PARK retired from international football

• zocoss

  29 Jan 11, 11:18

  

  UP, UP AND AWAY ... South Korea's Park Ji Sung is thrown in the air by team-mates after third-place finish

   

   

   

  JI-SUNG PARK retired from international football after South Korea finished third at the Asian Cup.

  The Manchester United midfielder, 29, did not play as his country beat Uzbekistan 3-2 in the third-place play-off yesterday.

  That means he ended his career as captain of South Korea with exactly 100 caps.

  Former Tottenham full-back Young-Pyo Lee, who won his 127th cap against Uzbekistan, has also retired.

  South Korea coach Cho Kwang-rae said: "The two players have done a remarkable job for the prosperity of Korean football.

  "It would be better if I could retain both of them in the national team but other players have done an excellent job."

• CKeer

  29 Jan 11, 20:03

  Kudos to Park, he stopped when he was at the top.

• Rooney9

  30 Jan 11, 03:08

  ya quit international football to concentrate on united career a wise choice indeed, esp he is reaching 30 soon.

• Rock^Star

  30 Jan 11, 12:43

  did he make way for other players to play on friday? Gracious chap huh :)

  Anyone watched last night's asian cup? Wah asian football is still crappy....well not exactly rubbish but definitely nowhere even near the standards of european championships.