Park Ji-sung Football School to be Established in Suwon

Player Park Ji-sung of Manchester United will establish a football school for youth in his hometown of Suwon.

This will be the second such facility in the Suwon area, following the ‘Hong Myung-bo Children’s Football School’ founded on September 24, 2005.

On the 24th, player Park Ji-sung visited Suwon City Hall with his father Park Sung-jong to meet with Mayor Kim Yong-seo, where they discussed plans for establishing the football school.

According to Suwon City, player Park Ji-sung conveyed his plan to open a football school incorporating European-style youth training systems to nurture young talent during his meeting with Mayor Kim.

Mayor Kim expressed his active support for Park Ji-sung’s plan, the city said.

A city official stated, “We understand that other local governments including Seoul proposed support for establishing a football school, but player Park Ji-sung strongly indicated he would build it in his hometown of Suwon,” adding, “A strong candidate location is land owned by Gyeonggi Province near Park Ji-sung Road.”

The city plans to establish detailed support measures and actively support the establishment of Park Ji-sung’s football school once Gyeonggi Province approves the land use and the site is confirmed.

A Sports and Youth Division official at City Hall stated, “Specific implementation schedules such as the establishment timeline have not yet been confirmed,” indicating that support measures are under review.