2024-02-13 20:15:00
Money Today Reporter Chae Tae-byeong | 2024.02.14 05:15
Ahn Jung-hwan, a national soccer player and broadcaster. / Photo = News 1 National soccer player-turned-broadcaster Ahn Jung-hwan (48) revealed that the total annual salary he received during his time as a player was more than 15 billion won.
Ahn Jung-hwan said this in a video titled ‘Ahn Jung-hwan 15 billion times as a soccer player?!’ released by YouTube channel ‘Moongchin TV’ on the 13th.
In the video, Ahn Jung-hwan, Kim Yong-man, Kim Seong-ju, Jeong Hyeong-don, and Kim Nam-il mentioned celebrities who celebrated their 20th anniversary this year. At this time, Jeong Hyeong-don asked, “Isn’t it difficult for soccer players to play for 20 years?”
Ahn Jung-hwan replied, “Actually, soccer players don’t consider how many years they have played,” and “Usually they calculate it as 10 years as a professional or 15 years as a professional.”
/ Photo = Capture from YouTube channel ‘Moongchin TV’ When Kim Yong-man asked, “Is Lee Dong-gook the longest professional player in Korea?” Kim Nam-il said, “Kim Byeong-ji played the longest, playing 706 games in the K-League.” It is known that Lee Dong-guk has been playing professionally for 22 years, and Kim Byung-ji has been playing for 26 years.
Kim Yong-man then asked Ahn Jung-hwan, “How much was your annual salary?” Ahn Jung-hwan said, “Why are you suddenly talking regarding your salary? If you do the easy calculation, if you earn 1 billion won a year, wouldn’t it be 15 billion won?”
When those around him responded with surprise, Ahn Jung-hwan recalled, “I didn’t receive a lot of salary from the beginning, but it gradually increased (depending on my experience),” and “I received 980,000 won as my first annual salary.”
/ Photo = Capture from YouTube channel ‘Moongchin TV’ Kim Nam-il said that in the past, it was difficult to receive an annual salary of more than 100 million won on the domestic stage, and said, “I also received an annual salary in the hundreds of millions of won following the 2002 World Cup.” He then added, “Until then, my annual salary was around 60 to 70 million won.”
However, Ahn Jung-hwan confessed, “Isn’t it me? I received a salary worth hundreds of millions of dollars even before the 2002 World Cup.” At the same time, he said, “I have received an annual salary in the hundreds of millions since I was at Busan Daewoo Royals, before going overseas.” According to an article from 1999, Ahn Jung-hwan received an annual salary of more than 265 million won at the time.
Ahn Jung-hwan said, “In the past, soccer players received all their salaries in cash,” and added, “At that time, all players carried a sublease bag and put cash in it.”
Born in 1976, Ahn Jung-hwan played for the South Korean national soccer team in 71 games and scored 17 goals. Ahn Jung-hwan scored three goals in the FIFA World Cup finals. Besides Ahn Jung-hwan, the only Korean players with this record are Park Ji-sung and Son Heung-min.
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