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Kim Sang-sik (Korean: 김상식; Hanja: 金相植; born 17 December 1976) is a South Korean football manager and former player. During his playing career, he played for the South Korea national team as a centre-back or a defensive midfielder. He is currently manager of Vietnam and Vietnam U23, and is considered one of the greatest managers in Vietnamese football history.[1][2]

Kim Sang-sik
Kim with Vietnam national team in 2024
Personal information
Full name Kim Sang-sik
Date of birth (1976-12-17) 17 December 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth Haenam, Jeonnam, South Korea
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Vietnam (manager)
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Daegu University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2008 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 195 (11)
2003–2004 → Gwangju Sangmu (draft) 62 (3)
2009–2013 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 121 (1)
Total 378 (15)
International career
2000 South Korea U23 4[α] (0)
2000–2012 South Korea 59 (2)
Managerial career
2013–2020 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors (assistant)
2020–2023 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2024– Vietnam
2024– Vietnam U23
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  South Korea (as player)
AFC Asian Cup
Bronze medal – third place2000 Lebanon
Bronze medal – third place2007 Indonesia/Malaysia
/Thailand/Vietnam
Representing  Vietnam (as manager)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
Bronze medal – third place2026 Saudi Arabia
ASEAN Championship
Winner2024
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place2025 Thailand
ASEAN U-23 Championship
Winner2025 Indonesia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Kim Sang-sik
Hangul
김상식
Hanja
金相植
RRGim Sangsik
MRKim Sangsik

Club career

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In 1999, Kim joined Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, significantly contributing to Seongnam's consecutive K League championships in 2001 and 2002. He joined the military club Gwangju Sangmu in 2003 to perform his military service, and returned to Seongnam in 2005.[3] He once again contributed to a K League title in 2006.

Because of the team's negative performance in 2008 and the transition from coach Kim Hak-bum to Shin Tae-yong, Kim transferred to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in January 2009 as a part of the team's restructuring.[4] He was appointed the new captain of the team.[5]

On 26 November 2013, Kim announced his retirement.[6] In his final match against FC Seoul, Kim scored on a penalty kick, ending his playing career on a high note.[7]

International career

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On 29 May 2000, Kim debuted for the South Korea national team in a friendly match against Yugoslavia.

Kim was selected for the national team for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, and played two Group G matches as a substitute.[8]

In the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, he replaced injured defensive midfielder Kim Nam-il and helped South Korea reach the semi-finals. However, Kim was involved in a drinking scandal with captain Lee Woon-jae and some others during the tournament, resulting in a one-year suspension from the national team and a two-year ban from competitions organized by the Korea Football Association.[9]

After nearly five years, in February 2012, Kim returned to the national team prior to a friendly against Uzbekistan and a World Cup qualifier against Kuwait. He retired from the national team after these matches.[10]

Managerial career

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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

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After retiring at the end of 2013, he went to France to receive coaching training. He returned to Jeonbuk in 2014 and worked as an assistant coach under managers Choi Kang-hee and José Morais.

On 7 December 2020, he participated in the Pro License course of Asian Football Confederation Coach Education.[11] Subsequently, on 22 December 2020, he was appointed manager of Jeonbuk, succeeding Morais. He became the first Jeonbuk player to manage the team.[12]

Kim Sang-sik as a manager of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

In the 2021 season, his first season as a manager, he led Jeonbuk to the K League 1 title. He became the first person to win the league title with Jeonbuk as a player, coach and manager.[13] He was also the third to achieve this feat, following Cho Kwang-rae and Choi Yong-soo.[14] He was awarded the K League Manager of the Year Award after the season.[15]

In 2022, however, Jeonbuk gradually focused on defense and counterattack due to Kim's monotonous tactics in contrast with previous managers, and he was criticized for losing Jeonbuk's style of play.[16] Despite this criticism, he renewed his contract with the club after winning the Korean FA Cup.[17]

Early in the 2023 season, Kim failed to improve the team's weaknesses, and Jeonbuk ranked tenth among twelve clubs after winning only three of ten matches. On 4 May 2023, he resigned, ending his 15-year term with Jeonbuk.[18]

Vietnam

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On 3 May 2024, Kim was appointed manager of Vietnam's senior and under-23 national teams, following Philippe Troussier's departure.[19] He hired Choi Won-kwon as his assistant and started building his team.[20] On 6 June, he made his debut as Vietnam's manager in a World Cup qualifier against the Philippines, ending Vietnam's eight-match losing streak with a 3–2 victory.[21]

