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Seo Jung-won

Seo Jung-Won
서정원
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Personal information
Full name Seo Jung-Won
Date of birth (1970-12-17) December 17, 1970 (age 46)
Place of birth Gwangju, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Winger, Forward
Club information
Current team
Suwon Samsung Bluewings (manager)
Youth career
1990–1991 Korea University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1997 LG Cheetahs
Anyang LG Cheetahs
66 (13)
1998 Strasbourg 16 (4)
1999–2004 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 143 (36)
2005 Austria Salzburg 12 (2)
2005–2007 Ried 55 (9)
Total 291 (64)
National team
1987 South Korea U-17
1991–1992 South Korea U-23 23 (12)
1990–2000 South Korea 87 (16)
Teams managed
2005 Austria Salzburg (player-coach)
2008–2010 South Korea U-23 (assistant)
2010–2011 South Korea (assistant)
2012–2013 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (assistant)
2013– Suwon Samsung Bluewings
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2011.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2007
Seo Jung-won
Hangul 서정원
Hanja 徐正源
Revised Romanization Seo Jeong-won
McCune–Reischauer Sŏ Chŏngwŏn

Seo Jung-Won (born December 17, 1970 in Gwangju, South Korea) is a football player and coach from South Korea. Nicknamed nalssen dori (speedy Gonzales-equivalent in Korean) in his native Korea, he was even offered a contract from Barcelona in his early twenties which he turned down.[1] As of 2006, he played forward and midfielder for Ried, a club in the Austrian Bundesliga. Seo moved to Ried from Austria Salzburg in June 2005.

He debuted in FC Seoul, then known as LG Cheethas in 1994 and also served as player at Suwon Samsung Bluewings in South Korea from 1998 to 2004. He was a member of the South Korea national football team at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 1990, 1994, 1998 Asian Games, and the 1998 FIFA World Cup. His contract with SV Ried expired in May 2006. He was named the player of the year (Jahreswertung aller Spieler) of the 2005–2006 season in the Austrian Bundesliga[2]

After South Korea national football team's head coach Pim Verbeek resigned, along with his former national team teammate, close friend, and the current South Korea national football team's assistant coach Hong Myung-Bo was made on the list for the vacant head coaching job for the South Korea national football team.


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