Park Ji-sung X Lingard Manchester United seniors and juniors finally metEncounters in 13 years

Aug 23, 2025

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Jesse Lingard and Park Ji-sung met.

Lingard released a photo of his meeting with Park Ji-sung on his personal SNS on the 22nd. The two took a picture with Park Ji-sung's uniform when he was a member of the national team. Perhaps Park Ji-sung gave Lingard a gift after signing his uniform. The two met again 13 years after Park Ji-sung left Manchester United in 2012.

Lingard is a direct junior to Park Ji-sung. Born in 1992, Lingard grew up at Manchester United in 2001 and dreamed of becoming a footballer. In 2005, when Lingard was just becoming a promising soccer player, Park Ji-sung moved to Manchester United, becoming the first Korean Premier Leaguer.

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Park Ji-sung played for Manchester United until 2012 and has grown into an indispensable player in the team. Although he was not an ace like Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, and Ryan Giggs, Park Ji-sung was always a player that former coach Alex Ferguson trusted and used.

Lingard, who dreamed of playing at Old Trafford while watching seniors like Park Ji-sung, rose to prominence as a professional player in earnest after Park Ji-sung left. After loaning from Leicester City, Birmingham City, Brighton and Derby counties, he joined Manchester United's first team in earnest from the 2015-2016 season.

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In the 2017-2018 season, Lingard jumped to the starting lineup of Manchester United and grew to the point where he scored eight goals and six assists in the league, but as everyone knows, the peak was there. Lingard went downhill all the way. He left for West Ham United in the 2020-2021 season and became a legend on loan with nine goals and five assists in 16 games, but he did not rebound when he returned to Manchester United. Lingard, who also failed to succeed in Nottingham Forest, faced a career crisis after losing his team, but chose to go to the K-League due to FC Seoul's sincere courtship.

Lingard, who has settled down stably with six goals and three assists in his first season in Seoul, is leading the team this season as FC Seoul captain. He has scored seven goals and three assists this season, and won the Player of the Month award for the first time since his transfer in July.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.