Jang Jung

This article is about South Korean football player. For South Korean golfer, see Jang Jeong.

Jang Jung (Korean: 장정) is a South Korean former footballer who mostly played as a centre-back throughout his entire career.

Jang Jung
장정

Personal information
Full name	Jang Jung
Date of birth	(1964-05-05) 5 May 1964 (age 61)
Place of birth	South Korea
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Ajou University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1986	Daewoo Royals	30	(2)
1987–1988	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso	33	(2)
1989	Ilhwa Chunma	16	(2)
1990–1991	Perak	38	(6)
1992–1993	Singapore	23	(1)
1997–1998	Geylang United	25	(1)
International career
1981–1983	South Korea U-20	17	(2)
1983–1991	South Korea	20	(1)
Managerial career
1998–2000	Geylang United (youth)
1998–2000	Geylang United (assistant)
2001	Geylang United
2002	Geylang United (assistant)
2002	Geylang United
2003–2004	Balestier Khalsa
2004–2005	Balestier Khalsa (technical advisor)
2006–2007	Sri Lanka U23
2007–2008	Sri Lanka
2010–2012	Sri Lanka
2012	Perak
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

In this Korean name, the family name is Jang.

Playing career

Club career

Jang formerly played with Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso in South Korea.^[1]

In 1989, he joined Perak FA in Malaysia.^[1] In 1991, he joined Singapore FA^[1] and Geylang United in Singapore.

International career

Jang played for the South Korea U20 team and won the bronze medal in the 1983 World Youth Championship.^[2]

He also represented the South Korean Olympic team for the 1985 Merlion Cup.^[2]

Coaching career

Geylang United

While playing for Geylang United, Jang was trained as a coach and completed his qualifications.^[1] He eventually became part of the club's youth coaching system and also the club assistant head coach after his retirement in 1998.

Jang then became the head coach of the club in 2001 where he won the S.League title in his first season in charge of the club.^[1] In 2002, he was reassigned to assistant under Seak Poh Leong before he became the club technical director thus seeing Jang back at the helms. He left the club after the 2002 season has ended

Balestier Khalsa

On 10 April 2003, Jang was appointed as head coach at Balestier Khalsa. On 26 June 2004, he was reassigned as the club technical director.

Sri Lanka national team

In January 2006, Jang coached the Sri Lanka's U23 and their Sri Lanka senior national team^[3] for six years^[1] until April 2012.^[4]

Perak FA

On 19 July 2012, it was announced that Jang will take over his former team Perak FA's head coach position from Norizan Bakar on an interim basis until the end of the 2012 Malaysia Cup campaign.^[5] His spell with Perak was a disappointing one, recording only one win, while suffering three draws and two defeats in six Malaysia Cup group stage matches, failing to qualify to the quarter-finals. His contract was not renewed after the Malaysia Cup exit.

Personal life

Jang is married and has a son and a daughter.^[1][2]

International goals

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
July 29, 1983	Los Angeles	Guatemala	1 goal	1–1 (3–5 PSO)	1983 LA Tournament

Honours

Player

Perak

• Malaysia FA Cup: 1990

Singapore Lions

• M-League: 1994
• Malaysia Cup: 1994

Manager

Geylang United

• S.League: 2001

Individual

• S.League Coach of the Year: 2001