The Korea Football Association visits Korea for the 2025 Icon Match → Wizards Benitez's leadership training will be held...Nexon to fully support the program
Aug 28, 2025
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The event was organized using Benitez's opportunity to visit Korea, who will participate in Nexon's '2025 Icon Match: Return of Creativity, Start of Counterattack'. The "2025 Icon Match" is a super-large soccer event in which legendary soccer players compete under the concept of 'Chang and Shield'. It will be held at Seoul World Cup Stadium on September 13 and 14. Benitez will be in charge of 'Shield United' and face FC Spear' led by head coach Arsen Wenger.
As a partner of the Korea Football Association, Nexon has planned and proposed this educational program to substantially contribute to the development of Korean soccer beyond simple one-time events, and fully supports related expenses.
Benitez, dubbed the "magician" among soccer fans, is a world-renowned master who has played for prestigious European clubs such as Liverpool, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, and Napoli. He boasts a brilliant career in major European tournaments, including Liverpool's 2005 European Champions League victory, known as the "Miracle of Istanbul".
Coach Benitez will give a lecture on two key themes: 'Fostering Youth' and 'Leader Growth' requested by the Korea Football Association. In the youth development section, core concepts such as game-based training and individual player development plans are introduced. In addition, based on cases of youth development in Spain and Europe, they will share experiences that will be helpful to working-level staff, such as 'training culture in which players decide themselves.'"
In the field of leadership development, coach Benitez's football philosophy and team management know-how are transmitted. It plans to provide practical advice that Korean leaders can apply directly in the field, focusing on the leadership growth process and change cases obtained from their experiences of success and failure in directing the world's best clubs.
Chung Mong-kyu, chairman of the Korea Football Association, said, `We deeply appreciate Nexon for providing us with a precious opportunity to hear the know-how of world-renowned masters such as Coach Benitez"I expect this lecture to be of great help to strengthen our leaders' capacity and develop Korean soccer."," he said.
The leadership training will be held at the 1994 Hall of Nexon's headquarters in Pangyo at 2 p.m. on Sept. 15 for leaders from all over the country registered with the Korea Football Association. 200 people can take the training on a special stage on the site, and an additional 1,000 people can take it online. Leaders can apply to participate in the training through the website 'KFA Academy' from the 28th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
