Huh Jung-Moo 55 years old (13 january 1955) born in Jindo-jeonnam,Republic of Korea and hight 1.75 m (5 ft 8 1/2 in) is a Korean former Midfielder football player. the current manager of the Korean national team.
One of Huh's memorable goals is that he scored against Japan in the final game of the Asian qualifier for 1986 Mexico World Cup. With already 2-1 win in the 1st leg, Huh's goal was to finally end the drought of Korean national team's 32 years of World cup absences and start 6 consecutive appearances of World Cup, which is the most in Asia.
Huh has previously coached the Korea Republic national football team twice before, as well as having coaching the Pohang Atoms and the Chunnam Dragons. His team won the Korean FA Cup in 2006 and 2007.
His first term as national team manager was temporary. In 1998, he was appointed for the second time. Then he picked up some nameless young players and give them important positions instead of star players. This caused harsh criticism against him. After the failures in the 2000 Summer Olympics and 1998 Asian Games, he was replaced by foreign coach Guus Hiddink
One of Huh's memorable goals is that he scored against Japan in the final game of the Asian qualifier for 1986 Mexico World Cup. With already 2-1 win in the 1st leg, Huh's goal was to finally end the drought of Korean national team's 32 years of World cup absences and start 6 consecutive appearances of World Cup, which is the most in Asia.
Huh has previously coached the Korea Republic national football team twice before, as well as having coaching the Pohang Atoms and the Chunnam Dragons. His team won the Korean FA Cup in 2006 and 2007.
His first term as national team manager was temporary. In 1998, he was appointed for the second time. Then he picked up some nameless young players and give them important positions instead of star players. This caused harsh criticism against him. After the failures in the 2000 Summer Olympics and 1998 Asian Games, he was replaced by foreign coach Guus Hiddink
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