South Korea 's Park Ji - sung retires from international football . Manchester United officially confirms the news at a press conference on Monday . `` Like we have seen during the Asian Cup games , there are many young Korean players who have enormous potential , passion and talent , '' Park , who led South Korea to the World Cup semifinals on home soil in 2002 , said . Park won 100th international cap at South Korea 's semifinal Asian Cup match last week . 29-year - old wants to make way for a younger generation of players .
South Korea 's Park Ji - sung retires from international football . Manchester United officially confirms the news at a press conference on Monday . Park won 100th international cap at South Korea 's semifinal Asian Cup match last week . 29-year - old wants to make way for a younger generation of players .