Between December 2024 and January 2025, Kim led Vietnam in the 2024 ASEAN Championship. He sent his team to the semi-finals by earning three wins and one draw in the group stage including victories over compatriots Ha Hyeok-jun and Shin Tae-yong, who managed Laos and Indonesia respectively.[22] He became Vietnam's third manager and the second Korean manager to win an ASEAN Championship title after defeating Thailand in both legs of the final.[23]

On 10 April 2025, ASEAN Football Federation appointed Kim manager of the ASEAN All-Stars for a friendly against Manchester United named the Maybank Challenge Cup at Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Malaysia on 28 May.[24] He defeated Rúben Amorim's Manchester United side 1–0.[25] On 29 July, he won the 2025 ASEAN U-23 Championship for Vietnam's third consecutive title in the competition.[26] At the 2025 SEA Games, he won all four matches including a 3–2 final win over Thailand on 18 December.[27]

While participating at the 2026 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in January 2026, Kim and Vietnam won all matches against Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates before lost 3–0 to China in the semi-finals.[28][29] In the third place play-off, his team defeated his homeland South Korea 7–6 on penalties after a 2–2 draw with them.[30]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1999K League 261??100—361
2000K League 192??81??273
2001K League 250??70??320
2002K League 252??112—364
2005K League 2211080—311
2006K League 2510040—291
2007K League 2740010100384
2008K League 26000110—370
Total 195111060310026614
Gwangju Sangmu 2003K League 42220——442
2004K League 20100111—312
Total 62320111—754
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2009K League 3004030—370
2010K League 220206060360
2011K League 220000080300
2012K League 270??0060330
2013K League 1 201??0060261
Total 121160902601621
Career total 378159080436050319

International

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Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Kim Sang-sik
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
123 October 2000Tripoli, Lebanon Iran1–12–1 (a.e.t.)2000 AFC Asian Cup
220 March 2005Dubai, United Arab Emirates Burkina Faso1–01–0Friendly

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 31 March 2026
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
Pld W D L Win %
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 22 December 2020 4 May 2023 109602920055.05 [31][32][33][34][35]
Vietnam 3 May 2024 Present 211623076.19 [36]
Vietnam U23 3 May 2024 Present 231742073.91 [37]
Total 153933525060.78

Honours

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Player

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Manager

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Appearances as an overage player (three appearances in Summer Olympics, one appearance in friendlies)

References

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  1. ↑ "HLV Kim Sang-sik ơi, tại sao ông giỏi quá vậy?" [Manager Kim Sang-sik, why are you so good?] (in Vietnamese). Thanh Niên. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  2. ↑ "HLV Kim Sang-sik đi vào lịch sử bóng đá Việt Nam" [Manager Kim Sang-sik set a new milestone in Vietnamese football history] (in Vietnamese). Thanh Niên. 18 December 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  3. ↑ 김상식 등 17명 전역. Naver (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 24 December 2004.
  4. ↑ 프로축구 전북, 이동국ㆍ김상식 영입 (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 10 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 February 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  5. ↑ 전북 ‘캡틴’ 된 김상식 "친정 성남, 각오해" (in Korean). Sports World. 12 February 2009. Archived from the original on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  6. ↑ 김상식 공식 은퇴 선언… 12월 1일 FC 서울전서 '아듀' (in Korean). Best Eleven. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  7. ↑ '458경기' 김상식 PK 골.. 유종의 미 거뒀다. Daum (in Korean). Best Eleven. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Kim Sang-sik" (in Korean). KFA. Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  9. ↑ 음주파문 대표 자격정지 1년..K-리그는 출전 가능(종합) (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 2 November 2007. Archived from the original on 20 February 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  10. ↑ 한 경기에 올인한 김상식 "그냥 좋은 선수로 기억해 주길" (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 1 March 2012.
  11. ↑ '전북 차기 사령탑 후보' 김상식 코치, P급 지도자 강습받는다. Naver (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 3 December 2020. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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  13. ↑ "Jeonbuk win fifth consecutive K League title". Korea JoongAng Daily. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  14. ↑ '초보 감독' 김상식… 선수·코치 이어 지도자로도 K리그 우승. Naver (in Korean). Money S. 5 December 2021. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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  24. 1 2 "Vietnam's Kim Sang-sik to lead ASEAN All-Stars in landmark match against Manchester United FC". ASEAN Football Federation. 10 April 2025. Archived from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
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  26. 1 2 "Indonesia come up just short as Vietnam claim third consecutive ASEAN U-23 crown". ESPN. 29 July 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
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  45. ↑ [오피셜]'무패행진' 김상식 감독의 질주, 3월 '이달의 감독' 선정 (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. 12 April 2021. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
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