Park Joo-ho
Park Joo-ho was born in Seoul, South Korea on January 16th, 1987 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 37, Park Joo-ho biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Park Joo-ho (born 16 January 1987) is a South Korean football player who plays as a defender for Ulsan Hyundai FC.
His primary position is left-back, but he also excels as a wide midfielder or a defensive midfielder.
In 2007, he served for South Korea's national under-20 soccer team in Canada as captain.
Early life
Park attended Kwangwoon Electronics Technical High School and Soongsil University. While at university, he acquired the admiration of leading local and Japanese top-flight clubs but was not offered a contract until medicals revealed a back injury.
Personal life
While playing for Basel, where she was working at the stadium cafe, Park met Anna. They have three children, daughter Eden/Naun (born in 2015), and their sons Aciel/Gun-hoo (born in 2017) and Élyséen/Jin-woo (born in 2020). Park and their oldest two children appeared in The Return of Superman in 2018, after previously excluding his family from the spotlight.
Club career
Park started his professional career by joining J2 League club Mito HollyHock in 2008 after recovering from his back injury. He advanced to the top division after his debut season, and won the 2009 J1 League and the 2010 J.League Cup with Kashima Antlers and Júbilo Iwata respectively.
In June 2011, Park signed a four-year contract with Swiss Super League club Basel. During the pre-season in July 2011, he played in the Uhrencup and won the tournament with his new club. He made his league debut on 20 August 2011 in a 3–1 away defeat against Luzern, and then established himself as Basel's first-choice left-back. He helped Basel defeat Manchester United in the group stage of the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League to make his team become the first Swiss club to advance to the knockout stage of a Champions League. He also contributed to team's 1–0 first-leg victory over Bayern Munich in the round of 16 by stopping Arjen Robben successfully, but suffered a 7–0 defeat in the second leg. At the end of the 2011–12 season, he won Swiss league and cup, achieving a double.
The following season, Basel had to rotate their players a lot because they played twenty European games, including Champions League qualifiers and Europa League matches. Park wasn't guaranteed a consistent position as a starter, but still got enough appearances. He scored his first league goal for Basel in a 2–2 away draw against Thun on 21 April 2013. In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, he played the second leg of quarter-final matches against Tottenham Hotspur, helping Basel advance to the semi-finals. He also played the first leg of semi-final matches against the reigning Champions League holders Chelsea, but his team were beaten 5–2 on aggregate. He and his team won the league title at the end of the season.
On 17 July 2013, Mainz 05 announced the signing of Park on a full transfer from Basel. He signed a two-year contract through June 2015 with a club option for an additional two years. He played 27 matches as a left-back or a central midfielder for Mainz in the 2013–14 Bundesliga, and cooperated with them in qualifying for the Europa League. He was named in player rankings of football magazine kicker after the end of the season.
Park moved to Borussia Dortmund, following Thomas Tuchel who coached him in Mainz. On 17 September 2015, he played his first match for Dortmund in a Europa League match against Krasnodar, and led Dortmund to a 2–1 win by having a goal and an assist. Afterwards, however, he spent much time on Dortmund's bench during two seasons.
Furthermore, Park was sent to the club's reserve team by new manager Peter Bosz at the beginning of the 2017–18 season. Park finally left Dortmund on 3 December 2017.
Park signed a four-year contract with Ulsan Hyundai on 18 December 2017. He was appointed a vice-captain ahead of his second season with Ulsan. He conceded a goal by mistake in the 2020 AFC Champions League Final, but won the Champions League title. He decided not to see out his contract as new incoming manager Hong Myung-bo could not guarantee him playing time.
On 27 January 2021, it was announced that Park had signed with Suwon FC, which had just been promoted to the top flight.
International career
Park captained South Korean under-20 team in the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
On 18 January 2010, Park made his first international cap for South Korea in a friendly against Finland.
On 28 May 2014, Park was selected for the South Korean squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup to replace injured player Kim Jin-su. However, he didn't play any matches while South Korea finished at the bottom of their group.
Park was one of the three over-aged players in South Korea's squad for the 2014 Asian Games, and played in a defensive midfield position as Kim Jin-su preferred playing as a left back. He scored in the round of 16 match against Hong Kong. He played all matches as starter, and became a gold medalist. His gold medal allowed him to be exempted from the two-year mandatory military service and continue his career in the Bundesliga.
Park also played as a defensive midfielder and Ki Sung-yueng's partner in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, helping South Korea advance to the Asian Cup final for the first time in 27 years.
Park was going to participate as a main player in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. However, he sustained a thigh injury during the first match against Sweden and was ruled out for the rest of the tournament.
On 16 October 2018, Park scored his first senior international goal against Panama.