Klinsmann, coach of South Korea

the German coach Jurgen Klinsmann named this monday South Korea’s new coach as announced by the federation of the said Asian country.

The Korea Football Association (KFA) explained that. has signed Klinsmann until the end of the 2026 World Cup without disclosing the financial details of the contract.

Klinsmann, 58, has decided he will live in South Korea for the duration of his contract and will arrive in Seoul next week, according to KFA.

The former striker and coach of the German team, the United States or Bayern Munich, among other teams, will debut under the leadership of the Taeguk warriors on March 24 in a friendly match against Colombia to be held in the South Korean city of Ulsan. Four days later, the Asians will face the Uruguayan team in Seoul in another friendly.

Klinsmann replaced Portuguese Paulo Bento on the South Korean benchthat was done in 2018 with the team, which he led to the quarterfinals in the 2019 Asian Cup and to the round of 16 in the recent World Cup in Qatar 2022.

The German will probably make his debut as coach of South Korea in an official meeting in November of this year, when the said team began the qualifying round for the 2026 World Cup.

The first trophy to reach is the Asian Cup to be held in Qatar, almost certainly in early 2024, given the high temperatures recorded in the emirate.

As a player, Klinsmann, who played for Stuttgart, Bayern Munich, Inter or Tottenham, He was the capital of Germany’s victories in the 1990 World Cup and the 1996 Euro Cup.

C.as coach Klinsmann has coached Germanywhich he led to third place in the 2006 World Cup, It’s USA., which under his baton was eliminated in the round of 16 of the 2014 World Cup.

Between 2019 and 2020 he trained, for just 10 weeks, at Hertha Berlin, from where he left in a somewhat chaotic manner.