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Seo Jung-won

徐正源　/　そ・じょんうぉん

Association football player from South Korea

December 17, 1970 (age 55)　・　Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Gyeonggi Province
association football player
association football coach

My Take

I find Seo Jung-won's career arc quietly fascinating: a Korea University-educated footballer born in 1970 who didn't just hang up his boots and disappear, but reinvented himself as a manager. What strikes me most is that he's coaching in the Chinese Super League with Liaoning Tieren rather than staying inside the comfortable Korean football ecosystem. That willingness to work abroad, in a rival league and a different football culture, says a lot about ambition and adaptability. I'd love to know how his playing instincts translate to the touchline, but on paper this is a man still chasing the game decades in.

Overview

Seo Jung-won (born 17 December 1970) is a South Korean football manager and former player, who is the head coach of Chinese Super League club Liaoning Tieren.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Seo Jung-won
Name (Japanese): 徐正源
Reading: そ・じょんうぉん
Born: December 17, 1970 (age 55)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Dog
Origin: Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Blood type: Private
Height: 173 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Korea University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%90%E6%AD%A3%E6%BA%90

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