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Kim Pan Gon, Malaysia’s new coach who kicked out Shin Tae Yong

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia

The Malaysian Football Association (FAM) officially chooses Kim Pan Gon as the new coach of the Malaysian national team. Kim Pan Gon is the one who broke the contract Shin Tae Yong not extended after the 2018 World Cup with the South Korean national team.

FAM has officially appointed Kim Pan Gon as the new coach of the Malaysian national team to replace Tan Cheng Hoe, who decided to step down after the failure of the 2020 AFF Cup.

Kim Pan Gon is a former coach of the Hong Kong national team. Throughout his professional career, the 52-year-old has never played for the South Korean national team.

Prior to accepting FAM’s offer to coach the Malaysian national team, Kim Pan Gon served as Head of the South Korean Football Association (KFA) Coach Selection Committee. That position has been held by Kim Pan Gon since December 2017.

Kim Pan Gon’s main task is to decide who will be the coach of the South Korean national team at the senior and U-23 levels. It was Kim Pan Gon who took the decision to eject Shin Tae Yong from the seat of the South Korean national team coach after the 2018 World Cup.

Kim Pan Gon considers Shin Tae Yong a failure in the 2018 World Cup even though in the group stage the South Korean national team won one of the most surprising wins in history when they beat Germany 2-0.

After deciding not to renew Shin Tae Yong’s contract, Kim Pan Gon then appointed Paulo Bento as the current coach of the South Korean national team.

FAM is rumored to be signing Kim Pan Gon as a coach in the next two years. Thus, Kim Pan Gon has the opportunity to meet Shin Tae Yong who is currently coaching the Indonesian national team.

The Malaysian national team is currently the third team in Southeast Asia to use the services of a South Korean coach, after Vietnam with Park Hang Seo and Indonesia with Shin Tae Yong.

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