Guus Hiddink (born 8 November 1947 in Varsseveld) is a Dutch football coach. Throughout his entire coaching career, he is best recognised for leading South Korea to a 4th place finish in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, coaching the Netherlands into the same position in the 1998 World Cup in France, and leading Australia to the 2006 World Cup for the first time in 32 years.

After leading Korea to the semi-finals, Hiddink was given the unofficial title of the most popular individual in the country, and became the first-ever person to be given honorary South Korean citizenship. In addition other rewards soon followed - a private villa in Jeju island; free flights for life with Korean Airlines and Asiana Airlines, free taxi rides, and so forth. The World Cup stadium in Gwangju was renamed Guus Hiddink Stadium in his honor shortly after the World Cup. His hometown became a popular stopover for South Koreans visiting the Netherlands.

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