Kim Jung-nam

Kim Jung-nam (; born 28 January 1943) is a former South Korean football player and manager.

International career In 1962, Kim played for the South Korea under-20 team, and also started to be called up to the senior team from 1964. While playing 67 official matches for South Korea until 1973, he won a gold medal at the 1970 Asian Games. The combination of him and his fellow defender Kim Ho is regarded as one of the greatest South Korean centre-back duos of all time.

Managerial career After his retirement as a player in 1973, Kim started his coaching career at the national team. Between October and December 1977, he was temporarily promoted to manager during the remaining matches of the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

On 3 May 1980, Kim became manager of South Korea for the second time. At the 1980 AFC Asian Cup, he led the team to win four consecutive matches until semi-finals including a 3–0 win over hosts Kuwait after drawing 1–1 with Malaysia in their first match. However, nine players of his team were not in normal condition after suffering injuries in the 2–1 semi-final win over North Korea, and his team lost 3–0 to Kuwait in the final due to the aftereffects.

Kim was appointed to a coach of newly-formed K League club Yukong Elephants on 17 December 1982, and was promoted to their manager on 21 July 1985. In 1989, he achieved the club's first-ever league title.

Kim managed South Korea in the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, and led his country to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 32 years since 1954. In the Group A of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, his team lost to eventual champions Argentina and defending champions Italy with scores of 3–1 and 3–2 respectively, and drew 1–1 with Bulgaria. He redeemed his failure at the World Cup by winning the 1986 Asian Games. Lastly, he participated at the 1988 Summer Olympics before leaving the national team to concentrate on Yukong Elephants.

On 12 May 1992, Kim resigned from Yukong. On 13 January 1993, he joined Korea Football Association as the executive director. Between 1998 and 1999, he moved to China, managing two Chinese Jia-A League clubs, namely Shandong Luneng and Qingdao Yizhong Hainiu, but left them after bringing unsuccessful results.

On 22 August 2000, K League club Ulsan Hyundai announced the appointment of Kim as their new manager. During his term as Ulsan manager until 2008, he won four trophies including the club's second K League title in 2005, whereas his tactics were criticised for focusing on defense excessively. When he heard this criticism from journalists, he emphatically denied it, saying that he showed various methods of counter-attack. Until the end of his managerial career, he won a total of 210 K League matches, becoming the manager to win the most K League 1 matches. His record was broken by Choi Kang-hee in 2018.

Personal life He is the elder brother of twins Kang-nam and Sung-nam, who also became national players.

Career statistics International

+Appearances and goals by national team and year

Yangzee Korean National Championship: 1968 Korean President's Cup: 1968 Asian Champion Club Tournament runner-up: 1969

South Korea U20 AFC Youth Championship runner-up: 1962

South Korea Asian Games: 1970

Individual KASA Best Korean Footballer: 1969, 1970 Korean FA Best XI: 1969, 1970, 1971 Korean FA Most Valuable Player: 1971

Ulsan Hyundai K League 1: 2005 Korean Super Cup: 2006

South Korea Asian Games: 1986

Individual K League 1 Manager of the Year: 1989 K League All-Star: 1991, 2002, 2003 K League Hall of Fame: 2023