Ahn Jung-hwan

Ahn Jung-Hwan
Ahn Jung-Hwan 2006
Personnel
birthday	January 27, 1976
place of birth	Paju , Gyeonggi ,  South Korea
size	178 cm
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
1995-1997	Ajou University
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1998-2000	Daewoo Royals	54 (27)
2000-2002	→  AC Perugia  (loan)	30 0(5)
2002-2003	Shimizu S-Pulse	38 (14)
2004-2005	Yokohama F. Marinos	34 (16)
2005-2006	FC Metz	16 0(2)
2006	MSV Duisburg	12 0(2)
2007	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	15 0(0)
2008	Busan IPark	19 0(4)
2009-2011	Dalian Shide	65 (18)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1997-2010	South Korea	71 (17)
1 Only league games are given.

Korean spelling
Hangeul	안정환
Hanja	安貞 桓
Revised Romanization	To Jeong-hwan
McCune- Reischauer	To Chŏnghwan
See also : Korean name

Ahn Jung-hwan (born January 27, 1976 in Paju , Gyeonggi-do ) is a former South Korean football player . He held the position of striker and retired in January 2012.

Career history

Ahn began his professional career in the South Korean professional league K League , where he signed his first contract with the Daewoo Royals (now Busan IPark ) in 1998 .

He made headlines around the world when he scored the golden goal against Italy in the second round of the 2002 World Cup and paved South Korea's entry into the quarter-finals.

At that time he was under contract with the Seria-A-Club Perugia and angered his club president Luciano Gaucci with his header against the then three-time world champion Italy so that he was quoted in the Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport as follows: "I will not do that Paying the salary of a player who ruined Italian football. ”Although Perugia later withdrew this statement, Ahn's Italy was over.

After the 2002 World Cup in his own country, Ahn Jung-hwan tried to find a new club within Europe. But all efforts failed because of Perugia's transfer demands, so he returned to Asia, where he signed with Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan. Just one season later, Ahn moved to league rivals Yokohama F Marinos. Despite having a reputation for injury prone in Japan, he scored 30 goals in 72 J-League games.

In the summer of 2005, Ahn returned to Europe by hiring the French first division club FC Metz . On January 24, 2006, MSV Duisburg announced Ahn's commitment. Although he was still the dream player of the then coach Jürgen Kohler , Ahn did not find a real kick in the team, so that his contract was terminated on August 31, 2006 by MSV Duisburg with immediate effect. Ahn had signed a contract with Suwon Samsung Bluewings and was back playing at home.

At the 2006 World Cup in Germany , South Korea's selection was eliminated after the group stage. Ahn had scored a total of one goal in three games as a substitute.

In January 2012, Ahn announced the end of his career.

successes

• 1998 Korea Cup winner
• 2002 World Cup fourth with South Korea
• 2002 Japanese Cup winner
• 2004 Japanese champion
• 2005 Japanese champion

various

Ahn is considered to be David Beckham of South Korea. He is married to former "Miss Korea" Lee Hye-won. Their daughter was born in April 2004. Ahn also works as a model . He is a swarm of many young, female soccer fans and is celebrated like a pop star in his home country . Since he kisses his wedding ring after every goal , he has the nickname "Lord of the Rings". At the 2018 Winter Olympics , Ahn was one of the torch-bearers who lit the flame on the final meters.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ South Korea star Ahn ends his career. (No longer available online.) In: Zeit Online . Sports Information Service, January 27, 2012, archived from the original on January 10, 2017 ; Retrieved January 28, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Ed Malyon : Ahn Jung-hwan now carrying the Olympic torch. from February 9, 2018

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Ahn is the family name here, Jung-hwan is the first name.