Kang Byung-chan
{{short description|South Korean association football player}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name= Kang Byung-chan
|birth_date= 1951
|birth_place= South Korea
|death_date= 2002 (aged 50–51)
|death_place= South Korea
|manageryears1=
|managerclubs1= Korea Housing & Commercial Bank FC[http://m.mk.co.kr/onews/1987/881375 축구대표팀 확정] 매일경제
|manageryears2= 2000–2002
|managerclubs2= Bhutan
}}
Kang Byung-chan ({{Korean|hangul=강병찬}}; born 1951 in South Korea; died 2002 in South Korea) was a South Korean football manager who last worked as head coach of the Bhutan national football team.[http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=107&oid=005&aid=0000034723 강병찬 前상업은행 감독 부탄대표팀 맡아] 네이버 Besides South Korea, he managed in Bhutan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201503181414666197|title='꼴찌 축구의 반란' 부탄 뒤엔 한국인 감독이 있었다|publisher=Hankook Ilbo}}{{Cite web|url=https://sports.naver.com/news?oid=003&aid=0000139033|title=부탄, 첫 축구전용경기장 개장…공식전 1승이 목표|publisher=sports.news.naver.com}} He was a former player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/1477289#home|title=김재한·강병찬선수 축구국가대표 사퇴|publisher=JoongAng Ilbo}}
Career
Byung-chan started his managerial career with Korea Housing & Commercial Bank. In 2000, he was appointed head coach of the Bhutan national football team, a position he held until 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://worksthatwork.com/8/bhutan-and-monserrat-football-game|title=Football on the Roof of the World|publisher=worksthatwork.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://thesetpieces.com/latest-posts/bhutan-v-montserrat-final-award-fifas-wooden-spoon/|title=BHUTAN V MONTSERRAT: THE OTHER FINAL TO AWARD FIFA’S WOODEN SPOON|publisher=thesetpieces.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/it/notizie/the-other-final-bhutan-montserrat-documentario-risultato/blt3e3514ba8b16c004|title=The Other Final: Bhutan-Montserrat, il match tra le 'più scarse' del mondo giocato il giorno della finale dei Mondiali|publisher=goal.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://laodong.vn/bong-da/tu-park-hang-seo-den-con-sot-hlv-han-quoc-tai-dong-nam-a-999494.ldo|title=Từ Park Hang-seo đến cơn sốt HLV Hàn Quốc tại Đông Nam Á|publisher=laodong.vn}}
References
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External links
- {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20200316065347/http://news.khan.co.kr/kh_news/khan_art_view.html?art_id=200207121835091 |date=dmy |title='Bhutan's Hiddink' Director Kang Byeong-chan }}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130501215124/http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/sports/soccer/164811.html? |date=dmy |title=Bhutan Football Council' Second Kang Byung-chan' }}
- [http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=2006101701031933006006 “I have a second director, Kang Byeong-chan”]
- [https://news.joins.com/article/17385950 'Final' Bhutan, World Cup miracle… After that, Korean devotion]
- {{NFT player|44098/Byung_Chun_Kang}}
{{Bhutan national football team managers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kang, Byung-chan}}
Category:South Korean expatriate football managers
Category:Bhutan national football team managers
Category:South Korean men's footballers
Category:South Korea men's international footballers
Category:South Korean football managers
Category:Expatriate football managers in Bhutan
Category:Men's association football players not categorized by position
Category:20th-century South Korean sportsmen
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