29 January,2011 07:44 AM IST | | AFP
Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-Sung has retired from international duty with South Korea after winning his 100th cap, his national coach Cho Kwang-Rae announced yesterday.
Park (29) reached the milestone in his team's penalty shoot-out defeat by Japan in the Asian Cup semi-finals in Qatar this week.
But he was left out of the squad for Friday's 3-2 victory over Uzbekistan in the third-place play-off match, with Cho saying he did not want him to pick up an injury.
Cho said: From today Park Ji-Sung and Lee Young-Pyo are going to be retired from their national football careers. They did a remarkable job for Korean football and I want to say I have loved working with them."u00a0
