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Ahn Jung-Hwan (born January 27, 1976 in Paju,
Gyeonggi) is a South Korean soccer|football
player; he made world headlines by scoring the
winning golden goal for South Korea national
football team|Korea against Italy national
football team|Italy in the Football World Cup
2002|2002 World Cup 2nd round and sending Korea
into the quarterfinals.

At the time, Ahn was on loan at Italian league
side AC Perugia|Perugia. His extra-time header
dumped the three-time champions from the World
Cup. The next day, Perugia owner Luciano Gaucci
was quoted by the Italian daily La Gazzetta dello
Sport as saying, "I am not going to pay the salary
of a guy who has been the ruin of Italian soccer."

Perugia later took back what they said, and
offered to outright buy Ahn's contract, but Ahn
rejected it saying "I will no longer discuss my
transfer to Perugia, which attacked my character
instead of congratulating me for a goal in the
World Cup." 

Ahn attempted to get himself a new European club
but failed, and returned to Asia, joining the J.
League with Shimizu S-Pulse. After one season
there, he moved to another J. League team,
Yokohama F Marinos. In the summer of 2005, he
returned to Europe to play for France|French team
FC Metz.

Prior to moving to Europe, Ahn previously played
in the K-League with Daewoo Royals, now known as
Busan I'Park.

==Clubs==
*1998-2000 Daewoo Royals
*2000-2002 AC Perugia
*2002-2003 Shimizu S-Pulse
*2004-2005 Yokohama F Marinos
*2005-current FC Metz

==See also==
*List of football (soccer) players
*List of Koreans
*List of Korea-related topics

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