"We have signed Hong as our next national team head coach," a spokesman for the Korea Football Association (KFA) said.
Klinsmann, a FIFA World Cup winner as a player in 1990, was dismissed after Korea Republic's semi-final exit from the AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023™ in February.
Hong returns as Korea Republic head coach 10 years after stepping down in the wake of the team's group-stage exit from the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. .....
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