Cha Du-ri, Likely to Join Coach Klinsmannho
Cha Du-ri, Likely to Join Coach Klinsmannho... Coach Michael Kim Likely to Resign
Korea Football Association announces reorganization of national soccer team coaching staff soon
It has been reported that coach Michael Kim (Korean name Kim Young-min) of the men"s national soccer team will step down from his position, and national team technical advisor Cha Doo-ri will become Klinsmann"s new coach.
An official from the Korea Football Association said on the 31st, "There have been discussions regarding the position of the national team"s coaching staff since August. It has now been resolved to some extent, and we will soon announce the details of the national team"s coaching staff reorganization once the procedures are completed."
It appears that coach Michael Kim, born in 1973, will part ways with the national team. casinositeking.com
Coach Michael Kim is a leader who was appointed as coach of the national team led by coach Paulo Bento in August 2018.
He is of Canadian nationality and served as coach of the Korean national team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and later served as a coach at professional soccer teams Jeju United, Daejeon Hana Citizen, and Shanghai, China.
After last year"s World Cup in Qatar, coach Jürgen Klinsmann took over the leadership of the national team, and he was the only coach among the "Bentho" coaching staff who also worked for Klinsmann.
Recently, when criticism arose that Coach Klinsmann mainly works from home rather than staying in Korea, Coach Klinsmann explained, "You have no idea how many calls and contacts I have with Advisor Cha Du-ri and Coach Michael Kim."
It is highly likely that Advisor Cha Doo-ri will fill the position that Coach Michael Kim left.
Advisor Cha Doo-ri, who is also famous as the son of former national team coach Cha Bum-geun (“Cha Boom”), served as technical advisor to the national team with the launch of Klinsmann in March of this year.
At the time, it was known that advisor Cha Du-ri would only work with the national team until the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in January 2024, but if he is appointed as a coach in this coaching staff reorganization, the period is likely to be extended further.
Advisor Cha Doo-ri is expected to have better communication with coach Hwang Sun-hong, the head coach of the Asian Games team, as he participated in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup together, and he also has the advantage of being able to immediately exchange opinions in German with coach Klinsmann.
An official from the Football Association said, "There will be new people coming in due to this coaching staff reorganization," and as for the current coaching staff, in addition to coach Klinsmann, the following are head coach Andreas Herzog, coach Paolo Stringara, goalkeeper coach Andreas Köpke, and physical coach Werner Reuthard. It is expected that Advisor Cha Doo-ri will be promoted to coach.
However, Coach Michael Kim is known to be assisting with the handover of duties until October and has decided not to participate in the national team"s trip to England in September.
An association official explained, "It is absolutely impossible for Coach Michael Kim to withdraw from the national team because of personal problems."
Coach Klinsmann, who took the helm of the national team in February of this year, has not won a single game with 2 draws and 2 losses in four games. In addition, as criticism has recently grown about his working style of staying abroad, if advisor Cha Doo-ri joins as coach, he will join the Klinsmann team. Attention will be paid to what new changes will occur.
The national soccer team will be convened at Incheon Airport on September 4th and depart for England to play two friendly matches against Wales and Saudi Arabia.