Lee Young-jun (footballer)
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| Full name | Lee Young-jun | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 May 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Suwon, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Grasshoppers | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016[2] | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017[3] | Anseong FC | ||||||||||||||||
| ?[4] | FC Osan | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018[5] | FC Mohyeon | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Eonnam High School | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020[2] | Shinpyeong High School | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Suwon FC | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 21 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Grasshoppers | 14 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | South Korea U20 | 22 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | South Korea U23 | 7 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 April 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lee Young-jun | |
| Hangul | 이영준 |
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| Hanja | 李泳俊 |
| Revised Romanization | Lee Yeongjun |
| McCune–Reischauer | Lee Yŏngchun |
Lee Young-jun (Korean: 이영준; born 23 May 2003) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club Grasshopper.
Club career
[edit]On 29 July 2024, he signed a four-year contract with Swiss Super League side Grasshoppers.[6] His debut could not have started off better, with Lee scoring within 44 seconds in a 3–1 victory over FC Sion on 24 August 2024.[7]
International career
[edit]Lee played for the South Korean national under-20 team in the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He scored against France and Ecuador while helping his team reach the semi-finals.[8]
On 26 March 2024, Lee scored South Korea's first goal in the 2024 WAFF U-23 Championship final, where South Korea defeated Australia.[9]
Lee led South Korea to the quarter-finals with he scoring three goals in the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup,[10] but he was sent off for his unsportsmanlike foul in a quarter-final loss to Indonesia.[11]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 15 December 2024[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Suwon FC | 2021 | K League 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2022 | K League 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Total | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 2023 | K League 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |
| 2024 | K League 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Total | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 5 | ||
| Grasshoppers | 2024−25 | Swiss Super League | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 64 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 8 | ||
Honours
[edit]Gimcheon Sangmu
South Korea U23
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Korea Republic (KOR)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 16. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ a b 당진 신평고 축구부 출신 ‘이영준’ 선수, 최연소 K리그1 데뷔 (in Korean). Dangjin News. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ 2017 당진 해나루기 전국 중등 축구대회 - 골대 왼쪽으로 살짝 벗어나는 아쉬운 이영준 선수의 슛!. YouTube (in Korean). KBS. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ [U20WC] ‘장신 스트라이커’ 이영준은 마지막이란 각오로 월드컵에 임한다 (in Korean). KFA. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ 2018년도 졸업생 현(수원FC) 이영준 선수가 U-23세 황선홍 감독님이 이끄는 올림픽대표팀 친선경기 명단에 포함되었습니다~^^. Facebook (in Korean). FC Mohyeon. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "GC Zurich signs U23 international striker Young-jun Lee". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Tor-Premieren für Lee und Tobers: GC schlägt Sion mit 3:1". SRF. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Lee Young-jun" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Baek, Ji-hwan (27 March 2024). "Invitee Korea win West Asia Football Federation Championship". JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Tan, Gabriel (21 April 2024). "The unconventional striker emerging as a key figure to South Korea's AFC U-23 Asian Cup charge". ESPN. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "(LEAD) 10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification". Yonhap News Agency. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ a b Lee Young-jun at Soccerway
- ^ "South Korea win WAFF U-23 Championship, Saudis 3rd". Arab News. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Lee Young-jun – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- Lee Young-jun at KFA (in Korean)
- Lee Young-jun at Soccerway
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- South Korean men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- K League 1 players
- Suwon FC players
- Gimcheon Sangmu FC players
- South Korea men's under-20 international footballers
- South Korea men's under-23 international footballers
- 21st-century South Korean sportsmen
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