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My Take
Park Chan-yong is the sort of footballer I quietly root for. Born in 1996 and playing for the storied Pohang Steelers, he came up the unglamorous way, through a vocational high school and Daegu University rather than an early academy spotlight. The K League is a brutally competitive environment, and simply surviving at a club with Pohang's pedigree earns my respect. I have always been drawn to dependable, structure-first players who hold a team together rather than the flashy scorers who grab headlines. Park reads to me as exactly that kind of grafter, and I find that quietly admirable.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Park Chan-yong
- Name (Japanese)
- 朴璨鎔
- Reading
- ぱく・ちゃにょん
- Born
- January 27, 1996 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rat
- Origin
- South Korea, United States
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- High school
- Daedong Taxation High School
- University
- Daegu University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/chanyongpaku/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B4%E7%92%A8%E9%8E%94
Frequently asked questions
When was Park Chan-yong born?
Born January 27, 1996 (age 30).
Where is Park Chan-yong from?
Park Chan-yong is from South Korea, United States.
What does Park Chan-yong do?
Park Chan-yong works as association football player.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.