Seo Jung-won

Seo Jung -won ( born December 17, 1970 in Seoul) is a South Korean football manager and former footballer.

Career as a player

The Koreans began his career at Sangmu FC Seoul. In 1997 he moved to LG Cheetahs. After a year at the Anyang small whirlwind joined in January 1998 for the first time to Europe. The club was Racing Strasbourg. From 1999 to 2002 he was engaged in Strasbourg. In 2002 he went back to South Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings. In January 2005, he came to Austria to Salzburg Austria. As Seo was no longer needed after the takeover of Austria Salzburg by Red Bull, he moved to SV Ried. There he played an extremely successful 2005/06 season and became the regular player at right midfield. Through his playing position and speed he got the nickname in Ried " winger ". In June 2006, he extended his contract with the SV Ried for another year.

In May 2007, he announced his retirement from Ried and the temporary end of his professional career known, but at the same time expressed a desire to stay in Europe in order to learn even more for his later career as a coach can. In spring 2008 he was at, in this period gambling in the fourth division of Upper Austria League, reported FC Blau- Weiss Linz, however, was only used in a single competitive match.

Seo Jung -won graduated 86 international matches in the South Korean national team.

Successes as a player

Seo took in 1994 in the USA and 1998 in France at the World Cup in part. He played a total of six times and scored a goal in 1994.

Career as a coach

During his time at Red Bull Salzburg in 2005 he was player-manager. From 2008 to 2010 he was responsible for the U-23 team of the South Korean national team and from then until 2011, the seniors. In 2012, he was assistant coach at Suwon Samsung Bluewings and is here working as a head coach since 2013.