“I am wrapping up my career that was filled with the joy of victory and agony of defeat and would like to bid goodbye. I also want to apologize to many fans. Korea’s biggest weakness in the 2000s wasan unstable defense and I was part of the problem. It may have been not so obvious but there were many games my team lost because of me. If I were to evaluate my overall performance, I would awardmyself 80 points [out of 100] as a player but 100 as a person who enjoyed and loved soccer.”

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