, it was kind of a surprise. I’d never trained a Vietnamese team before. Then my agent told me that the VFF (Vietnam Football Federation) was interested in me while I was in charge of a small South Korean team.

"I did not know much about Vietnam or the Vietnamese players. All I knew was that Xuan Truong was playing in South Korea và that Vietnamese football is developing fast.

"I wanted khổng lồ challenge myself. I think this is the last challenge và opportunity in my career. Now my dream of coaching abroad has been fulfilled và it’s lucky that everything has been good."

He's now a national nhân vật in two nations and there's even an Instagram fan hâm mộ account called 'Only Coach Park' that has over 123,000 followers.


How Park Hang-seo revolutionised Vietnamese football

His immediate success changed the trò chơi in Vietnam as he helped lead & motivate this current 'Golden Generation' that has achieved so much.

Bringing through players lượt thích Nguyen quang quẻ Hai, defensive duo Do Duy Manh & Doan Van Hau, và 27-year-olds Nguyen Cong Phuong and Luong Xuan Truong, Park knows how lớn organise và motivate a team like few others.

First he began by building the team’s confidence & defending them in the press, saying things like: "Vietnamese players have their own chất lượng special qualities in terms of pace, strength and technique."

And: "I don’t know why people keep saying that being small is a weak point for Vietnamese players. Small players are quicker, và in addition, Vietnamese players are smart, they can easily understand my strategies and adapt to lớn them very quickly."

Tactically, he played with three in midfield rather than four, setting the team up in a 3-5-2 formation shoring up the midfield & defence, introducing more upper-body thể hình sessions & better physical preparation, and making them more tenacious in the tackle.

His attention to detail is famous và was once caught on camera checking every single player’s face mask lớn make sure the Vietnamese flag was the right way around.


The emotional bond between Vietnam’s players & coach Park

Passion & emotion has driven this sporting revolution as much as a footballing philosophy and tactics, Park speaks of the powerful relationship he forged with his players almost immediately.

"I decided lớn leave everything behind. I went from going to the World Cup in 2002 to lớn becoming the head coach of Vietnam’s U23 national team.

"But every morning when I looked into the players’ eyes, it made me stronger, it motivated me. I couldn't find that feeling even in my hometown.

"It's not just me, all the members of my crew felt it too.

"In training, I had to lớn yell at them và be strict. But after all we’re a team, we have to lớn put our egos behind us. I am the head coach, I have to be their role model. I’d like them khổng lồ look at me as a big brother.”

Park’s sideline trò chơi is famous too. His expressive reactions have inspired many memes, và his players don’t hold back either, their tears when they lost to china in World Cup qualifying genuine và heartfelt.

Park helps elevate Korea-Vietnam relations

The phenomenon that is Park Hang-seo has even had a positive political and social effect.

When South Korea's nation television network SBS made a documentary about him in 2018, suddenly many people in the country took notice và interest in Vietnam soared.

In 2018, Vietnam recorded a record-high number of 3.4 million visitors from South Korea - over a quarter of total international arrivals, then in the first half of 2019, 1.11 million visitors arrived from Park's homeland, up 24.1% compared khổng lồ the previous year.

Park's humility would never allow him khổng lồ take credit for that rise, but his popularity in both countries has undoubtedly had an effect.

Off the football pitch his profile was growing too, & soon he was meeting the President of South Korea at the time Moon Jae-in.

A new type of visa was even introduced for Vietnamese travellers to South Korea facilitating a flow of people, trade, & ideas between the two countries, giving Vietnam a privileged relationship as the first country in Southeast Asia khổng lồ be able to avail of this type of visa.

Park Hang-seo nickname: 'The Terminator'

So why bởi they hotline him The Terminator?

Because he has a knack of pulling off victories against bigger sides who then decide to fire their manager following a humbling defeat.

Among his most illustrious 'victims' are Sven-Goran Eriksson, Bert van Marwijk, and even his old friend Guus Hiddink when he was at the helm of China’s U23 side.

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Park has put Vietnamese football on the bản đồ and in a country that loves to lớn watch Europe’s vị trí cao nhất leagues, now they have a national team they can be proud of.

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