Including ‘father’ Park Ji-Sung, South Korean soccer legends are coming together for the Coupang Play entertainment show ‘Shooting Star’. ‘Shooting Star’ is a growth soccer entertainment show where retired legendary players gather as a team with Director Park Ji-Sung and Coach Choi Yong-Soo to challenge themselves as active K-League players once again.

Amidst rising expectations for the new club ‘FC Shooting Star’, led by Korean soccer legends Director Park Ji-Sung, Director Choi Yong-Soo, and Coach Seol Ki-Hyeon, the players who will be playing with them have been revealed in a second poster. In the poster, the players wearing the ‘FC Shooting Star’ uniforms, which are being revealed for the first time, deliver heart-pounding excitement as they realize the moments that all soccer fans have been waiting for. The poster with the added familiar faces raises expectations for deep emotion and a narrative with the eyes and expressions of Kim Young-kwang, Yeom Ki-hun, Go Yo-han, and Dejan, who still show the passion and competitive spirit of their active days.

The revealed lineup of ‘FC Shooting Star’ players is drawing attention as they are from the national team. Goalkeeper Kim Young-kwang, who is the captain and has appeared in 605 K-League games, said, “Soccer was everything to me, but I feel alive again. I am grateful for the passionate support of the fans and will do my best for a new start.” The defenders are also from the national team. Kim Chang-soo, who won a bronze medal at the London Olympics, and Hyun Young-min, a member of the national team at the 2002 World Cup, will be the left and right fullbacks, and Kang Min-soo, who played in more than 30 games as a member of the national team, will be in charge of central defense.

The midfielders who will be key to the team‘s tactics are ‘FC Seoul’ legendary one-club man and the first player to have his number retired by the club, Go Yo-han, and K-League representative regista Kwon Soon-hyung, who will coordinate the entire game. Here, strikers Yeom Ki-hun, who once played with ‘Suwon Samsung Bluewings’, and Dejan, the striker with the most assists in the K-League, will return to the ground and signal irreplaceable plays.

In addition, Jang Gyeol-hee, who is from the FC Barcelona youth team and whose growth story is expected, Shin Se-gae, the mood maker who gathers the team’s fighting spirit, and goalkeeper Lee Beom-young, who was active as the goalkeeper at the London Olympics, the synergy of the new and old unique to ‘FC Shooting Star’ will present the thrill of sports and get fans‘ hearts beating again.

‘Shooting Star’ will be released for the first time at 8 p.m. on November 22.


Reporter Lee Seung-mi smlee@donga.com