Jang Jung

Jang Jung
장정
Personal information
Full name	Jang Jung
Date of birth	5 May 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	South Korea
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Ajou University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1986	Daewoo Royals
1987–1988	Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso
1989	Ilhwa Chunma
1990–1991	Perak
1992–1993	Singapore
1997–1999	Geylang United
International career
1981–1983	South Korea U-20
1983–1991	South Korea
Managerial career
1998–2002	Geylang United
2003–2005	Balestier Khalsa
2006–2007	Sri Lanka U-23
2007–2008	Sri Lanka
2010–2012	Sri Lanka
2012	Perak
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jang Jung (Korean: 장정) is a South Korean former footballer who mostly played as a centre-back throughout his entire career.

Playing career

Club career

Jang formerly played with Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso in South Korea.^[1]

In 1989, he joined Perak FA in Malaysia.^[1] In 1991, he joined Singapore FA^[1] and Geylang United in Singapore.

International career

Jang played for the South Korea national under-20 football team and won the bronze medal in the 1983 World Youth Championship.^[2]

He also represented the South Korean Olympic team for the 1985 Merlion Cup.^[2]

Coaching career

While playing for Geylang United, Jang was trained as a coach and completed his qualifications.^[1] He eventually became part of the club's youth coaching system.^[1]

Jang coached the Sri Lanka's U23 and their national football team^[3] for six years^[1] until April 2012.^[4]

On 19 July 2012, it was announced that Jang will take over his former team Perak FA's head coach position from Norizan Bakar on an interim basis until the end of the 2012 Malaysia Cup campaign.^[5] His spell with Perak was a disappointing one, recording only one win, while suffering three draws and two defeats in six Malaysia Cup group stage matches, failing to qualify to the quarter-finals. His contract was not renewed after the Malaysia Cup exit.