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Coach Park extends contract with VFF for another year

Korean coach Park Hang-seo has extended his contract with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) for another year, from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023.
Coach Park extends contract with VFF for another year ảnh 1Korean coach Park Hang-seo extends his contract with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) for another year. (Photo: VFF)
Hanoi (VNA) – Korean coach Park Hang-seo has extendedhis contract with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) for another year, fromFebruary 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023.

To enable Park to focus onhis training tasks with Vietnam's national squad, the VFF plans to make some changes to coachingpositions of U23 team. After Park completes his job at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) slated in May 2022, he will become a managerof the U23 team and its head coach position will be handed over to another person appointed by the VFF.

This move will ease Park’sworkload and pressure to enable him to perform better as the head coach of thenational team in the coming time, according to the VFF.

Coach Park extends contract with VFF for another year ảnh 2Park's contract with the VFF will be extended from February 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023. (Photo: VNA)
Park was born on January 4, 1959 in Sancheong county in the Republic of Korea's South Gyeongsang province.

He was a national teamplayer before working as a professional coach. He used to work at the trainingcentres of Palmeiras Club in Brazil and Bayer Leverkusen of Germany.

Park was an assistant toGuus Hiddink, coach of the Korean national team who entered the semi-finals at WorldCup 2002.

He first came to Vietnamin October 2017 under a two-year contract and has achieved great successes. Under the guidance ofPark, Vietnam secured the fourth position at the Asian Games 2018, second place at theAFC U23 Championship 2018 and won the AFF Championship - Suzuki Cup 2018. The team also wonthe title at the 30th SEA Games in 2019.

Park has four important tasks ahead. Thenational team are expected to go as far as possible at the 2022 World Cup'sthird qualifiers and the 2022 Asian U23 Championship qualifying round. They willthen defend their titles at the 2021 AFF Cup and the 31st SEA Games.

The Vietnamese national team will play Japan at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi at 7:00pm on November 11./.
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