An Ik-soo

An Ik-soo (Hangul: 안익수, Korean pronunciation: [a.nik̚.s͈u] or [an] [ik̚.s͈u]; born 6 May 1965) is a South Korean football manager and former player.

An Ik-soo
An in December 2021
Personal information
Full name An Ik-soo
Date of birth (1965-05-06) 6 May 1965
Place of birth South Korea
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 FC Seoul (manager)
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985 Incheon National University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Sangmu FC (draft)
1988 Kookmin Bank
1989–1995 Ilhwa Chunma 142 (1)
1996–1998 Pohang Steelers 58 (0)
Total 200 (1)
International career
1994 South Korea 5 (0)
Managerial career
2007 Daekyo Kangaroos
2008–2009 South Korea (women)
2009 South Korea Universiade (women)
2010 FC Seoul (assistant)
2011–2012 Busan IPark
2013 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2014–2016 South Korea U20
2018–2021 Sun Moon University
2021– FC Seoul
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  South Korea (as manager)
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2009 BelgradeTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Korean name, the family name is Ahn.

Early life

An started to learn football professionally when he was 18 years old and a second-year student in high school.[1] He was accepted to one of the prominent universities in South Korea Chung-Ang University through his academic performance, but he joined Incheon National University to continue his football career.[1]

Club career

He became a founding member of professional club Ilhwa Chunma in 1989 despite starting football very late.[1] Furthermore, he became one of the best defenders in the K League, helping Ilhwa win three consecutive titles from 1993 to 1995.[1] In 1994, he played five friendlies for the South Korea national football team prior to the 1994 FIFA World Cup due to his performances.[2] He was also selected for the national team for the 1994 World Cup,[1] but didn't appear in World Cup matches.[2]

However, Ilhwa sold An to Pohang Steelers after the 1995 season because they thought he was old enough to deteriorate his ability, although he led them to Asian Club Championship title and K League title that year.[3] Interestingly, An was named the MVP of the Asian Club Championship after defeating his former club Ilhwa in the final of the next tournament.[3]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Sangmu FC (draft) 1986Semipro League ????——??
1987Semipro League ????——??
Total ????——??
Kookmin Bank 1988Semipro League ????——??
Ilhwa Chunma 1989K League 220??——220
1990K League 290———290
1991K League 120———120
1992K League 190—80—270
1993K League 230—30—260
1994K League 201—00??201
1995K League 170—00??170
Total 1421??110??1531
Pohang Steelers 1996K League 230??70??300
1997K League 150??191??341
1998K League 200??160??360
Total 580??421??1001
Career total 2001??531??2531

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year[2]
National teamYearAppsGoals
South Korea 199450

Honours

Player

Kookmin Bank

Ilhwa Chunma

Pohang Steelers

Individual

Manager

Daekyo Kangaroos

  • Korean Women's National Championship: 2007[11]

South Korea Universiade (women)

Busan IPark

References
  1. U대회 우승 이끈 안익수 여자축구 대표 감독 (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. 18 July 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  2. "An Ik-soo at Korea Football Association" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  3. 아시아클럽축구 MVP 포항 안익수 친정 일화울린"진짜 프로". Naver.com (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 11 March 1997. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
  4. Lee, Seung-soo; Trevena, Mark (8 April 2020). "South Korea - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. Fujioka, Atsushi; Halchuk, Stephen; Stokkermans, Karel (25 March 2020). "Asian Champions' Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. Lee, Seung-soo; Schöggl, Hans; Trevena, Mark (13 May 2020). "South Korea - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  7. 「적토마」고정운 MVP영예. Naver.com (in Korean). Kyunghyang. 20 November 1994.
  8. 프로축구 김주성 MVP 신진원 신인왕. Naver.com (in Korean). Dong-A Ilbo. 20 November 1997.
  9. 고종수 MVP 베스트11 뽑혀'겹경사'이동국은 신인왕. Naver.com (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. 8 January 1999.
  10. "1996 Asian Club Championship". Asian Football Confederation. 7 July 1997. Archived from the original on 7 July 1997.
  11. 대교·충남일화, 여자축구 공동우승 (in Korean). KBS. 18 July 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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