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Hwang Sun-hong
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Hwang in 2016
Personal information
Full name Hwang Sun-hong
Date of birth (1968-07-14) 14 July 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Yesan, Chungnam, South Korea
Height 1.83 m
Playing position Striker
Youth career
Seoul Yongmoon Middle School
Seoul Yongmoon High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Bayer Leverkusen II 24 (16)
1992–1993 Wuppertaler SV 9 (3)
1993–1998 Pohang Steelers 52 (26)
1998–1999 Cerezo Osaka 36 (30)
2000 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 (0)
2000 Kashiwa Reysol (loan) 0 (0)
2000–2002 Kashiwa Reysol 34 (12)
2002 Jeonnam Dragons 0 (0)
Total 155 (87)
National team
1996 South Korea U23 4 (0)
1988–2002 South Korea 103 (50)
Teams managed
2008–2010 Busan IPark
2011–2015 Pohang Steelers
2016–2018 FC Seoul
2019 Yanbian Funde
2020 Daejeon Hana Citizen
2021– South Korea U23
Honours
Men's football
Representing  South Korea (as player)
AFC Asian Cup
Silver 1988 Qatar Team
Asian Games
Bronze 1990 Beijing Team
Representing  South Korea (as manager)
Asian Games
Gold 2022 Hangzhou Team
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Hwang Sun-hong
Hangul 황선홍
Hanja 黃善洪
Revised Romanization Hwang Seon-hong
McCune–Reischauer Hwang Sŏn-hong

Hwang Sun-hong (born 14 July 1968) is a South Korean former football player and current manager of the South Korea national under-23 football team. He was the most notable South Korean striker in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Club career

After graduating from Konkuk University, Hwang decided not to enter the K League and left for Germany to begin his professional career. During a season, he played for the reserve team of Bayer Leverkusen, scoring 16 goals in the Oberliga Nordrhein, Germany's third division at the time.

Next season, Hwang joined 2. Bundesliga side Wuppertaler SV, but he appeared only nine games due to a cruciate ligament injury.

Hwang joined POSCO Atoms (currently Pohang Steelers) after returning to South Korea in June 1993. He won two Asian Club Championships with Pohang, although he failed to win the K League title. He also scored in eight consecutive matches in 1995, setting a record in the K League.

Hwang spent much of his career in the J1 League and enjoyed his most prolific season with Cerezo Osaka. In the 1999 J1 League, he scored 24 goals during 25 appearances, becoming the top goalscorer. He is the first South Korean footballer to become the top scorer in a foreign league. He was also nominated for the Asian Footballer of the Year award in that year. In late 2003, having finally retired, Hwang has now turned his attention to coaching.

International career

1990 World Cup

An unknown college player, Hwang was suddenly selected for the South Korea national football team for the 1988 AFC Asian Cup by the manager Lee Hoe-taik. He scored his first and second goal against Japan and Iran respectively in the tournament.

Hwang was included in the national team for the 1990 FIFA World Cup after his outstanding performances including seven goals in qualifying campaign. In the competition, however, he had difficulty in showing teamwork, and couldn't prevent South Korea's three defeats.

1994 World Cup

Hwang showed poor performance by scoring only one goal in qualifiers of the 1994 FIFA World Cup, but his form was regained in the friendly matches just before the World Cup. However, his left knee was injured in the last friendly against Honduras before the tournament, worrying his manager Kim Ho. In the first game against Spain, he had two chances to score, but missed both. He apologized to his teammates after the first game, but his poor performance was continued by missing several opportunities against Bolivia. He scored a goal in the last group game against the defending champions Germany, but the game ended in a 3–2 defeat. He was severely blamed for his inexact shots against Bolivia by South Korean fans, and suffered from social anxiety disorder after South Korea was eliminated in the group stage.

1996 Summer Olympics

In contrast with fans' criticism, Hwang was consistently chosen as a striker of the national team by managers. In the 1994 Asian Games, he scored eleven goals in five games, becoming the top goalscorer of the tournament.

Hwang also played for the South Korean under-23 team as an over-aged player in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He contributed to a victory by winning a crucial penalty in the first game against Ghana, but he quit the tournament due to his injury during the first half of the second game.

Hwang looked forward to the 1998 FIFA World Cup to make up for his failure in the 1994 World Cup, but he was injured by a Chinese goalkeeper Jiang Jin in a friendly just before the World Cup. He was disappointed to be excluded from the line-up during the tournament.

