nationalcaps birth_date currentclub years youthyears caps goals nationalyears name birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps medaltemplates totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
2 23 100 25 february 1981 manchester united -lrb- global ambassador -rrb- 2000 2014 2013 -- 2014 2003 -- 2005 2005 -- 2012 2012 -- 2000 76 65 200 20 23 11 13 19 0 2 2000 1999 -- 2004 2000 -- 2011 park ji-sung goheung , jeollanam-do , south korea south korea u-20 south korea u-23 south korea 1.75 318 south korea 45 0 3 13 myongji university myongji → psv eindhoven -lrb- loan -rrb- university psv eindhoven manchester united queens park rangers midfielder park ji-sung

park ji-sung

park ji-sung -lrb- hangul : ; hanja : ; ; born 25 february 1981 -rrb- is a south korean former footballer who currently serves as a club ambassador at manchester united .
born in goheung , jeollanam-do , he was the captain of the south korean national team until his retirement from international football .
he is the most decorated asian footballer in history , having won 19 trophies in his career and is the first asian footballer to have won the uefa champions league trophy , the first asian footballer to play in a uefa champions league final , as well as the first asian footballer to have won the fifa club world cup .
park is able to play anywhere across the midfield and is noted for his exceptional fitness level , discipline , work ethic and off-the-ball movement .
his remarkable endurance levels and pace earned him the nickname ` three-lungs ' park .
park began his football career in his native south korea and played for the myongji university team before moving to japan to play for kyoto purple sanga .
after park 's national team manager guus hiddink moved back to the netherlands to manage psv eindhoven , park followed him to the dutch side a year later .
after psv reached the semi-finals of the 2004 -- 05 uefa champions league , park 's talents were recognised by manchester united manager alex ferguson and he signed park for a fee of around # 4 million in july 2005 .
in his time at manchester united , park won the premier league four times and also won the 2007 -- 08 uefa champions league and the 2008 fifa club world cup .
he moved to queens park rangers in july 2012 after suffering a reduction in his number of appearances for manchester united the previous season .
however , an injury-interrupted season with qpr , combined with the club 's relegation , led to park rejoining psv on loan for the 2013 -- 14 season .
as a member of the south korean national team , park won 100 caps and scored 13 goals , and was a member of the team that finished fourth at the 2002 fifa world cup .
he also represented his nation at the 2006 fifa world cup and was captain at the 2010 fifa world cup .
park scored in all three consecutive tournaments -lrb- the first south korean and only second asian player to do so -rrb- and is currently asia 's joint all-time leading goalscorer at the fifa world cup finals with three goals , alongside compatriot ahn jung-hwan , tim cahill and saudi arabia 's sami al-jaber .
after the 2011 asian cup , on 31 january 2011 , park announced that he was retiring from international football at a press conference held by the korea football association in suwon .
on 14 may 2014 , park announced his retirement from football , citing his knee injury as the reason for his departure .
on 2 october 2014 , park returned to manchester united as one of the club 's global ambassadors .
he was presented by sir alex ferguson at the home game against everton .
park became the first asian to become an ambassador at manchester united and the sixth ambassador overall , following sir bobby charlton , andy cole , sir alex ferguson , denis law , and bryan robson .
