Song Chong-Gug
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Song Chong-gug | ||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Danyang, South Korea | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2000 | Yonsei University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Busan I'cons | 34 | (4) |
| 2002–2005 | Feyenoord | 53 | (2) |
| 2005–2010 | Suwon Bluewings | 95 | (2) |
| 2010 | Al-Shabab | 7 | (2) |
| 2011 | Ulsan Hyundai | 13 | (0) |
| 2011 | Tianjin Teda | 14 | (1) |
| Total | 216 | (11) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997–1999 | South Korea U-20 | 11 | (0) |
| 2000 | South Korea U-23 | 2 | (0) |
| 2000–2007 | South Korea | 60 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2011 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 June 2010 (UTC) |
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| Song Chong-gug | |
| Hangul | 송종국 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 宋鐘國 |
| Revised Romanization | Song Jong-guk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Song Chongguk |
Song Chong-Gug (송종국; born 20 February 1979 in Danyang, Chungcheongbuk-do) is a retired South Korean football player who last played for Tianjin Teda F.C. in the Chinese Super League.
From 2001 to 2002, Song played in the K-league for his hometown team Busan I'cons, now known as Busan I'Park, before he became famous.
In 2002 Song became a superstar virtually overnight when he played in 2002 FIFA World Cup, and contributed greatly to Korea's victories against Poland, Portugal, Italy, and Spain.
Song was a virtually unknown to most South Korea fans before 2001. Song had made his international debut against Macedonia in June 2000 under Huh Jung-Moo, Hiddink's predecessor, but had not yet developed well. When Guus Hiddink arrived to take over the reins, he received mass criticism from the Korean public when he chose the inexperienced Song in Korean starting line-up for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, to replace the popular but injured captain Hong Myung Bo for the tournament. Under Guus Hiddink's expert guidance Song developed into a key player that was always one of the first names to go on Hiddink's team sheet during the 2002 World Cup.
One of the reasons Hiddink rated Song so highly was his uncanny ability to shut down opposing players - against the highly fancied Portugal, Song was deployed as a wingback and successfully marked a (although injured) Luís Figo out of the game during Korea's group match, greatly reducing the threat to Korea's defence. Ironically, Song started his professional career as a right winger and Luís Figo was his greatest idol.
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