Hwang Sun-hong

On 14 December 2018, Hwang was appointed as manager of Yanbian Funde. However, he left the club after Yanbian Funde was disqualified for the 2019 China League One due to owing taxes in February 2019.

On 21 June 2016, he was appointed as manager of FC Seoul. On 30 April 2018, he resigned as FC Seoul manager with responsibility for poor performance.

On 9 November 2010, he returned to his former team Pohang Steelers as manager. In first coaching year at the Steelers, he guided the team to a second place in the regular season. A sound knowledge of coaching, player training, and club training analysis and observation - as a coach, the Pohang Steelers became the FA CUP champions in 2012 . And, the success of the organization under the careful, meticulous, and successful guidance of Hwang continued as the Pohang Steelers defended their title for another year in 2013 and became and K League champions in 2013. Hwang received K League Manager of the Year Award

On 4 December 2007, he signed a three-year contract with Busan IPark and became manager of Busan.

In 2005, Hwang was appointed as assistant coach of Jeonnam Dragons and started his coaching career. Mr. Hwang received Best Coach Award from FA Cup.

Even as he approached his mid-30s, Hwang remained a highly effective striker who could always get himself into good scoring positions. He was an important part of the 2002 World Cup squad, where his wiliness and vast international experience lent a steady hand to Guus Hiddink's young players. By scoring the opening goal in the first group match against Poland, Hwang helped South Korea achieve their first ever victory in the World Cup.

The veteran Korea striker ended his international career after the 2002 World Cup. Prior to the 2002 World Cup Hwang had made 103 appearances for the South Korea national football team, scoring 50 goals, an average of 1 goal every 2 matches.

He also spent much of his career in the Japanese J1 League and enjoyed his most prolific season with Cerezo Osaka. He scored 24 goals in 25 matches of the 1999 J1 League, becoming the first South Korean footballer who won the top scorer award of a foreign league. He was also nominated for the Asian Footballer of the Year in that year, finishing third place. In late 2003, having finally retired, Hwang has now turned his attention to coaching.

Despite his disappointing results in the 1994 the World Cup campaign, Hwang consistently played for the national team and gained a reputation as a prolific goal scorer. Particularly noteworthy was his performance in the Hiroshima Asian Games qualifier against Nepal on 1 October 1994, in which he scored 8 goals, the highest single-game score in international play in South Korean football history. Hwang was South Korea's outstanding player in the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, scoring against Mexico and Australia.

Returning to South Korea in June 1993, he was drafted by the newly formed club Wansan Puma, formerly the Chonbuk Buffalo, and was traded to Pohang Steelworks for eight players. In the 1995 K League, he spent his heyday by recording 11 goals and six assists with 24 appearances including a record, which he set by scoring in eight consecutive matches, but his team finished runners-up. He won two Asian Club Championships with Pohang, but he couldn't won a K League title.

After graduating from University, Hwang boycotted the draft system of the K League, and left for Germany to study football. In the summer of 1991 he joined the reserve team of Bayer Leverkusen, and scored 10 goals with 10 appearances during the first half of the season in the Oberliga Nordrhein, the fourth division of Germany. He joined 2. Bundesliga side Wuppertaler SV next year, but he appeared only nine games for a season because the cruciate ligament of his knee was ruptured.

Hwang became a prominent striker in the national team after the 1990 World Cup. Therefore, he was again called up for the 1994 FIFA World Cup squad with high expectations for good performances. But, contrary to expectations, he wasn't able to show what he really could do in competitions. He scored a goal in the last Group C match against Germany, but missed many goal scoring opportunities in a match against Bolivia. South Korea were eliminated in the group stage by the failure to secure a win against Bolivia.

During most of the last two decades, Hwang was regarded as a Korean goalscoring sensation. He made his international debut against Japan on 6 December 1988 and led the South Korea national team from the 1990 FIFA World Cup to the 2002 FIFA World Cup though his career suffered a blip when an injury forced him to miss the 1998 tournament because Jiang Jin, a Chinese goalkeeper, had severely injured him in France. His absence due to injury played a major part in the team's poor showing in France 98.

Hwang was first selected for South Korea national team on 7 November 1988. He made his international debut and scored his first international goal on 6 December 1988 in an AFC Asian Cup match against Japan. Following outstanding performances in qualifying campaign, he was included in the South Korea squad for the 1990 World Cup.

Hwang Sun-hong (born 14 July 1968) is a South Korean football former player and current manager. A dangerous striker who excelled in putting the ball into the net, Hwang was South Korea's most consistent forward for much of the 1990s and early 2000s.