Korean media: from Park Zhixing to Sun Xingyu, after 11 years, Han
Live Bar, August 13 -after Sun Xingzhen was appointed as the new captain of Tottenham Hotspur, South Korean media “NAVER” issued a comment saying that this was also 11 years later when South Korean players once again served as the captain of the Premier League team.
On August 12, local time, Tottenham Hotspur club announced through its official website: “Sun Xingzhen was appointed as our captain.” Sun Xingzhen took over skipper’s armband from Loli, who served as the team captain for the first time in the 2014/15 season and was officially appointed as the team leader at the beginning of the 2015/16 season, this is also the first season for Sun Xingzhen to join Tottenham Hotspur.
As a result, Sun Xingzhen became the second South Korean player in history to be the captain of the Premier League. Before sun Xingzhen, the first South Korean player to serve as captain in the Premier League was Park Zhixing, technical director of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. After leaving Manchester United to transfer to Queen’s Park Rangers (QPR), Park Ji-sung officially assumed the post of captain in the 2012/13 season.
(Derison)