Izuchukwu OkosiFormer Germany and United States head coach, Jurgen Klinsmann has been appointed head coach of South Korea.
The 58-year-old, a World Cup winner as a player with Germany in 1990, has agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal.
Klinsmann’s contract will take him up to and including the 2026 World Cup finals which are being held in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
The former Tottenham Hotspur forward’s first game in charge will be a home friendly against Colombia in Ulsan on 24 March.
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Klinsmann, scorer of 47 goals in 108 games for Germany, succeeds Paulo Bento, who ended four years as head coach by stepping down after guiding South Korea to the last 16 of last year’s World Cup in Qatar.
“I am very happy and honoured to be following in the footsteps of great coaches who have directed the Korean national team, from Guus Hiddink to former coach Paulo Bento,” Klinsmann said.
“I know that the Korean national team has been improving and achieving results over a long period of time.
“I will do my best to achieve successful results in the upcoming Asian Cup and 2026 World Cup.”
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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