Korean Football Association Official: Former American national coach Klinsmann officially takes over as South Korean coach

2023-02-28 14:55

Korean Football Association Official: Former American national coach Klinsmann officially takes over as South Korean coach


The Korean Football Association officially announced today that it has officially signed a contract with former German star Jurgen Klinsmann, who was once the coach of the US national team . The 2026 World Cup.


Klinsmann started his coaching career in 2004 after ending his playing career in 1998. His first coaching team was the German national team and led the team to the third place in the 2006 World Cup. He took over two years later at the helm of Europe's top club, Bayern Munich, but was fired after just one season.


In 2011, Klinsmann served as the coach of the U.S. national team and helped the team win the North American Champions Cup in 2013. However, the U.S. team he led lost to Belgium in the round of 16 knockout rounds in the 2014 World Cup and missed the top 8. He was later fired by the American Football Association. Klinsmann switched to managing Bundesliga club Hertha BSC for a season and has not held a managerial role since.


Korean Football Association Official: Former American national coach Klinsmann officially takes over as South Korean coach


To this day, the 58-year-old Klinsmann succeeds former South Korea coach Paulo Bento as the head coach of the South Korean national team. In his takeover statement, he mentioned that the South Korean team has continued to improve and achieved outstanding results for a long time, and he is very honored to follow in the footsteps of former coaches Gus Hiddink and Bento to lead the South Korean national team.


The former South Korean team coach Bento took over in 2018 and led the South Korean team to advance from the group stage in the World Cup in Qatar last year, but eventually lost to Brazil in the top 16 and missed the top 8. The coach also officially dismissed get out of class after the contract expired .