PETALING JAYA: South Korean Kim Pan-gon did not wait too long to land a new job.
The former Malaysia football head coach has joined Korean League club Ulsan Hyundai, replacing Hong Myung-bo, who has taken over the South Korean national team.
This will be Pan-gon’s first head coaching stint in the K-League.
Before assuming duties as Malaysia's coach in 2022, the 55-year-old had trained Hong Kong club Buler Rangers (2002-2004) and was an assistant coach with K-League club Busan I’Park (2005-2008).
He then returned to Hong Kong to coach South China club (2008-2010), before taking over the Hong Kong national team from 2009-2010.
Then he returned to South Korea to be an assistant coach for Gyeongnam in 2011, before returning to the Hong Kong again, coaching from 2012 to 2017.
Pan-gon resigned from his post as Malaysia's supremo last week after coaching Harimau Malaya for three years.
