Jurgen Klinsmann as coach of the Korean national team

Coach Jurgen Klinsmann will lead the Korean team under a contract from March 2023 to July 2026, with the most important task being to attend the 11th consecutive World Cup in 2026. In the 2022 World Cup, the coach will Portugal Bento brought Korea to the round of 16, where they lost to Brazil 1-4.

"I am very happy and honored to be the head coach of the Korean team," coach Klinsmann told KFA. "I will try my best to create good results at the 2023 Asian Cup and 2026 World Cup."

Klinsmann's salary was not disclosed by either side. According to Yonhap, the German military leader will go to South Korea after March 5 and immediately start work when preparing for friendly matches against Colombia on March 24 and Uruguay on March 28. The team of assistants will be revealed later.

In 2023, coach Klinsmann has the task of helping Korea play well in the second qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup and prepare for the 2023 Asian Cup, scheduled to be held in January 2024 in Qatar.

Klinsmann was born in 1964, is a legendary German striker when he scored 47 goals in 108 matches for the national team, won the World Cup in 1990, Euro 1996. His club career went through many famous places such as Stuttgart, Inter. Milan, Tottenham, Bayern Munich... with 232 goals in 514 matches.

Klinsmann is considered the beginning of the reform of the German team after the defeat at Euro 2004. He was appointed head coach, with assistant Joachim Low, to turn Germany from a solid team to a dedicated attacking player. . In the 2006 World Cup, he helped the host to finish in third place.

After that, Klinsmann led Bayern Munich in the 2008-2009 season but failed. In 2011, he was the head coach of the US team, with the best performance being in the round of 16 of the 2014 World Cup before losing 1-2 to Belgium after 120 minutes. In the 2019-2020 season, Klinsmann led Hertha BSC, but resigned after only 10 weeks.