Hwang Sun-hong

Hwang Sun-hong or Hwang Seon-hong (born July 14, 1968) is a South Korean football former player and current manager of FC Seoul.
During most of the last two decades, Hwang was regarded as a Korean scoring sensation. He made his international debut against Japan on December 6, 1988 and led the Korean national team from the 1990 World Cup to the 2002 World Cup though his career suffered a blip when an injury forced him to miss the 1998 tournament because a Chinese player had severely injured him in France.
A dangerous striker who excelled in putting the ball into the net, Hwang was South Korea’s most consistent forward for much of the past decade, and his absence due to injury played a major part in the team’s poor showing in France 98. Hwang was South Korea’s outstanding player in the 2001 Confederations Cup, scoring against Mexico and Australia, as well as against Germany in the 1994 World Cup. He was arguably one of Asia's finest finishers in recent times, and was short-listed for the prestigious Asian Player of the Year award in 2002.
Hwang participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics as wild card player.

Club career

At club level, Hwang initially boycotted K League draft system with Hong Myung-Bo as a youngster to play in Europe – where he joined 2. Bundesliga outfit Wuppertaler SV during the season of 1992–93, he scored three goals in nine appearances until he injured his knee.

After his brief stint in Europe as a player, Hwang returned to his country. He was drafted in 1993 by the newly formed club Wansan Puma, which was formerly the Chonbuk Buffalo, then traded to Posco Atoms for eight players. He played in Pohang for six seasons and became a club legend. In the 1995 season campaign, he established the record by scoring goals in 8 consecutive matches and in 1998, he won Asian Club Championship with the Steelers.

Hwang also spent much of his career in the J1 League and enjoyed his most prolific season with Cerezo Osaka in 1999 with 24 goals in 25 matches, making him the top scorer in the J1 League charts.

In late 2003, having finally retired, Hwang has now turned his attention to coaching.

International career

Hwang was first selected for South Korea national team on November 7, 1988. He made his international debut and scored his first international goal on December 6, 1988 in an Asian Cup match against Japan. Following outstanding performances in qualifying campaign, he was included in the South Korea squad for the 1990 World Cup.

Hwang became a prominent striker in the national team after the 1990 World Cup. Therefore, he was again called up for the 1994 World Cup squad with high expectations for good performances. But, contrary to expectations, he wasn't able to show what he really could do in competitions. He scored a goal in the last Group C match against Germany, but missed many goal scoring opportunities in a match against Bolivia. South Korea were eliminated in the group stage by the failure to secure a win against Bolivia.

Despite his disappointing results in the 1994 the World Cup campaign, Hwang consistently played for the national team and gained a reputation as a prolific goal scorer. Particularly noteworthy was his performance in the Hiroshima Asian Games qualifier against Nepal on October 1, 1994, in which he scored 8 goals, the highest single-game score in international play in South Korean football history.

2002 World Cup

Even as he approached his mid-30's, Hwang remained a highly effective striker who could always get himself into good scoring positions. He was an important part of the 2002 World Cup squad, where his wiliness and vast international experience lent a steady hand to Guus Hiddink's young players. By scoring the opening goal in the first group match against Poland, Hwang helped South Korea achieve their first ever victory in the World Cup.

The veteran Korea striker ended his international career after the 2002 World Cup. Prior to the 2002 World Cup Hwang had made 97 appearances for the South Korea national football team, scoring an impressive 49 goals, an average of 1 goal every 2 matches.

Managerial career

In 2005, Hwang was appointed as assistant coach of Chunnam Dragons and started his coaching career. Mr. Hwang received Best Coach Award from FA Cup.

Busan IPark

On December 4, 2007, he signed a three-year contract with Busan I'Park and became manager of Busan.

Pohang Steelers

On November 9 2010, he returned to his former team Pohang Steelers as manager. In first coaching year at the Steelers, he guided the team to a second place in the regular season. A sound knowledge of coaching, player training, and club training analysis and observation - as a coach, the Pohang Steelers became the FA CUP champions in 2012 . And, the success of the organization under the careful, meticulous, and successful guidance of Hwang continued as the Pohang Steelers defended their title for another year in 2013 and became and K League champions in 2013. Hwang received K League Manager of the Year Award

FC Seoul

On 21 June 2016, he was appointed as manager of FC Seoul.

