Ex-manager of S. Korean national team to coach China football club

Former coach of South Korea's national football team Park Sung-hwa has agreed to manage a football club in the north eastern Chinese city of Dalian, the club said Wednesday.

The Dalian Shide Football Club, owned by the Shide Group, one of the leading suppliers of building materials in China, said on its Web site that the club appointed Park as the head coach for the ongoing season.

It is the first time for the club to hire a South Korean coach, according to the Web site.

Park, who played for South Korea's national squad from 1974 to 1985, was the head coach of the national team for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Meanwhile, Ahn Jung-hwan, a 34-year-old South Korean striker, has been playing for the Chinese club since 2009//Yonhap

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