Former Jeju United coach Ki-il Nam, a ‘promotion contractor’, takes the helm of Henan FC in the Chinese professional soccer Super League.On the 7th, Henan announced through the club’s social media (SNS), “Coach Ki-il Nam will be appointed as Henan’s head coach.”The club said, “We hope that Coach Nam will lead the team celebrating its 30th anniversary to victory.”Henan recorded 9 wins, 9 draws, and 12 losses in the 2023 Chinese Super League, ranking only 10th out of 16 teams.Jeju coach Kim Hak-beom also served as Henan head coach from 2010 to 2011.
Coach Nam Ki-il made his professional debut at Bucheon SK in 1997 and played for the Jeonnam Dragons, Seongnam Ilhwa, and Cheonan City Hall soccer teams.Coach Nam is called a ‘promotion contractor’ as he promoted all the clubs he led to K-League 1He took over as acting manager of K League 2 Gwangju FC in August 2013, and after ranking fourth in the 2014 season, he led the team to promotion and became Gwangju’s official manager in 2015.
In 2018, he took over as manager of K League 2 Seongnam FC and achieved promotion right away that year.In 2020, he was appointed as the head coach of Jeju United and immediately led the team to the K League 2 championship and promotion to K League 1 again.Coach Nam gave up his leadership of Jeju after achieving only one win in 16 games played from June to September of the 2023 season.With Coach Nam leading Henan, a ‘Korean leadership battle’ will take place in the 2024 Chinese Super League season with Shandong Taishan coach Choi Kang-hee and 온라인카지노 Chengdu Longcheng coach Seo Jeong-won.