Seo Jung-Won

Football player infobox
playername= Seo Jung-Won
fullname = Seo Jung-Won
nickname =


dateofbirth = birth date and age|1970|12|17
cityofbirth = Gwangju, Gyeonggi
countryofbirth = South Korea
height = height|ft=5|in=8
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber = -
position = Former Midfielder, Retired
youthyears =
youthclubs = Korea University
years = 1992-1997 1997-1998 1999-2004 2005 2005-2007
clubs = Anyang LG Cheetahs RC Strasbourg Suwon Samsung Bluewings Red Bull Salzburg SV Ried
caps(goals) = 78 (22) 16 (4) 185 (46) 12 (2) 54 (9)
nationalyears = 1990-2000
nationalteam = Korea Republic
nationalcaps(goals) = 85 (16)
pcupdate = 20 May 2007 [ [http://new.kleaguei.com/record/mania/player.aspx K-리그 개인기록 현황] ] [ [http://www.svried.at/svried.wsc/Page.p?HTMLPageIdent=193&SpracheIdent=1 SV Reid match results] ] [ [http://www.bundesliga.at/terminplan/index.php? Austria league results] ]
ntupdate = 25 March 2007 [ [http://www.kfa.or.kr/fb_info/fb_amatch_list.asp KFA 축구자료실 국내선수통산 A매치] ]

Seo Jung-Won (born December 17 1970 in Gwangju, South Korea) is a football player and coach from South Korea. Nicknamed "nalssen dori" ("speedy" in Korean) in his native Korea, he was even offered a contract from FC Barcelona in his early twenties which he turned down. [http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview.htm?articleid=2007080616585962470&linkid=383&newsset=481&nav=1] As of 2006, he played forward and midfielder for SV Ried, a club in the Austrian Bundesliga. Seo moved to SV Ried from Red Bull Salzburg in June 2005.

He also served as player-coach at Suwon Samsung Bluewings in South Korea from 1998 to 2004. He was a member of the South Korean national football team at the 1994 World Cup, the 1998 Asian Games, and the 1998 World Cup. His contract with SV Ried expired in May 2006. He was named the "player of the year" (Jahreswertung aller Spieler) of the 2005-2006 season in the Austrian Bundesliga [http://www.soccero.com/n2board/?doc=bbs/n2board.php&bo_table=news&page=1&wr_id=96]

Recently, after South Korea national football team's head coach Pim Verbeek resigned, along with his former national team teammate, best friend, and the current South Korea national football team's assistant coach Hong Myung-Bo was made on the list for the vacant head coaching job for the South Korea national football team.

Club history

* Anyang Cheetahs FC 1992-1997
* RC Strasbourg 1998
* Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1999-2004
* Red Bull Salzburg 2005
* SV Ried 2005-2007
* FC Blau-Weiss Linz 2008

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