2002 World Cup

In the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, Hwang won the Bronze Shoe award after scoring in two victories against Mexico and Australia.

Hwang was still an important part of South Korea even at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, although he approached his mid-30s. He scored the winning goal in the first match against Poland, helping South Korea to achieve their first-ever victory in the FIFA World Cup. In the second match against the United States, his head was injured, but he won a penalty after wrapping a bandage around his head. In the penalty shoot-out of the quarter-final match against Spain, he came forward as South Korea's first kicker, and succeeded in scoring.

Hwang made 103 appearances and 50 goals for South Korea alongside six operations due to injuries. He ended his international career after the 2002 World Cup.

Managerial career

In 2005, Hwang was appointed as assistant coach of Jeonnam Dragons and started his coaching career. He received Best Coach Award from the 2006 Korean FA Cup. On 4 December 2007, he signed a three-year contract with Busan IPark and became manager of Busan.

On 9 November 2010, Hwang returned to his former team Pohang Steelers as new manager. He guided Pohang to the second place in the 2011 regular season and a Korean FA Cup title in 2012. He preferred players who grew up under team's youth system instead of foreign players, and completed a high quality teamwork nicknamed the "Steel-taka". He became one of the most notable managers in South Korea after winning the K League 1 and the Korean FA Cup simultaneously in 2013.

On 21 June 2016, Hwang was appointed as manager of FC Seoul. However, his discernment in the transfer market was not good and newcomers chosen by him showed poor performances. He was also in severe conflict with veteran players Dejan Damjanović, Osmar and Park Chu-young, failing to control them. On 30 April 2018, he finally resigned with responsibility for poor results.

On 14 December 2018, Hwang was appointed as manager of Yanbian Funde. However, he left the club after Yanbian Funde was disqualified for the 2019 China League One due to owing taxes in February 2019.

Daejeon Citizen was reorganised under the name of Daejeon Hana Citizen by its new owner Hana Financial Group before the 2020 season, and chose Hwang as its first manager on the recommendation of Huh Jung-moo, its director and Hwang's former mentor. Hwang was criticised for his tactics by the board during the season and also came into conflict with Huh. He had to leave Daejeon in the middle of the season.

Hwang was selected as manager of South Korean under-23 team in September 2021, but worried a considerable number of Koreans due to his poor results in Seoul and Daejeon. He once again had difficulty bringing a successful outcome by being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup after a 3–0 defeat to Japan. Afterwards, he won all seven matches in the 2022 Asian Games, making a chance to rehabilitate himself.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bayer Leverkusen II 1991–92 Oberliga Nordrhein 24 16 24 16
Wuppertaler SV 1992–93 2. Bundesliga 9 3 ? ? 9 3
Pohang Steelers 1993 K League 0 0 1 0 1 0
1994 K League 14 5 0 0 14 5
1995 K League 24 11 2 0 26 11
1996 K League 13 10 0 0 5 3 ? ? 18 13
1997 K League 0 0 1 0 1 0 ? ? 2 0
1998 K League 1 0 0 0 2 2 ? ? 3 2
Total 52 26 1 0 11 5 ? ? 64 31
Cerezo Osaka 1998 J1 League 11 6 ? ? 0 0 11 6
1999 J1 League 25 24 ? ? 2 3 27 27
Total 36 30 ? ? 2 3 38 33
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2000 K League 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Kashiwa Reysol 2000 J1 League 6 1 ? ? 1 0 7 1
2001 J1 League 21 10 ? ? 4 0 25 10
2002 J1 League 7 1 ? ? 0 0 7 1
Total 34 12 ? ? 5 0 39 12
Jeonnam Dragons 2002 K League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 155 87 1 0 19 8 ? ? 175 95

