Education
Yonsei University.
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Yonsei University.
He is current vice-president of the of Korea Football Association. Huh played for PSV Eindhoven and Hyundai Horangi as midfielder. Because of his tough and energetic playing style, he was nicknamed as Jindogae, the hunter dog breed originated from his hometown Jindo Island.
Huh joined PSV Eindhoven on August 1980.
He played until May 1983 for 3 seasons. As one of rare Korean players in Europe in 1980s, he was often compared with Cha Bum-kun who had been playing in Bundesliga of Germany.
In the match against Argentina, he left a famous photo that he appeared to be kicking Maradona whose face twisted with pain. In the match against Italy, he scored 1 goal.
Huh has previously coached the South of Korea national football team twice before, as well as running the Pohang Atoms and the Chunnam Dragons.
His first term as the coach of the national team was temporary. In 1998, he was appointed for the second time. Then he picked up some nameless young players and give them important positions instead of established stars, inviting harsh criticism against him.
After failures in the 2000 Summer Olympics and 1998 Asian Games, he was replaced by Guus Hiddink.
They failed to match Hiddink"s success, however. Meanwhile, the criticized "nameless players" picked by Huh became stars.
Park Ji-sung, once the most unpopular player while Huh was coach, turned into the most successful player in Asia. Lee Young-pyo and Seol Ki-hyeon also rose in prominence.
The success of Huh"s former apprentices and that of himself in Chunnam Dragons made him revalued as a candidate for head coach.
Huh was re-appointed in December 2007 after leading candidates Mick McCarthy and Gérard Houllier both rejected the job. 1978-1980 of Korea Electric Power Football Club (Semi-professional)
1978-1980 Navy Football Club (Military service)
1980-1983 PSV Eindhoven
1984-1986 Hyundai Horangi
Coach & Manager 1989-1991: South of Korea trainer
1991-1992: Pohang Iron and Steel Company Atoms coach
1993-1994: South of Korea coach
1993-1995: Pohang Atoms manager
1995: South of Korea manager
1996-1998: Chunnam Dragons manager
1998-2000: South of Korea & U-23 team manager
2004-2005: South of Korea assistant manager
2005-2007: Chunnam Dragons manager
2007-2010: South of Korea manager
2010-2012: Incheon United manager
Results list South of Korea"s goal tally first.
He was a member of Korean squad in the 1986 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup. His team won the Korean FA Cup in 2006 and 2007. Since Hiddink"s incredible success in the 2002 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, of Korea Football Association began hiring foreign managers, including Humberto Coelho, Jo Bonfrere, Dick Advocaat, and Pim Verbeek. Huh got the team qualified for the 2010 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup. In November 2009, Huh won the AFC Coach of the Year Award after leading the national team to 27 consecutive games without a loss.
