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

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

and football manager who manages

Korea National League The Korea National League was a South Korean semi-professional football league held annually from 2003 to 2019. It was considered the second-highest division of the South Korean football league system before the K League 2 was launched in 2013, ...

club

Busan Transportation Corporation The Busan Transportation Corporation (Hangul:부산교통공사, Hanja:釜山交通公社) was established on January 1, 2006, following the abolition of the Busan Urban Transit Authority, which was founded in 1987. It currently operates the Busa ...

. His sons

Park Hyuk-soon Park Hyuk-soon (born March 6, 1980) is a South Korean football player who since 2009 has played for Busan Transportation Corporation. His father Park Sang-in and his brother Park Seung-min are also footballers. Club career He played in K ...

and Park Seung-min are also footballers.

Career

Player 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

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

club

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

for 1 year. He played only two league games though, due to a thigh injury. He returned to South Korea and joined

Hallelujah FC Hallelujah FC is a defunct South Korean football club. The club was officially founded on December 20, 1980 as the first professional football club in South Korea. History Hallelujah FC was founded by Choi Soon-young, president of the KFA at ...

. He lifted the first championship of the K League with

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

Manager career

After retiring from club football, he was appointed as his alma mater'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 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. The South Korean youth team finished unbeaten, with three draws. From 2006, he has managed newly formed

. In 2009, he went to the

2009 East Asian Games ) , Host city = Hong Kong , Teams participating = 9 , Athletes participating = 2,377 , Events = 262 events in 22 sports , Opening ceremony = December 5, 2009 , Closing ceremony = December 13, 2009 , Officially opened by = State Councilor L ...

as the South Korea team manager.

Honours

Player

;ROK Army *

Korea Football League The Korean National Semi-professional Football League was contested between South Korean works teams and military teams from 1964 to 2002. It was the predecessor of the Korea National League which was founded in 2003. History After the introduct ...

** Champions: 1974 Autumn ** Runners-up: 1973 Autumn, 1975 Spring *

Korean President's Cup The President's Cup National Football Tournament is a football competition, held by Korea Football Association, for South Korean semi-professional and amateur football clubs. This competition was originally one of major club competitions of So ...

Champions: 1975 * Korean National Football Championship Champions: 1975 ;Hallelujah FC * K League Champions: 1983 ;National Team *

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until t ...

Champions:

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 go ...

Korea Cup The Korea Cup ( ko, 코리아컵 국제축구대회) was an international football tournament held annually in South Korea from 1971 to 1999. History The Korea Cup was created with the name President's Cup Football Tournament ( ko, 박대통 ...

Champions:

1976 Events January * January 3 – 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 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

King's Cup __NOTOC__ King's Cup (incl. translations), may refer to: Sports Football * Copa del Rey, Spanish for "King's Cup," the main national knockout tournament in men's football * King Cup (sometimes named King's Cup), Saudi Arabian men's football nati ...

Champions:

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. ...

Merdeka Tournament Merdeka Tournament or Pestabola Merdeka is a friendly football tournament held in Malaysia to commemorate the Independence Day. The competition bears the Malay word for independence. As of 2022, it has been held 40 times, and decreasingly in ...

Champions: 1977 ;Individual * Korean National Football Championship MVP: 1975 *

K-League Best XI The K League Best XI is an award for the best eleven players in a K League season. K League 1 award (1983–present) Winners Players marked bold won the Most Valuable Player award in that respective year. Appearances by player Appeara ...

: 1985

Manager

;Busan Transportation Corporation *

National League Cup The Championship Cup, (known as the Northern Rail Cup for sponsorship reasons), and previously known as the National League Cup, was a rugby league football competition for clubs in the United Kingdom's Rugby League Championships. Although the ...

Champions:

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

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 Hyundai FC players K League 1 players MSV Duisburg players Busan Transportation Corporation FC managers Bundesliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Footballers from South Gyeongsang Province South Korean expatriate sportspeople in 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