Huh Jung-moo

Huh Jung-moo
허정무

Personal information
Full name	Huh Jung-moo
Date of birth	(1955-01-13) January 13, 1955
Place of birth	Jindo, Jeonnam, South Korea
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1974–1977	Yonsei University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1978–1980	Korea Electric Power FC
1978–1980	→ Navy FC
1980–1983	PSV Eindhoven	77	(11)
1984–1986	Hyundai Horangi	36	(4)
National team
1973–1974	South Korea U-20	?	(?)
1974–1986	South Korea	101	(30)
Teams managed
1989–1990	South Korea (trainer)
1991–1992	POSCO Atoms (assistant)
1993–1995	Pohang Atoms
1993–1994	South Korea (assistant)
1995	South Korea
1996–1998	Chunnam Dragons
1998–2000	South Korea
2001–2004	Yongin Football Center
2004	South Korea (assistant)
2005–2007	Chunnam Dragons
2008–2010	South Korea
2010–2012	Incheon United
Honours Representing  South Korea Men's football Asian Games 1978 Bangkok Team 1986 Seoul Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Huh Jung-moo (Korean: 허정무, Hanja: 許丁茂, born January 13, 1955 in Jindo, Jeonnam, South Korea) is a former Korean football player and coach. He is the current vice-president of the Korea Football Association.

Football career

Huh played for PSV Eindhoven and Hyundai Horangi as midfielder. Because of his tough and energetic playing style, he was nicknamed as Jindogae, the hunter dog breed originated from his hometown Jindo Island. Huh joined PSV Eindhoven on August 1980.^[1] He played until May 1983 for 3 seasons.^[2] As one of rare Korean players in Europe in 1980s, he was often compared with Cha Bum-kun who had been playing in Bundesliga of Germany. He was a member of Korean squad in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. In the match against Argentina, he left a famous photo that he appeared to be kicking Maradona whose face twisted with pain. In the match against Italy, he scored 1 goal.

Managerial career

Huh has previously coached the South Korea national football team twice before, as well as running the Pohang Atoms and the Chunnam Dragons. His team won the Korean FA Cup in 2006 and 2007.

His first term as the coach of the national team was temporary. In 1998, he was appointed for the second time. Then he picked up some nameless young players and give them important positions instead of established stars, inviting harsh criticism against him. After failures in the 2000 Summer Olympics and 1998 Asian Games, he was replaced by Guus Hiddink.

Since Hiddink's incredible success in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Korea Football Association began hiring foreign managers, including Humberto Coelho, Jo Bonfrere, Dick Advocaat, and Pim Verbeek. They failed to match Hiddink's success, however.

Meanwhile, the criticized "nameless players" picked by Huh became stars. Park Ji-sung, once the most unpopular player while Huh was coach, turned into the most successful player in Asia. Lee Young-pyo and Seol Ki-hyeon also rose in prominence. The success of Huh's former apprentices and that of himself in Chunnam Dragons made him revalued as a candidate for head coach. Huh was re-appointed in December 2007 after leading candidates Mick McCarthy and Gérard Houllier both rejected the job.

Huh got the team qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. In November 2009, Huh won the AFC Coach of the Year Award after leading the national team to 27 consecutive games without a loss.

Honors

International goals

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
December 20, 1974	Bangkok	Thailand	1 goal	1-1 (3-1 a.e.t.)	1974 King's Cup
May 22, 1974	Seoul	Burma	1 goal	1-0	1974 President's Cup
November 4, 1976	Tokyo	Japan	1 goal	2-1	Korea-Japan Annual Match
February 14, 1977	Singapore	Singapore	1 goal	4-0	Friendly match
February 20, 1977	Manama	Bahrain	1 goal	1-1	Friendly match
July 16, 1977	Kuala Lumpur	Libya	3 goals	4-0	1977 Merdeka Cup
July 17, 1977	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	1 goal	1-1	1977 Merdeka Cup
September 3, 1977	Seoul	Thailand	2 goals	3-1	1977 President's Cup
December 4, 1977	Busan	Hong Kong	1 goal	5-2	1978 FIFA World Cup qualification
September 13, 1978	Daegu	Bahrain	1 goal	3-1	1978 President's Cup
December 12, 1978	Bangkok	Kuwait	1 goal	2-0	1978 Asian Games
December 25, 1978	Manila	Macau	1 goal	4-1	1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification
December 29, 1978	Manila	China PR	1 goal	1-0	1980 AFC Asian Cup qualification
September 8, 1979	Seoul	Sudan	1 goal	8-0	1979 President's Cup
September 16, 1979	Incheon	Bangladesh	3 goals	9-0	1979 President's Cup
April 6, 1985	Seoul	Nepal	2 goals	4-0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
July 30, 1985	Jakarta	Indonesia	1 goal	4-1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
November 3, 1985	Seoul	Japan	1 goal	1-0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
June 10, 1986	Puebla	Italy	1 goal	2-3	1986 FIFA World Cup

References

External links

• Huh Jung-moo – K League stats at kleague.com
• Huh Jung-moo – National Team Stats at KFA (in Korean)
• Huh Jung-moo – FIFA competition record (archive)
• Huh Jung-moo at National-Football-Teams.com