Ji Sung Park who retired from playing competitive football on May of 2014 is following the footsteps of football figures such as: David Beckham, Sir. Alex Ferguson and many others who have published and autobiography.
The most successful football star in the history of Korea is expected to release his book on February 26 which will be covering his 23 year long career in the world of sports including his time at the World Cup of 2002, 2006 and 2010.
The book also goes beyond the playing grounds as it also has details involving his wife, Kim Min-Ji who he married a few months ago.
“During my last season with PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands, I wanted to give her something special for her birthday. I asked a shop in Italy to mark my name on my right football shoe and her name on my left shoe. I then wore the shoes throughout my last season.”
In the book, Park also narrates his intentions of not turning into a coach which is what many retired players chose to do but instead of being a manager, he wants to become a football administrator.
“I don’t want to be a coach. I want to work at FIFA or AFC Asian Football Confederation. If a Korean holds a key position at such an organization, Korea could have more diplomatic influence in the football world. I also consider working at the Korea Football Association.” Ji-Sung Park wrote on his book.
The main hailing from South Korean has been enjoying an active life even though he retired in 2014, he was named as the global ambassador for AirAsia which is an aircraft that operates in Asia as well as also being named as the ambassador for Manchester United, which is the club where he performed in from 2005 until 2012 and he managed to make over 130 appearances.