_(cropped).jpg) Lee with Crystal Palace in 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Lee Chung-yong[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 July 1988[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
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*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 |
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| Hanja | 李青龍[3] |
| Revised Romanization | I Cheong-yong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Ch'ŏng'yong |
Lee Chung-yong (Korean: 이청용; 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]
- ^ a b "Lee Chung-yong". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ "Lee Chung-yong". Premier League. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
- ^ 월드컵 허정무호 젊은 '쌍룡', 이란 격파 선봉에. Naver (in Korean). Newsis. 20 January 2009.
- ^ Dart, Tom (12 January 2009). "Football's top 50 rising stars". The Times. London. Retrieved 7 May 2010.