Kim Hak-bum

Kim Hak-bum
Hangul	김학범
Hanja	金鶴範
Revised Romanization	Gim Hak-beom
McCune–Reischauer	Kim Hak-pŏm

Kim Hak-bum
김학범(金學範)
Personal information
Full name	Kim Hak-bum
Date of birth	1 March 1960 (age 61)
Place of birth	Gangneung, South Korea
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Myongji University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1980–1991	Kookmin Bank FC
Teams managed
1992–1997	Kookmin Bank FC (Coach)
1998–2004	Cheonan Ilhwa; Seongnam Ilhwa (Coach)
2005–2008	Seongnam Ilhwa
2010–2011	Henan Construction
2012–2013	Gangwon FC
2014–2016	Seongnam FC
2017	Gwangju FC
2018–2021	South Korea U-23
Honours
Men's football
Representing South Korea (as manager)
Asian Games
AFC U-23 Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kim Hak-bum (Korean: 김학범; born 1 March 1960) is a South Korean football manager.

Club career[]

Kim played as defender for Kookmin Bank FC, an amateur club team in South Korea, from 1980 to 1991.

Managing career[]

In 1992, he retired and coached the team until 1997.^[2] On 31 December 1997, Kookmin Bank FC was dissolved.

Meantime, he worked in the Kookmin Bank for some months. In that period, he recorded best seller in his branch office.^[3]

In September 1998, he moved to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma to work as a coach. He learned many things from Cha Kyung-Bok, the former manager of Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.^[3]

His coaching career in Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma ended in 2004. In 2005, he became the manager of Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

Kim was appointed as the manager of Chinese Super League side Henan Construction on 12 November 2010.^[4] but was sacked mid-season on 23 May 2011 due to disappointing record.

He signed with Seongnam FC and returned to his former club on 9 September 2014.