Yoo Kee-heung

South Korean footballer (born 1947)

Yoo Kee-heung
Hangul
유기흥
Hanja
劉基興
Revised RomanizationYu Giheung
McCune–ReischauerRyu Kihŭng

Yoo Kee-heung (Korean: 유기흥; born 1947) is a Korean football manager and former player.

A full-back, Yoo represented South Korea as a player during the 1974 World Cup qualifiers.[1]

Yoo subsequently turned to football coaching. He started in the schools with stints at the Geoje High School (1981–87) and with the Incheon University (1989–97) teams.

Yoo later went on to the national level, as Korea's national team assistant manager in 1993, during the 1994 World Cup qualifiers. However, the position went to Huh Jung-moo during the 1994 finals, though apparently he remained part of the coaching setup in some capacity.[2]

After the 1994 World Cup, he was in charge of the South Korea women's national team (1999–2001), Bhutan national teams at various levels in 2002, [3] the Nepal national team (2003),[4] as well as various Nepalese youth teams.[5] On 21 December 2007, it was announced that Yoo had been hired as the Cambodia national team coach. This appointment was reported to be part of a sponsorship deal with a Korean technology company worth $205 thousand a year, half of which will be Yoo's salary.[2]

Honours

Managerial

South Korean national B team

  • Merlion Cup: 1992

References

  1. ^ (in Korean) KBS’s World Cup records
  2. ^ a b FIFA.com - Cambodia appoint new national coach
  3. ^ Magnus Soccer (in Korean)
  4. ^ RSSSF Archived 18 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Nepal News,

External links

  • Yoo Kee-heung – FIFA competition record (archived)
Yoo Kee-heung managerial positions
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Bhutan national football teammanagers
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Nepal national football teammanagers


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