John Park

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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 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.

The logo of Korea Football Association

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". In case you didn't know, Park Chu-Young has an IQ of 150.

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)/ Jong Tae-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 2 : 2	Seoul, South Korea	Park Ji-Sung (38 min, KOR)/ Park Chu-Young (47 min, KOR)/ Hasan Abdel Mahmoud (72 min, JOR)/ Hasan Abdel Mahmoud (79 min, JOR)
06-07-08	World Cup Qualifier	South Korea vs. Jordan 1 : 0	Amman, Jordan	Park Chu-Young (23 min, KOR)
06-14-08	World Cup Qualifier	South Korea vs. Turkmenistan 3 : 1	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	Kim Do Heon (13 min, KOR)/ Guvanch Ovekov (76 min, TKM)/ Kim Do Heon (81 min, KOR)/ Kim Do Heon (92 min, KOR)
06-22-08	World Cup Qualifier	South Korea vs. North Korea 0 : 0	Seoul, South Korea	-
09-05-08	Friendly	South Korea vs. Jordan 1 : 0	Seoul, South Korea	Lee Chung-Yong (5 min, KOR)
09-10-08	World Cup Final Qualifier	South Korea vs. North Korea 1 : 1	Shanghai, China	Hong Yong-Jo (64 min, PRK)/ Ki Sung-Yueng (69 min, KOR)
10-11-08	Friendly	South Korea vs. Uzbekistan 3 : 0	Suwon, South Korea	Ki Sung-Yueng (3 min, KOR)/ Lee Keun-Ho (72 min, KOR)/ Lee Keun-Ho (85 min, KOR)
10-15-08	World Cup Final Qualifier	South Korea vs. UAE 4 : 1	Seoul, South Korea	Lee Keun-​Ho (20 min, KOR)/ Park Ji-Sung (25 min, KOR)/ Ismail Al Hammadi (71 min, UAE)/ Lee Keun-​Ho (80 min, KOR)/ Kwak Tae-Hwi (88 min, KOR)
11-14-08	Friendly	South Korea vs. Qatar 1 : 1	Doha, Qatar	Lee Chung-Yong (6 min, KOR)/ Favio Sasar (73 min, QAT)
11-19-08	World Cup Final Qualifier	South Korea vs. Saudi Arabia 2 : 0	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Lee Keun-Ho (77 min, KOR)/ Park Chu-Young (90 min, KOR)
02-01-09	Friendly	South Korea vs. Syria 1 : 1	Dubai, UAE	Hamzeh Etouni (80 min OG, KOR)/ Mohammad Al Rashed (90 min, SYR)
02-04-09	Friendly	South Korea vs. Bahrain 2 : 2	Dubai, UAE	Faouzi Aaish (63 min, BHR)/ Kim Jung-Woo (79 min, KOR)/ Abdulrahman Mubarak (82 min, BHR)/ Lee Keun-Ho (93 min, KOR)
02-11-09	World Cup Final Qualifier	South Korea vs. Iran 1 : 1	Tehran, Iran	Javad Nekounam (57 min, IRN)/ Park Ji-Sung (81 min, KOR)
03-29-09	Friendly	South Korea vs. Iraq 2 : 1	Suwon, South Korea	Hwang Jae-Won (52 min OG, IRQ)/ Kim Chi-Woo (55 min, KOR)/ Lee Keun-Ho (70 min, KOR)
04-01-09	World Cup Final Qualifier	South Korea vs. North Korea 1 : 0	Seoul, South Korea	Kim Chi-Woo (87 min, KOR)
06-02-09	Friendly	South Korea vs. Oman 0 : 0	Dubai, UAE	-
06-06-09	World Cup Final Qualifier	South Korea vs. UAE 2 : 0	Dubai, UAE	Park Chu-Young (5 min, KOR)/ Ki Sung-Yueng (37 min, KOR)
06-10-09	World Cup Final Qualifier	South Korea vs. Saudi Arabia 0 : 0	Seoul, South Korea	-
06-17-09	World Cup Final Qualifier	South Korea vs. Iran 1 : 1	Seoul, South Korea	Masoud Shojaei (51 min, IRN)/ Park Ji-Sung (81 min, KOR)
08-12-09	Friendly	South Korea vs. Paraguay 1 : 0	Seoul, South Korea	Park Chu-Young (83 min, KOR)
09-05-09	Friendly	South Korea vs. Australia 3 : 1	Seoul, South Korea	Park Chu-Young (4 min, KOR)/ Lee Jung-Soo (20 min, KOR)/ Patrick Kisnorbo (33 min, AUS)/ Seol Ki-Hyeon (86 min, KOR)
10-14-09	Friendly	South Korea vs. Senegal 2 : 0	Seoul, South Korea	Ki Sung-Yueng (42 min, KOR)/ Oh Beom-Seok (80 min, KOR)
11-14-09	Friendly	South Korea vs. Denmark 0 : 0	Esbjerg, Denmark	-
11-18-09	Friendly	South Korea vs. Serbia 0 : 1	London, England	Nikola Zigic (6 min, SRB)
02-07-10	EAFF Championship	South Korea vs. Hong Kong -	Tokyo, Japan	-
02-10-10	EAFF Championship	South Korea vs. China -	Tokyo, Japan	-
02-14-10	EAFF Championship	South Korea vs. Japan -	Tokyo, Japan	-

~ 14 wins/ 14 draws/ 2 losses ~

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)

Physical Trainer: Wanderley Marti ( Brazil, D.O.B. 03-16-64)