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Hong Myung-Bo
Personal information
Date of birth	February 12, 1969 (1969-02-12) (age 38)
Place of birth	Seoul, Republic of Korea
Height	1.85 m (6'1")
Playing position	Assistant Manager/(former Defender)
Club information
Current club	Korea Republic
Youth clubs
1987-1991	Korea University
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1992-1997 1997-1998 1999-2002 2002 2003-2004	Pohang Steelers Bellmare Hiratsuka Kashiwa Reysol Pohang Steelers Los Angeles Galaxy	110 (14)   42   (0)   72   (7)   19   (0)   38   (0)
National team2
1990-2002	Korea Republic	135   (9)
Teams managed
2005- present	Korea Republic (Assistant Manager)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:18, 10 February 2007 (UTC). 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 19:18, 10 February 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Hong Myung-Bo
Hangul 홍명보 Hanja 洪明甫 Revised Romanization Hong Myeong-bo McCune-Reischauer Hong Myŏng-bo

Hong Myung-Bo (born February 12, 1969 in Seoul) is a South Korean football legend. Hong was a key 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 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.

Contents 1 National team 1.1 1990 World Cup 1.2 1994 World Cup 1.3 1998 World Cup 1.4 2002 World Cup 2 Post-playing career 2.1 Personal Life 3 Honors

Hong's first appearance at World Cup was 1990 Italy World Cup. Hong played all three games of Korea against Belgium, Spain, and Uruguay. Korea lost all three games at this tournament.

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.

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).

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.

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. Since the imminent retirement of Pim Verbeek, he is the strongest candidate to become the next manager.

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

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

Preceded by Lilian Thuram

FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball 2002

Succeeded by Andrea Pirlo

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 Yong‑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 Yong‑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

Persondata
NAME	Hong Myung-Bo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Professional football player
DATE OF BIRTH	February 12, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seoul, South Korea
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH