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Park Hang-seo Returns to Vietnamese Football as Advisor to Semi-Professional Team

Coach Park Hang-seo shakes hands with players from Vietnamese semi-professional team Bac Ninh FC. Photo = DJ Control[이데일리 스타in 이석무 기자] Former Vietnam national team coach Park Hang-seo (67), who is attracting attention as a candidate for the next coach of the Korean national football team, is returning to the world of Vietnamese football after a one-year break.

Coach Park Hang-seo’s team announced on the 19th, “Coach Park Hang-seo has been appointed as an advisor to Bac Ninh FC (3rd Division),” and “He will take on the role of an advisor to the club, fulfilling’ n general. consultancy work for the club.”

Coach Park will serve as a (part-time) advisor overseeing the youth and adult teams, as well as technical and administrative aspects.

Coach Park’s team said, “We signed a contract with the national team or the professional team on the condition that he can serve as a coach at the same time even if he receives offers from other domestic and foreign clubs and associations The period of the contract is 5 years from February 2024 to January 2029.” he explained.

Coach Park established a youth academy (PHS Football Academy) to discover promising Vietnamese football players after his contract with the Vietnam national football team expired last year. This time, as an advisor to a semi-professional team in Vietnam, he took on the important responsibility of ensuring not only tangible results such as the team’s promotion to the professional league, but also the necessary technical and administrative knowledge for the club. to grow into a professional club.

Coach Park said, “After my contract with the Vietnam national team ended, I tried to contribute in some way to the development of Vietnamese football in order to repay the love I received from Vietnam.” He added, “Last year, I established the first youth academy, the PHS Football Academy, and at the moment we have many promising players “We are educating,” he said.

In addition, “This is the second project for Bac Ninh CPD,” he said. professional team by joining a club with great passion and vision.” “I will do everything,” he said.

In addition, he expressed his will to resume activities, saying, “We continue to discuss the position of manager of other associations and clubs, and there are several offers.” He added, “We will keep all possibilities open and consider carefully beforehand. make a decision.”

Bac Ninh FC is currently a member of Vietnam’s 3rd division, and the team’s goal is to start in the 3rd division in 2024 and quickly promote to the 2nd and 1st division before turning professional.

Bac Ninh FC said, “In order to become a club that can compete not only in Vietnam but also in Asia, we identified Coach Park as the right person to lay the foundation for the club’s system, and signed a contract through persuasion over a long period. period of time,” adding, “We’re seriously considering going professional.” “Ultimately Coach Park agreed to the will and long-term vision of the club,” he explained.

Bac Ninh FC is a club located in Bac Ninh province, north of Hanoi. Bac Ninh, his hometown, is well known to Koreans as an economic and industrial complex where various domestic companies operate.

This is the essence of Vietnam’s industry, which has grown with foreign investment not only from Korean but also global companies. Based on stable financial resources, we are actively operating the football team starting this year and expect an increase in our external image through Parc Coetsys.

Coach Park, who took charge of the Vietnam national team from 2017 to 2023 and developed it into an Asian football powerhouse, is being mentioned as a candidate to succeed the recently sacked coach Jurgen Klinsmann as the head coach of the Korean national team.

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