Park Kun-ha (born 25 July 1971) is a South Korean former professional footballer.

Park Kun-ha
박건하
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-07-25) 25 July 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Daejeon, South Korea
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Utility player
Youth career
1990–1993 Kyunghee University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 E-Land
1996–2006 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 292 (44)
2000Kashiwa Reysol (loan) 5 (1)
International career
1996–1998 South Korea 20 (5)
Managerial career
2016 Seoul E-Land
2020–2022 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Park Kun-ha
Hangul
박건하
Hanja
朴建夏
Revised RomanizationBak Geon-ha
McCune–ReischauerPak Kŏn-ha

Career

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Park was born in Daejeon, South Korea. He started his professional career in 1996 as the founding member of Suwon Samsung Bluewings. At first, he played as a striker and scored many goals and help the Bluewings to win the championship in 1998 and 1999 and Asian Champions Cup and Asian Super Cup in 2001 and 2002, respectively. Later, he changed his position to defender and helped the Bluewings to win their third championship in the history.

He retired in 2006 and became an assistant coach of the first team at the Suwon Bluewings. In 2009, he became the manager of Suwon Bluewings U18 team (Maetan High School Football Club).

With Bluewings, he won three K-League championships and also won the Rookie of the Year award in the 1996 season.

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[1][2]
Club Season League
Division Apps Goals
Suwon Samsung Bluewings 1996 K-League 34 14
1997 19 2
1998 22 2
1999 39 12
2000 19 6
2001 30 4
2002 26 2
2003 31 0
2004 31 1
2005 26 1
2006 15 0
Total 292 44
Kashiwa Reysol (loan) 2000 J1 League 5 1
Career total 297 45

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Korea Republic 1996 2 0
1997 15 5
1998 3 0
Total 20 5
Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
Date Venue Opponent Scored Result Competition
25 January 1997 Sydney, Australia   New Zealand 1 goal 3–1 1997 Opus Tournament
23 April 1997 Beijing, China   China 2 goals 2–0 Korea-China Annual Match
28 May 1997 Daejeon, South Korea   Hong Kong 1 goal 4–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 June 1997 Seoul, South Korea   Egypt 1 goal 3–1 1997 Korea Cup

References

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  1. ^ Park Kun-ha at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ K League profile
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Suwon Samsung Bluewings captain
2001
Succeeded by