PETALING JAYA: South Korean Kim Pan-gon (pic) has been given the mandate as the new national football head coach to revive the fortunes of Harimau Malaya.
Yesterday, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) announced that the 52-year-old is the replacement for Tan Cheng Hoe. By choosing Pan-gon, Malaysia have now followed in the footsteps of their regional rivals Vietnam and Indonesia in using Korean coaches.
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