Park Chu-young

Park Chu-young (Hangul: 박주영; hanja: 朴主永; also romanised as Park Ju-young; born 10 July 1985) is South Korean footballer who currently plays for FC Seoul.

Club career

Youth career

Park Chu-young's popularity with the Korean public was sparked by his success at the AFC Youth Championship 2004 where he led the U20 Korean national team to a record-breaking 11th title. In the process, he won the Golden Ball Award and was chosen Most Valuable Player of the tournament. He was also capped for the South Korea under-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

The country's hysteria for the player grew even more wildly when Korea's under-20 squad participated in the Qatar eight-team invitational in January 2004. Park scored two against China, three against Ukraine, two against Algeria, and two against Japan as Korea won the tournament. Park was named the Asian Young Footballer of the Year by the Asian Football Confederation.

Park also participated in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship, where he scored a goal from a free kick against Nigeria.

Park

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