"Five years of friendship with father-in-law." Busan Kim Sang-won, "Director, a tough but gentle person."
"Five years of friendship with father-in-law." Busan Kim Sang-won, "Director, a tough but gentle person."
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Cho Seong-hwan, who is aiming to promote the Busan I'Park team to the K League 1 (first division) in the 2025 season, has visited his team. They know each other so well that they have high expectations for more unity.
Busan left for Chiang Mai, Thailand, via Incheon International Airport on Thursday for a winter training camp for the 2025 season. The Korean team is committed to focusing on training in Thailand by February 3 and preparing for promotion to the K League 1.
Busan CEO Kim Byung-seok visited the airport from Busan to Incheon International Airport to encourage the team, and the coaching staff and the team, who took a short break after a brief training session, convened at the airport to greet each other and strengthen their resolve. The hanger held at the opening ceremony contained the determination of "I will run only after seeing my goal of promotion!" A total of 33 athletes will participate in the training camp in Thailand.
Busan manager Cho Sung-hwan also expressed confidence in his plans to play in the off-season training, saying, "We have prepared a lot for promotion to the K League 1."
Before leaving the Busan team, he met Kim Sang-won, who joined the team ahead of this season. Kim Sang-won, a former member of the Jeju United Youth, made his professional debut in Jeju in 2014, and had his first relationship with Cho Sung-hwan, who led the Jeju 2nd team since 2013 and the Jeju 1st team from 2015. He spent five years together until 2018, Kim's last season in Jeju.
Since then, he has continued his professional career for nine years with Gwangju FC, FC Anyang, Pohang Steelers and Suwon FC. In particular, in the 2019 season when he played for Anyang, he was listed as the best 11 in the K League 2 in that season with double-digit attack points and the most help in the team with six goals and eight assists in 34 league games.
Kim Sang-won, who left Suwon FC after the end of the 2022 season due to the expiration of his contract with Suwon FC, served in the military as a social service worker for semi-professional K4 League's Goyang Happiness and Pyeongchang United. Cho Sung-hwan's Busan is the club that reached out to Kim Sang-won, who is a free agent who resolved the military. Kim Sang-won is expected to generate good synergy in Cho's soccer, which values the amount of activities of side defenders and the organizational and combative pressures.
"I can't be late for joining the team," Kim said. "Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and military service, my last overseas training camp was when I was with the Pohang Steelers in 2020. It's new and I'm so happy. I feel like I'm getting more passionate about being a professional player," Kim said.
"Coach Cho and I know each other's styles well over the past five years in Jeju. As far as I can tell, their personality and training have been impaired a lot. They are tough but soft-hearted. They didn't put much pressure on me. I want to know how they feel and lead the team in a good direction as a senior member of the team," Cho said. 스포츠토토
"It's an honor to come to Busan, a team with a long history. As a player, I will take responsibility and prepare hard so that Busan can return to its original position in the K-League 1. I felt that Busan fans' passion was really great. If you come to the stadium and give us a lot of support, we will repay you with good performance," he said.