Kim Pan-gon
Kim Pan-Gon (Korean: 김판곤; Hanja: 金判坤, born May 1, 1969 in Jinju, South Korea) is a South Korean football manager who is currently chief of the South Korea national team supervisory committee. Kim holds the AFC Professional Football Coaching Diploma, the highest football coaching qualification in Asia.[1]
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kim Pan-Gon | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Jinju, South Korea | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Left-winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Honam University | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | Ulsan Hyundai | 58 | (5) |
| 1997 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 2 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Instant-Dict | 31 | (8) |
| 2001–2003 | Double Flower | 36 | (11) |
| 2003–2004 | Buler Rangers | 21 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2004 | Buler Rangers | ||
| 2005–2008 | Busan I'Park (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2010 | South China | ||
| 2009 | Hong Kong U-23 | ||
| 2009–2010 | Hong Kong | ||
| 2011 | Gyeongnam FC (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Hong Kong U-23 | ||
| 2012–2017 | Hong Kong | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
He was the manager of the Hong Kong national team and U-23 team, leading the former to claim the 2010 East Asian Football Championship.
Playing career
Kim Pan-Gon played for K League clubs Ulsan Hyundai and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors before arriving Hong Kong to play for Instant-Dict in 2000. His left foot freekicks and fighting spirit earned him praise from the fans. He moved to Double Flower after Instant-Dict pulled out. In 2003, he became player-manager at Buler Rangers and retired as a player at the end of the season.[2]
Managerial career
South China AA and Hong Kong national football team
Kim returned to South Korea in 2004 and earned his Professional Coaching License, at the time only 5 men in Korea held the same qualification. Hong Kong association football expert Kwok Ka Ming was his lecturer of the coaching lesson. After a few years working in the Korean League, he became the manager of Hong Kong First Division League giant South China from 2008. He is known for greatly improving the physical fitness of the Hong Kong players. He led the team to the semi-final of the 2009 AFC Cup, but lost to Kuwait SC.[2]
He was also the manager of the Hong Kong national football team and Hong Kong U-23 from August 2009 to March 2010, during which time he led the senior team to the finals of the 2010 East Asian Football Championship and the U-23 team to victory in the Football at the 2009 East Asian Games football tournament.
On 11 December 2010, after a 3-4 defeat by Kitchee, Kim Pan-Gon resigned from the post of South China team manager, citing health reasons that required him to recuperate back in South Korea.[3]
Gyeongnam FC
After returning to South Korea, Kim Pan-Gon became the strategic consultant for Gyeongnam FC as well as physical fitness consultant for South China[4]
Hong Kong National Academy
Kim Pan-Gon suddenly appeared in Hong Kong on 5 October 2011, he claimed to the media that his health has recovered and he has applied last week to the HKFA to be the new Hong Kong national football team coach. He also confirmed that his contract with Gyeongnam FC still has one year to run, but he will be released if he is appointed by the HKFA.[5]
Kim Pan-Gon was appointed National Academy Coach by the HKFA on 22 December 2011. He was wholly responsible for the identification, development and coaching of all players aged 18 and below.[6] He took up the position of acting head coach of Hong Kong national football team in November 2012 following the resignation of former head coach Ernie Merrick.
Following the team's impressive performance under Kim, the Hong Kong Football Association confirmed Kim as the permanent head coach of the Hong Kong national football team on 28 May 2013. He signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the HKFA.[7]
"KIMOUT" was a slogan of Hong Kong football fans for urging him to step down due to his bad performance in the last round of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification.[8][9]
South Korea national team hiring committee
On 26 December 2017, Kim was appointed by the Korea Football Association to be the chief of the South Korea national team supervisory committee.[10] He is responsible for hiring coaches for the South Korea national team and its U-23 squad.
Personal life
He resides in Hong Kong with his wife, son and daughter.[11]
Club career
He played for Korean clubs Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i (1992–1996) and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (1997), before moving to Hong Kong where he played for Instant-Dict/Double Flower (2000–2003)[12][13] and Buler Rangers (2003–2004).
Management career
Hong Kong national football team
As of 17 November 2015
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References
- AFC Professional Football Coaching Diploma Holders
- (in Chinese)特稿：鐵血教練令人佩服 12 December 2010.
- (in Chinese)南華負傑志 3:4被破金身 金判坤急病走人 Apple Daily. 12 December 2010.
- (in Chinese)金判坤轉任體能顧問 Archived 1 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Ta Kung Pao. 26 December 2010.
- (in Chinese)"忽然回歸遞求職信 金判坤望再教港隊". Oriental Daily. 6 October 2011.
- "Hong Kong Football Association appoints National Academy Coach". hkfa.com. 22 December 2011.
- "擔正港足主帥 簽約2年半 金判坤鎖定三大目標". Wen Wei Po. 29 May 2013.
- (in Chinese) 香港01 (9 September 2017). "【01觀點】港足成與敗 皆因金判坤？". HK01. 香港01. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
- (in Chinese) 香港01 (13 June 2017). "亞洲盃 Kim Out？金判坤：完約認真考慮". On.cc. 東方日報. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- "S. Korea selects director to handle nat'l football team coach hirings". Yonhap. 26 December 2017.
- (in Chinese)金 判 坤 申 請 做 港 足 主 帥 Sing Tao Daily. 6 October 2011.
- 2000–2001年 香港リーグ Archived 24 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- 2001–2002年 香港リーグ Archived 30 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- MATCH SUMMARY - Bahrain 4:0 Hong Kong, Asian Football Confederation