John

John means God is gracious or God's gracious gift. I do feel like a gift from God. My name is Sean, Shaun, Shawn, or Shamus in Irish; Ian in Scottish; Giovanni or Gianni in Italian; Juan or Juanito in Spanish; Jean in French; Jan in Danish; Johannes or Hans in German and Dutch; Ivan in Russian; João in Portuguese; and 요한 (Yo-Han) in Korean. The feminine forms of my name are Jane, Jayne, Joan, Joann, Joanna, and Johanna. My name is John Park, but you can call me Johnny Parker. John is also another word for toilet.

~ Creative, gifted, and talented cartoonist and animator ~ Born in Los Angeles, California to both parents from South Korea ~ Grew up in São Paulo, Brazil ~ Has ten cousins who are Korean-Brazilians ~ Enjoys music ~ Soccer fan of South Korea ~

One day, I heard why I should be proud of being Korean. The largest church in the whole wide world is in South Korea. In 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Korea is the first and only Asian team that reached semifinal of the tournament. It looks like God blessed our soccer team, because many of the players are Christians. You could even see them praying together.

Down below are pictures of Park Chu-Young. He is one of the Korea World Cup players. Most players in Korea soccer team are Christians. While playing soccer, Park Chu-Young prays in front of all the people in the stadium. Whenever his team scores, he always bows on his knees to thank God while many people are watching him. Park Chu-Young said at the FIFA interview that when he retires, he will be a missionary in Asia. "I'm playing football to express my thankfulness to God for giving me such a great talent and I have no intention to change my goal celebration," he said. "The first and main reason why I play football is to evangelise people. It would make me happy if just one person became interested in Christianity because of me." He also said, "As a disciple of Jesus, I would like to preach and praise the Lord my whole life. When the time comes for my retirement, I would like to begin missionary work while teaching and playing football." When he signs an autograph, he always writes "Jesus is Christ".

Down below are pictures of another South Korean Park. Park Ji-Sung currently plays for Manchester United as well. As a Manchester United player, he scored two goals on one game. He was one of the 2002 World Cup heroes. South Korea beat Portugal 1-0 when Park Ji-Sung scored. He also scored at the penalty shootout against Spain to reach semifinal. At the 2006 World Cup, he equalized with France 1-1. Park is one of the key players for South Korea. He has been a great hero for the nation. Not only is he popular in Korea, but he is also popular in England for Manchester United.

KOREA SOCCER TEAM'S RESULTS UNDER HEAD COACH, HUH JUNG-MOO

Date	Competition	Teams	Venue	Scorers
01-30-08	Friendly	South Korea vs. Chile 0 : 1	Seoul, South Korea	Gonzalo Fierro (55 min, CHI)
02-06-08	World Cup Qualifier	South Korea vs. Turkmenistan 4 : 0	Seoul, South Korea	Kwak Tae-Hwi (43 min, KOR)/ Seol Ki-Hyeon (57 min, KOR)/ Park Ji-Sung (70 min, KOR)/ Seol Ki-Hyeon (83 min, KOR)
02-17-08	EAFF Championship	South Korea vs. China 3 : 2	Chongqing, China	Park Chu-Young (43 min, KOR)/ Zhou Haibin (47 min, CHN)/ Liu Jian (61 min, CHN)/ Park Chu-Young (65 min, KOR)/ Kwak Tae-Hwi (92 min, KOR)
02-20-08	EAFF Championship	South Korea vs. North Korea 1 : 1	Chongqing, China	Yeom Ki-Hun (21 min, KOR)/ Jeung Dae-Se (73 min, PRK)
02-23-08	EAFF Championship	South Korea vs. Japan 1 : 1	Chongqing, China	Yeom Ki-Hun (14 min, KOR)/ Koji Yamase (68 min, JPN)
03-26-08	World Cup Qualifier	South Korea vs. North Korea 0 : 0	Shanghai, China	-
05-31-08	World Cup Qualifier	South Korea vs. Jordan -	Seoul, South Korea	-
06-07-08	World Cup Qualifier	South Korea vs. Jordan -	Amman, Jordan	-
06-14-08	World Cup Qualifier	South Korea vs. Turkmenistan -	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	-
06-22-08	World Cup Qualifier	South Korea vs. North Korea -	Seoul, South Korea	-

~ 2 wins/  3 draws/ 1 losses ~
~ COACHES ~ Head Coach: Huh Jung-Moo ( South Korea, D.O.B. 01-13-55)
Assistant Coach: Jung Hae-Soung ( South Korea, D.O.B. 03-04-58)
Assistant Coach: Park Tae-Ha ( South Korea, D.O.B. 05-29-68)
Goal Keeper Coach: Kim Hyun-Tae ( South Korea, D.O.B. 05-01-61)

 

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KOREA'S RESULTS UNDER PREVIOUS COACHES

2000-2002	2003-2004	2004-2005
Guus Hiddink ( Netherlands, D.O.B. 11-08-46)	Humberto Coelho ( Portugal, D.O.B. 04-20-50)	Jo Bonfrere ( Netherlands, D.O.B. 06-15-46)

2005-2007	2006-2007
Dick Advocaat ( Netherlands, D.O.B. 09-27-47)	Pim Verbeek ( Netherlands, D.O.B. 03-12-56)

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