Incheon United legend Lim Joong-yong has been appointed as the new general manager.
"We have appointed Lim Joong-yong, head of the power enhancement team, as our new general manager," Incheon said on Tuesday. "As a legendary figure in Incheon, he has many years of field experience, high understanding of front office work, and extensive knowledge and knowledge of soccer, he will be able to demonstrate his capabilities as a general manager."
Lim Joong-yong, the general manager, is a legend of Incheon.
He debuted in the K-League at Busan Icons (currently I-Park) in 1999, played for Daegu FC and joined Incheon FC in 2004. Since then, he only played in Incheon until 2011, and retired. He played in 294 K-League matches. Notably, he became the captain of Incheon in 2005 and led the team to the first place overall (earlier and latter-day points combined) and the second place in the playoffs.
After retirement, he went to Germany to study and received training as a coach at Werder Bremen. After returning to Incheon in 2013, he worked as a coach at Daegeon High School under the age of 18 (U-18) in Incheon and coached the team until 2017. He served as Incheon coach until 2020 and served as acting coach.
Afterwards, he became a technical director of Incheon and started working as an administrator, and started as head of the team's power enhancement department from 2021. Along with Coach Cho Seong-hwan, he advanced to the first Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League in 2022 by ranking fourth in the K-League 1, and made it to the Final A for the second consecutive year.
Incheon added, "Based on communication, we played a good bridge role between the front office, including CEO Jeon Hae-soo and the scene, including director Cho Sung-hwan."
Lim Joong-yong, the team's general manager, said, "I feel heavy burden to become the general manager of the team. Being the leader of the team that I love is both happy and burdensome to do well. I will faithfully play the role of bridge between the front desk and the field as I have done so far," adding, "I will devote my entire soccer life to making fans who love my team laugh a lot in the stadium." 토토사이트 순위
