My Take
Park Ji-sung is genuinely one of my all-time favorite footballers to watch — not because he was flashy, but because he was relentlessly, almost superhumanly effective. The guy won four Premier League titles and a Champions League at Manchester United, and Sir Alex Ferguson once said he could mark three players at once, which honestly felt accurate. For a South Korean midfielder in the mid-2000s to walk into Old Trafford and become indispensable says everything about his work rate, intelligence, and sheer willpower. He carried a nation's pride on his shoulders and made it look easy. Nineteen trophies across his career — that's not a footnote, that's a legacy. Asia's greatest footballer? I'd argue it's still his title to lose.
Overview
Park Ji-sung (Korean: 박지성; pronounced [pak̚.t͈ɕi.sʌŋ]; born 30 March 1981) is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in the South Korean capital of Seoul, Park is regarded as one of the greatest and most successful Asian players in football history, having won 19 trophies in his career.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Park Ji-Sung
- Name (Japanese)
- 朴智星
- Reading
- 不明
- Born
- February 25, 1981 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Rooster
- Origin
- Seoul, South Korea
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Osaka University of Economics and Law
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9C%B4%E6%99%BA%E6%98%9F
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.