Park Tae-soo

Park Tae-soo (Hangul: 박태수; Hanja: 朴太洙; Revised Romanization: Bak Taesu; born 1 December 1989), also known as 'Karim',[2] is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a centre back or defensive midfielder for Malaysia Super League club Sabah F.C.

Park Tae-soo
Personal information
Full name Park Tae-soo[1]
Date of birth (1989-12-01) 1 December 1989
Place of birth Incheon, South Korea
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Sabah
Number 6
Youth career
2005–2007 Anyang Technical High School
2008–2010 Hongik University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Incheon United 3 (0)
2013 Daejeon Citizen 14 (0)
2014 Chungju Hummel 25 (1)
2015 FC Anyang 22 (0)
2016 Gyeongju KHNP FC 10 (0)
2017–2018 Hwaseong FC 14 (5)
2019– Sabah 81 (18)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 October 2022
Korean Name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBak Taesu
McCune–ReischauerPak T'aesu
In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

He became well known when his free-kick goal against P.J. City went viral on social media. FIFA, the world football governing body, also shared a clip of the goal on its Twitter page.[3]

Personal life

Park was born in Incheon and spent his adolescence there. He attended Anyang Middle School and Anyang Technical High School. He later attended Hongik University before starting his football senior career with Incheon United in 2011.

According to his social media account in Instagram, Park was married to a Korean woman in 2014 and has two children.[4]

The family currently lives in Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysia.

Club career

Park, a draftee from the 2011 K-League draft intake, was selected by Incheon United for the 2011 season, and his first appearance for his new club was in a K-League Cup match against Daejeon Citizen, playing nearly the entire second half of the match.[5] His debut in the K-League was as a late substitute in Incheon's match against Gwangju FC on 22 May 2011.[6]

Sabah

On 29 January 2019, Park was signed by the Malaysian Premier League club Sabah FA as their sole import defender player.[7] Park scored an equaliser goal during one of the team's early matches against Terengganu F.C. II before the team sealed victory with two more goals scored by his fellow teammates.[8] During his career with the team, he has shown excellent defensive work to withstand pressure from opponent teams that resulted in Sabah securing top place in the 2019 Malaysia Premier League, thus qualifying for the 2020 Malaysia Super League.[9][10]

Club career statistics
As of 20 November 2022[11][12]
Club Performance League Cup League Cup Total
SeasonClubsLeague AppsGoal AppsGoal AppsGoal AppsGoal
South Korea League KFA Cup League Cup Total
2011Incheon UnitedK-League 110–5060
201220––20
2013Daejeon Citizen140––140
2014 Chungju Hummel K-League 2 251––251
2015 FC Anyang 220––220
2016 Gyeongju KHNP K3 League 100––100
2017Hwaseong FC ––
2018 ––
Total 7410050791
Malaysia League FA Cup Piala Malaysia Total
2019SabahMalaysia Premier League1711060241
2020Liga Super Malaysia101–00101
2021182–70252
20221983030258
Total 6412401608412

Honours

Sabah

References
  1. "Sabah FC First Team (senior squad)". sabah-fc.com. Sabah FC. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  2. Hafizudin Omar (29 September 2021). "sukanz.com". Pandai Berbahasa Melayu, Park Tae-su turut dipanggil 'Karim' dalam kalangan rakan sepasukan. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  3. #LigaMalaysia2022 [@FIFAcom] (28 September 2021). "Take a bow, Park Tae-su! There's nothing like a 40-yard rocket hitting the crossbar on its way into the net. Malaysia One for the @SabahFCofficial history books" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 20 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022 – via Twitter.
  4. "박태수🇰🇷🇲🇾 on Instagram: "5th wedding anniversary🎉 앞으로도 잘 부탁해 민희야😘"". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  5. "Incheon United vs. Daejeon Citizen 3 - 0". soccerway.com.
  6. "Gwangju FC vs. Incheon United 0 - 1". soccerway.com.
  7. "Sabah ikat dua import baharu" [Sabah tie two new imports]. Bernama. Sinar Harian. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  8. GL Oh (17 February 2019). "Tambadaus win against Terengganu II". Daily Express. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  9. GL Oh (7 July 2019). "Tambadaus promoted to Super League". Daily Express. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  10. GL Oh (10 July 2019). "Sabah crowned champs". Daily Express. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
  11. "Park Tae-Su". Soccerway. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  12. "Park Tae-Su". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  13. "Sabah FA's Malaysia Premier League success three years in making, says Jelius Ating | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2022-07-20.


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