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Park Ji-sung

Park Ji-sung
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Park Ji-sung G20 Seoul Summit Ambassador (crop).jpg
Park at the G-20 Seoul Summit in 2010
Personal information
Full name Park Ji-sung
Date of birth (1981-02-25) 25 February 1981 (age 35)
Place of birth Goheung, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Manchester United (global ambassador)
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Myongji University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2003 Kyoto Purple Sanga 76 (11)
2003–2005 PSV Eindhoven 65 (13)
2005–2012 Manchester United 134 (19)
2012–2014 Queens Park Rangers 20 (0)
2013–2014 PSV Eindhoven (loan) 23 (2)
Total 318 (45)
National team
2000 South Korea U20 2 (0)
1999–2004 South Korea U23 23 (3)
2000–2011 South Korea 100 (13)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Bak Jiseong
McCune–Reischauer Pak Chisŏng

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Park Ji-sung (Hangul: ; Hanja: ; Korean pronunciation: [pakt͈ɕisʰʌŋ]; born 25 February 1981) is a South Korean former footballer who currently serves as a club ambassador at Manchester United.

Born in Goheung, Jeollanam-do, he was the captain of the South Korean national team until his retirement from international football. Park is the most successful Asian footballer in history, having won 19 trophies in his career and is the first Asian footballer to have won the UEFA Champions League trophy, the first Asian footballer to play in a UEFA Champions League Final, as well as the first Asian footballer to have won the FIFA Club World Cup. Park is able to play anywhere across the midfield and is noted for his exceptional fitness level, discipline, work ethic and off-the-ball movement. His remarkable endurance levels and pace earned him the nickname 'Three-Lungs' Park.

Park began his football career in his native South Korea and played for the Myongji University team before moving to Japan to play for Kyoto Purple Sanga. After Park's national team manager Guus Hiddink moved back to the Netherlands to manage PSV Eindhoven, Park followed him to the Dutch side a year later. After PSV reached the semi-finals of the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, Park's talents were recognised by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and he signed Park for a fee of around £4 million in July 2005. In his time at Manchester United, Park won the Premier League four times and also won the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup. He moved to Queens Park Rangers in July 2012 after suffering a reduction in his number of appearances for Manchester United the previous season. However, an injury-interrupted season with QPR, combined with the club's relegation, led to Park rejoining PSV on loan for the 2013–14 season.


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