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The Dutchman has been in the post for a year and announced his decision after his team’s victory over Japan in the third/fourth play-off final in Indonesia.
"I have decided to resign," Verbeek told reporters. "I have asked the KFA before today's match to terminate my contract which was for 2008 and they agreed with that."
"It's time for a new challenge," he added.
Korea’s Asian Cup preparations were hit by injuries to key players and the team has struggled in front of goal, finding the back of the net just three times in six games.
"Before the tournament we had a target to win the Asian Cup title but we were very disappointed to lose our best players due to injury and the situation was really bad for us.
"But I have to be fair; we didn't score enough goals in the tournament despite that we had a good defence. However in such big tournaments you have to score goals in order to win.
"In general, we had great moments here in the Asian Cup and I will not forget this tournament," he said. "It was a great experience and I really enjoyed it."
There is speculation that Iraqi coach Jorvan Vieira could be Korea's next choice. |
I hope Hong Myung Bo becomes our coach.