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
South Korea
1988 5 2
1989 12 8
1990 17 6
1993 6 1
1994 17 16
1995 3 1
1996 10 8
1998 8 3
1999 5 0
2000 2 0
2001 7 2
2002 11 3
Career total 103 50
Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Hwang Sun-hong
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 December 1988 Doha, Qatar 1  Japan 1–0 2–0 1988 AFC Asian Cup
2 11 December 1988 Doha, Qatar 3  Iran 2–0 3–0 1988 AFC Asian Cup
3 23 May 1989 Seoul, South Korea 6  Singapore 1–0 3–0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 2–0
5 27 May 1989 Seoul, South Korea 7  Malaysia 2–0 3–0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 3–0
7 5 June 1989 Singapore 8  Malaysia 1–0 3–0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 14 August 1989 Los Angeles, United States 11  United States 2–0 2–1 1989 Marlboro Cup
9 16 October 1989 Singapore 14  North Korea 1–0 1–0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
10 25 October 1989 Singapore 16  Saudi Arabia 2–0 2–0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 4 February 1990 Ta' Qali, Malta 18  Norway 1–0 2–3 Friendly
12 27 July 1990 Beijing, China 23  Japan 1–0 2–0 1990 Dynasty Cup
13 25 September 1990 Beijing, China 29  Pakistan 1–0 7–0 1990 Asian Games
14 2–0
15 7–0
16 23 October 1990 Seoul, South Korea 34  North Korea 1–0 1–0 Friendly
17 28 October 1993 Doha, Qatar 40  North Korea 2–0 3–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 26 February 1994 Los Angeles, United States 42  Colombia 2–0 2–2 Friendly
19 4 May 1994 Changwon, South Korea 44  Cameroon 2–1 2–1 Friendly
20 11 June 1994 Duncanville, United States 46  Honduras 2–0 3–0 Friendly
21 27 June 1994 Dallas, United States 49  Germany 1–3 2–3 1994 FIFA World Cup
22 13 September 1994 Seoul, South Korea 51  Ukraine 2–0 2–0 Friendly
23 1 October 1994 Hiroshima, Japan 53    Nepal 2–0 11–0 1994 Asian Games
24 3–0
25 4–0
26 6–0
27 7–0
28 9–0
29 10–0
30 11–0
31 5 October 1994 Hiroshima, Japan 54  Oman 2–0 2–1 1994 Asian Games
32 11 October 1994 Hiroshima, Japan 56  Japan 2–1 3–2 1994 Asian Games
33 3–2
34 31 October 1995 Seoul, South Korea 60  Saudi Arabia 1–0 1–1 Friendly
35 19 March 1996 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 62  United Arab Emirates 2–3 2–3 1996 Dubai Tournament
36 30 April 1996 Tel Aviv, Israel 65  Israel 4–0 5–4 Friendly
37 5–0
38 23 November 1996 Suwon, South Korea 66  Colombia 1–0 4–1 Friendly
39 2–0
40 4 December 1996 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 68  United Arab Emirates 1–0 1–1 1996 AFC Asian Cup
41 7 December 1996 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 69  Indonesia 2–0 4–2 1996 AFC Asian Cup
42 3–0
43 1 April 1998 Seoul, South Korea 71  Japan 2–1 2–1 Friendly
44 22 April 1998 Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia 74  Yugoslavia 1–0 1–3 Friendly
45 27 May 1998 Seoul, South Korea 77  Czech Republic 1–2 2–2 Friendly
46 1 June 2001 Ulsan, South Korea 88  Mexico 1–0 2–1 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
47 3 June 2001 Suwon, South Korea 89  Australia 1–0 1–0 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
48 20 March 2002 Cartagena, Spain 94  Finland 1–0 2–0 Friendly
49 2–0
50 4 June 2002 Busan, South Korea 98  Poland 1–0 2–0 2002 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Player

Pohang Steelers

South Korea

  • AFC Asian Cup runner-up: 1988
  • Asian Games bronze medal: 1990
  • Dynasty Cup: 1990

Individual

  • Korean FA Best XI: 1988
  • Asian Games top goalscorer: 1994
  • K League 1 Best XI: 1995
  • J1 League top goalscorer: 1999
  • J1 League Best XI: 1999
  • FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Shoe: 2001
  • K League '90s All-Star Team: 2003
  • K League 30th Anniversary Best XI: 2013

Manager

Busan IPark

  • Korean FA Cup runner-up: 2010
  • Korean League Cup runner-up: 2009

Pohang Steelers

FC Seoul

South Korea U23

  • Asian Games: 2022

Individual

  • Korean FA Cup Best Manager: 2012
  • K League 1 Manager of the Year: 2013, 2016
  • K League Manager of the Month: April 2014, September 2015, October 2016

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Hwang Sun-hong para niños

  • List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
  • List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
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