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
December 6, 1988	Doha	Japan	1 goal	2–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup
December 11, 1988	Doha	Iran	1 goal	3–0	1988 AFC Asian Cup
May 23, 1989	Seoul	Singapore	2 goals	3–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
May 27, 1989	Seoul	Malaysia	2 goals	3–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
June 5, 1989	Singapore	Malaysia	1 goal	3–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
August 14, 1989	Los Angeles	United States	1 goal	2–1	1989 Marlboro Cup
October 16, 1989	Singapore	North Korea	1 goal	1–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
October 25, 1989	Singapore	Saudi Arabia	1 goal	2–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
February 4, 1990	Ta'Qali	Norway	1 goal	2–3	Friendly match
July 28, 1990	Beijing	Japan	1 goal	2–0	1990 Dynasty Cup
September 25, 1990	Beijing	Pakistan	3 goals	7–0	1990 Asian Games
October 23, 1990	Seoul	North Korea	1 goal	1–0	Friendly match
October 28, 1993	Doha	North Korea	1 goal	3–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
February 26, 1994	Los Angeles	Colombia	1 goal	2–2	Friendly match
May 4, 1994	Changwon	Cameroon	1 goal	2–1	Friendly match
June 11, 1994	Duncanville	Honduras	1 goal	3–0	Friendly match
June 27, 1994	Dallas	Germany	1 goal	2–3	1994 FIFA World Cup
September 13, 1994	Seoul	Ukraine	1 goal	2–0	Friendly match
October 1, 1994	Hiroshima	Nepal	8 goals	11–0	1994 Asian Games
October 5, 1994	Hiroshima	Oman	1 goal	2–1	1994 Asian Games
October 11, 1994	Hiroshima	Japan	2 goals	3–2	1994 Asian Games
October 30, 1995	Seoul	Saudi Arabia	1 goal	1–1	Friendly match
March 19, 1996	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	1 goal	2–3	1996 Dubai Tournament
April 30, 1996	Tel Aviv	Israel	2 goals	5–4	Friendly match
November 23, 1996	Suwon	Colombia	2 goals	4–1	Friendly match
December 4, 1996	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	1 goal	1–1	1996 AFC Asian Cup
December 7, 1996	Abu Dhabi	Indonesia	2 goals	4–2	1996 AFC Asian Cup
April 1, 1998	Seoul	Japan	1 goal	2–1	Friendly match
April 22, 1998	Beograd	Yugoslavia	1 goal	1–3	Friendly match
May 27, 1998	Seoul	Czech Republic	1 goal	2–2	Friendly match
June 1, 2001	Ulsan	Mexico	1 goal	2–1	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
June 3, 2001	Suwon	Australia	1 goal	1–0	2001 FIFA Confederations Cup
March 20, 2002	Cartagena	Finland	2 goals	2–0	Friendly match
June 4, 2002	Busan	Poland	1 goal	2–0	2002 FIFA World Cup

Player

Pohang Steelers

• K League Runner-up: 1995
• FA Cup: 1996
• League Cup: 1993 Runner-up: 1996
• League Cup Runner-up: 1996
• Asian Club Championship: 1997, 1998
• Asian Super Cup Runner-up: 1997, 1998

International

• Asian Games Bronze Medal: 1990
• AFC Asian Cup Runner-up: 1988
• FIFA World Cup 4th place: 2002

Manager

Busan IPark

• Korean League Cup Runner-up: 2009
• Korean FA Cup Runner-up: 2010

Pohang Steelers

• K League Classic: 2013
• Korean FA Cup (2): 2012, 2013

FC Seoul

• K League Classic: 2016

Individual

Player

• Asian Games Top Scorer Award: 1994
• K League Best XI: 1995
• J.League Best XI: 1999
• J.League Top Scorer Award: 1999

Manager

• K League Manager of the Year (2): 2013, 2016
• Korean FA Cup Manager of the Year (2): 2012, 2013