Today, Park Ji Sung is a world-famous soccer player,
but he had some tough times during
his high school days. Until he entered Myungji University,
he was not welcomed by many soccer clubs because he was too short to be a competitive player. Although he was the
shortest player on his college team, he was also the fastest and most adaptable of all. All of his hard paid off during the FIFA World Cup of
2002, when he scored the winning goal in a critical game against Portugal.
Quite a number of Korean fans were
amazed by his contribution to the
win through his skills. Although he was short, he could outmaneuver the larger foreign players. After the World Cup
success, he switched to PSV Eindhoven with Lee Young Pyo before finally joiningManchester United. Park Ji Sung
became the first Asian to play for Manchester United, the most powerful soccer
team in the world.