Hong Myung-Bo

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Hong.

Hong Myung-Bo (born February 12, 1969 in Seoul) is a former South Korean footballer Hong was a member of the Korean national team in four World Cups, and was the first Asian player to play in four consecutive World Cup finals tournaments. He played as either a centre-back or at full-back. He retired from playing following the end of the 2004 Major League Soccer season, having finished his career with the Los Angeles Galaxy. He was chosen among the "FIFA 100", Pele's selection of the 125 greatest living footballers in the world.

[edit] National team

[edit] 1990 World Cup

Hong's first appearance at a World Cup final was at the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Hong played in all of Korea's matches against Belgium, Spain, and Uruguay, all three of which Korea lost.

[edit] 1994 World Cup

Hong's individual talent was most notably showcased during the 1994 World Cup group stage. With Korea trailing 2-0 against Spain with only 5 minutes to go, Hong made the score 2-1 and shortly after he created the second for winger Seo Jung-Won to equalize the memorable match.

Two weeks later, Korea found themselves trailing 3-0 at half time against Germany – the defending World Champions at the time, which included the likes of Jürgen Klinsmann, Jürgen Kohler, Matthias Sammer, Rudi Völler and Lothar Matthäus. Hong created the first Korean goal for striker Hwang Sun Hong to put into the net, then scored the second himself, but the Koreans were unable to catch and tie the heavily favored Germans.

[edit] 1998 World Cup

Hong's third appearance at World Cup was 1998 France World Cup. Hong played all three games of Korea against Mexico, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Korea got eliminated at the first round with 1 tie(Belgium) and 2 losses(Mexico, the Netherlands).

[edit] 2002 World Cup

Hong captained the Korean national team to a historic fourth place finish in the 2002 World Cup, himself winning the Bronze Ball award as the third best player in the tournament. He ended his international career after the 2002 World Cup as the all-time leader in appearances for the South Korean national team, with 135 caps.

[edit] Post-playing career

In September 26, 2005, after retirement as a player, Hong returned to the national team as an assistant coach. Helping the manager Dick Advocaat, he took part in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and worked with the next manager Pim Verbeek in the Asian Cup 2007. After the retirement of Pim Verbeek, he was one of the candidates to become the next manager.

[edit] Personal life

Hong married named Soo-mi Cho, five years younger than him, in 1997 and has two sons. Hong also has two younger siblings.

[edit] Honors

Individual honors

• Selected to FIFA 100: 2004
• 2002 FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball Award Winner : 2002
• 2002 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team : 2002
• Asian Cup Best Eleven: 2000
• J-League Best Eleven: 2000
• K-League Best Eleven: 1996, 1995, 1994, 1992
• Major League Soccer Best Eleven (All-Star): 2003

[edit] International goals

#	Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	1990-08-03	China PR	1-1 (5-4)	1990 Dynasty Cup
2	1992-08-24	Korea DPR	1-1	1992 Dynasty Cup
3	1993-05-13	India	3-0	1994 FIFA World Cup Qual.
4	1993-10-19	Iraq	2-2	1994 FIFA World Cup Qual.
5	1994-06-05	Ecuador	1-2	Friendly match
6	1994-06-17	Spain	2-2	1994 FIFA World Cup
7	1994-06-27	Germany	2-3	1994 FIFA World Cup
8	1994-09-11	Ukraine	1-0	Friendly match
9	1996-08-08	Republic of China	2-0	1996 Asian Cup Qual.

v • d • e South Korea squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Kim Poong‑Joo • 2 Park Kyung‑Hoon • 3 Choi Kang‑Hee • 4 Yoon Deuk‑Yeo • 5 Chung Yong‑Hwan • 6 Lee Tae‑Ho • 7 Noh Soo‑Jin • 8 Chung Hae‑Won • 9 Hwangbo Kwan • 10 Lee Sang‑Yoon • 11 Byun Byung‑Joo • 12 Lee Heung‑Sil • 13 Chung Jong‑Soo • 14 Choi Soon‑Ho • 15 Cho Min‑Kook • 16 Kim Joo‑Sung • 17 Gu Sang‑Bum • 18 Hwang Sun‑Hong • 19 Jeong Gi‑Dong • 20 Hong Myung‑Bo • 21 Choi In‑Young • 22 Lee Young‑Jin • Coach: Lee Hoi‑Taek

v • d • e South Korea squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Choi In‑Young • 2 Chung Jong‑Son • 3 Lee Jong‑Hwa • 4 Kim Pan‑Keun • 5 Park Jung‑Bae • 6 Lee Young‑Jin • 7 Shin Hong‑Gi • 8 Noh Jung‑Yoon • 9 Kim Joo‑Sung • 10 Ko Jeong‑Woon • 11 Seo Jung‑Won • 12 Choi Young‑Il • 13 An Ik‑Soo • 14 Choi Dae‑Shik • 15 Cho Jin‑Ho • 16 Ha Seok‑Ju • 17 Gu Sang‑Bum • 18 Hwang Sun‑Hong • 19 Choi Moon‑Sik • 20 Hong Myung‑Bo • 21 Park Chul‑Woo • 22 Lee Woon‑Jae • Coach: Kim Ho

v • d • e South Korea squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Kim Byung‑Ji • 2 Choi Sung‑Yong • 3 Lee Lim‑Saeng • 4 Choi Young‑Il • 5 Lee Min‑Sung • 6 Yoo Sang‑Chul • 7 Kim Do‑Keun • 8 Noh Jung‑Yoon • 9 Kim Do‑Hoon • 10 Choi Yong‑Soo • 11 Seo Jung‑Won • 12 Lee Sang‑Hun • 13 Kim Tae‑Young • 14 Ko Jong‑Soo • 15 Lee Sang‑Yoon • 16 Jang Hyung‑Seok • 17 Ha Seok‑Ju • 18 Hwang Sun‑Hong • 19 Jang Dae‑Il • 20 Hong Myung‑Bo • 21 Lee Dong‑Gook • 22 Seo Dong‑Myung • Coach: Cha Bum‑Kun (Kim Pyung‑Seok)

v • d • e South Korea squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Lee Woon‑Jae • 2 Hyun Young‑Min • 3 Choi Sung‑Yong • 4 Choi Jin‑Cheul • 5 Kim Nam‑Il • 6 Yoo Sang‑Chul • 7 Kim Tae‑Young • 8 Choi Tae‑Uk • 9 Seol Ki‑Hyeon • 10 Lee Young‑Pyo • 11 Choi Yong‑Soo • 12 Kim Byung‑Ji • 13 Lee Eul‑Yong • 14 Lee Chun‑Soo • 15 Lee Min‑Sung • 16 Cha Du‑Ri • 17 Yoon Jung‑Hwan • 18 Hwang Sun‑Hong • 19 Ahn Jung‑Hwan • 20 Hong Myung‑Bo • 21 Park Ji‑Sung • 22 Song Chong‑Gug • 23 Choi Eun‑Sung • Coach: Hiddink