Lee Chung-yong

Lee Chung-yong
Lee with Ulsan HD in 2024
Personal information
Full name Lee Chung-yong[1]
Date of birth (1988-07-02) 2 July 1988 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Seoul, South Korea
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Ulsan HD
Number 27
Youth career
2003–2004 FC Seoul
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 FC Seoul 54 (11)
2009–2015 Bolton Wanderers 176 (17)
2015–2018 Crystal Palace 38 (1)
2018–2020 VfL Bochum 35 (1)
2020– Ulsan HD 112 (11)
International career
2003–2005 South Korea U17 6 (6)
2006–2007 South Korea U20 18 (1)
2007–2008 South Korea U23 7 (0)
2008–2019 South Korea 89 (9)
Medal record
Representing  South Korea
Men's football
AFC Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place 2015 Australia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Qatar Team
AFC Youth Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2006 India Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 July 2020 (UTC)
Lee Chung-yong
Hangul
이청용
Hanja
李青龍[3]
Revised RomanizationI Cheong-yong
McCune–ReischauerYi Ch'ŏng'yong

Lee Chung-yong (Korean이청용; Hanja李青龍; Korean pronunciation: [i.tɕʰʌŋ.joŋ]; born 2 July 1988) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a winger for K League 1 club Ulsan HD and is a South Korean international.

He is nicknamed "Blue Dragon", which is a literal translation of his given name "Chung-yong". He joined FC Seoul, his first club in the 2004 season. Ever since his early debut at the age of 18 for the South Korean side FC Seoul in the 2006 season of K League, Lee has gathered much attention from domestic football fans of South Korea in general, particularly because in South Korean football, where new players mostly make their entrance into professional clubs through a draft system, dropping out of middle school to sign a contract with a top division football club was a very rare case.

In January 2009, The Times named Lee as one of the top 50 rising stars in football.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Lee Chung-yong". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Lee Chung-yong". Premier League. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  3. ^ 월드컵 허정무호 젊은 '쌍룡', 이란 격파 선봉에. Naver (in Korean). Newsis. 20 January 2009.
  4. ^ Dart, Tom (12 January 2009). "Football's top 50 rising stars". The Times. London. Retrieved 7 May 2010.[dead link]

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