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Date of birth | July 14, 1968 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Yesan, Chungnam, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||
Current team
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FC Seoul (manager) | ||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||
1987–1990 | Konkuk University | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
1991 | Bayer Leverkusen (Amateur) | ||||||||||||||
1992 | Wuppertaler SV | 9 | (3) | ||||||||||||
1993–1998 | Pohang Steelers | 52 | (26) | ||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Cerezo Osaka | 36 | (30) | ||||||||||||
2000–2002 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2000–2002 | → Kashiwa Reysol (Loan) | 34 | (12) | ||||||||||||
2002 | Chunnam Dragons | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||
Total | 131 | (71) | |||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||
1996 | South Korea U23 (Wild card) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||
1988–2002 | South Korea | 103 | (50) | ||||||||||||
Teams managed | |||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | Busan IPark | ||||||||||||||
2011–2015 | Pohang Steelers | ||||||||||||||
2016– | FC Seoul | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Hwang Sun-hong | |
Hangul | 황선홍 |
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Hanja | 黃善洪 |
Revised Romanization | Hwang Seon-hong |
McCune–Reischauer | Hwang Sŏn-hong |
Hwang Sun-hong or Hwang Seon-hong (born July 14, 1968) is a South Korean football former player and current manager of FC Seoul.
During most of the last two decades, Hwang was regarded as a Korean scoring sensation. He made his international debut against Japan on December 6, 1988 and led the Korean national team from the 1990 World Cup to the 2002 World Cup though his career suffered a blip when an injury forced him to miss the 1998 tournament because a Chinese player had severely injured him in France.
A dangerous striker who excelled in putting the ball into the net, Hwang was South Korea’s most consistent forward for much of the past decade, and his absence due to injury played a major part in the team’s poor showing in France 98. Hwang was South Korea’s outstanding player in the 2001 Confederations Cup, scoring against Mexico and Australia, as well as against Germany in the 1994 World Cup. He was arguably one of Asia's finest finishers in recent times, and was short-listed for the prestigious Asian Player of the Year award in 2002.
Hwang participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics as wild card player.
At club level, Hwang initially boycotted K League draft system with Hong Myung-Bo as a youngster to play in Europe – where he joined 2. Bundesliga outfit Wuppertaler SV during the season of 1992–93, he scored three goals in nine appearances until he injured his knee.
After his brief stint in Europe as a player, Hwang returned to his country. He was drafted in 1993 by the newly formed club Wansan Puma, which was formerly the Chonbuk Buffalo, then traded to Posco Atoms for eight players. He played in Pohang for six seasons and became a club legend. In the 1995 season campaign, he established the record by scoring goals in 8 consecutive matches and in 1998, he won Asian Club Championship with the Steelers.