Korean expatriate soccer players
Among Korean soccer players who played in overseas leagues, Huh Yoon-jung, who entered the Hong Kong Pro League South China in 1969, is the first player in Korean history to go overseas. At that time, countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iran were all regional leagues, but only in the 1970s they were reorganized into leagues with 1st and 2nd divisions, and Korea and Japan had unemployment leagues, so the Hong Kong league is the most advanced in Asia. It was the only 2nd division system as a semi-pro league. However, no matter what, the earliest and most successful case among overseas players in Korean soccer is, of course, Cha Beom-geun. You can understand it just by referring to Cha Bum-geun. After Cha Bum-kun, Heo Jung-moo, who scored 15 goals in 77 matches in 3 seasons at PSV Eindhoven, was quite active next to Cha Bum-kun. Even after this, rare semi-class players went to Japan or tried to advance to Europe, but failed due to various reasons. After the 2002 World Cup, Park Ji-sung and...