Park Sang-in

Park Sang-in
Hangul	박상인
Hanja	朴商寅
Revised Romanization	Bak Sangin
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Sangin

Park Sang-in
Personal information
Date of birth	15 November 1952 (age 71)
Place of birth	Changnyeong, Gyeongnam, South Korea
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Busan Transportation Corporation
Youth career
1969–1971	Dongnae High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1980	Commercial Bank of Korea
1973–1975	→ ROK Army (military service)
1981–1982	MSV Duisburg
1982–1985	Hallelujah FC
1986–1987	Hyundai Horang-i
International career
1975–1980	South Korea
Managerial career
1988–2001	Dongnae High School
1992–1993	South Korea U20
2006–	Busan Transportation Corporation
2009	South Korea B
Medal record
Representing South Korea
Men's football
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Park Sang-in (Korean: 박상인, born 15 November 1952) is a South Korean footballer manager and former player who manages Korea National League club Busan Transportation Corporation. His sons Park Hyuk-soon and Park Seung-min are also footballers.

Playing career edit

Park began his career at Changnyeong Middle School at the age of 13. He went through Dongnae High School, graduating in 1972. In the same year he joined the Commercial Bank of Korea. One year later, he joined the army in order to fulfil his military service.

In 1981, he had trials for Dutch club, Feyenoord, receiving a favorable response from the club. However, the contract foundered due to an objection of the player's labor union.^[1] In July 1981, he signed a contract with Bundesliga club MSV Duisburg for one year.^[2] He played only two league games though, due to a thigh injury.

He returned to South Korea and joined Hallelujah FC. He lifted the first championship of the K League with Hallelujah FC in 1983. He then went on to play for Hyundai Horang-i from 1986 to 1987.

Managerial career edit

After retiring from club football, he was appointed as his alma mater's football team manager from 1988 to 2001. In the middle of the term, in 1992–1993, he managed the South Korea U20 team, going to the 1993 FIFA World Youth Championship. The South Korean youth team finished unbeaten, with three draws. From 2006, he has managed newly formed Busan Transportation Corporation. In 2009, he went to the 2009 East Asian Games as the South Korea team manager.