Park Ji-sung

Park Ji-sung is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in the South Korean capital Seoul, Park is one of the most successful Asian players in football history, having won 19 trophies in his career. He is the first Asian footballer to have won the UEFA Champions League, to play in a UEFA Champions League final, as well as the first Asian to have won the FIFA Club World Cup. Park was able to play anywhere across the midfield and was noted for his exceptional fitness level, discipline, work ethic and off-the-ball movement. His remarkable endurance levels earned him the nickname "Three-Lung" Park.

25 February 1981

Born on the same birth day (25 February): A. Leon Higginbotham Jr. • Amin Maalouf • Cesário Verde • Don Quarrie • Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick • Erich von Hornbostel • Erick Fedde • Félix Peña • Isabelle Fuhrman • John Hart (South Australian colonist) • Jorge Soler • Maria Margaretha Kirch • Néstor Kirchner • Phoebus Levene • Richard G. Stern • Tom Marshall (artist) • William Ashley (economic historian) • Zeppo Marx

Born in the same month (February 1981): Bob Sanders • Calum Best • Holly Willoughby • Jared Lorenzen • John Walker Lindh • Jonas Andersson (ice hockey) • Joseph Gordon-Levitt • Kelly Rowland • Michelle Bass • Mohammad Sami • Neto (footballer, born 1981) • Pontus Segerström • Susanna Kallur • Uzo Aduba • Vivek Shraya • Wade McKinnon