Lee Woon-Jae

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Lee Woon-Jae
Full name	Lee Woon-Jae
Date of birth	April 26, 1973 (age 33)
Place of birth	Cheongju, South Korea
Height	182cm (6')
Nickname	Woon Jizzay (In the USA)
Playing position	goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
Youth clubs
1994-95	Kyunghee
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-99 2000-01 2002-	Suwon Bluewings Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix (army) Suwon Bluewings
National team²
1994-	Korea Republic	100 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 June 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Lee Woon-Jae (born April 26, 1973 in Cheongju) is a South Korean football player with the Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the Korean K-League as a goalkeeper. He is 182 cm in height and weighs 82 kg. He was part of Korea's 1994,2002, and 2006 World Cup campaigns.

He moved to Suwon from Kyunghee University, making his debut for the K-League club in 1996. He made over 100 appearances during his first spell with the club before moving to Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix while serving his mandatory two-year period of military service. He returned to Suwon in 2002 and has remained at the club since then, amassing over 200 league appearances for the club in total.

He has been a member of the Korea Republic national football team since the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the 2002 World Cup, he made football history during the quarter-final between Spain and South Korea, which ended in a draw and went to penalties. After both sides scored their first three penalties, Korea scored its fourth goal, and Lee coolly blocked Spain's fourth shot, taken by the 21-year old winger Joaquín. Korea scored its fifth penalty and went on to the semi-finals against Germany.

Even though he is well into his years, he still started for South Korea at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, ahead of younger high-profile goalkeepers such as Kim Young Kwang.

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Woon-Jae Lee - ESPN

	South Korea squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup
1 Choi In‑Young \| 2 Chung Jong‑Son \| 3 Lee Jong‑Hwa \| 4 Kim Pan‑Keun \| 5 Park Jung‑Bae \| 6 Lee Young‑Jin \| 7 Shin Hong‑Gi \| 8 Noh Jung‑Yoon \| 9 Kim Joo‑Sung \| 10 Ko Jeong‑Woon \| 11 Seo Jung‑Won \| 12 Choi Yong‑Il \| 13 An Ik‑Soo \| 14 Choi Dae‑Shik \| 15 Cho Jin‑Ho \| 16 Ha Seok‑Ju \| 17 Gu Sang‑Bum \| 18 Hwang Sun‑Hong \| 19 Choi Moon‑Sik \| 20 Hong Myung‑Bo \| 21 Park Chul‑Woo \| 22 Lee Woon‑Jae \| Coach: Kim Ho

	South Korea squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
1 Lee Woon‑Jae \| 2 Hyun Young‑Min \| 3 Choi Sung‑Yong \| 4 Choi Jin‑Cheul \| 5 Kim Nam‑Il \| 6 Yoo Sang‑Chul \| 7 Kim Tae‑Young \| 8 Choi Tae‑Uk \| 9 Seol Ki‑Hyeon \| 10 Lee Young‑Pyo \| 11 Choi Yong‑Soo \| 12 Kim Byung‑Ji \| 13 Lee Eul‑Yong \| 14 Lee Chun‑Soo \| 15 Lee Min‑Sung \| 16 Cha Du‑Ri \| 17 Yoon Jung‑Hwan \| 18 Hwang Sun‑Hong \| 19 Ahn Jung‑Hwan \| 20 Hong Myung‑Bo \| 21 Park Ji‑Sung \| 22 Song Chong‑Gug \| 23 Choi Eun‑Sung \| Coach: Hiddink

	South Korea squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Lee Woon‑Jae \| 2 Kim Young‑Chul \| 3 Kim Dong‑Jin \| 4 Choi Jin‑Cheul \| 5 Kim Nam‑Il \| 6 Kim Jin‑Kyu \| 7 Park Ji‑Sung \| 8 Kim Doo‑Hyun \| 9 Ahn Jung‑Hwan \| 10 Park Chu‑Young \| 11 Seol Ki‑Hyeon \| 12 Lee Young‑Pyo \| 13 Lee Eul‑Yong \| 14 Lee Chun‑Soo \| 15 Baek Ji‑Hoon \| 16 Chung Kyung‑Ho \| 17 Lee Ho \| 18 Kim Sang‑Sik \| 19 Cho Jae‑Jin \| 20 Kim Yong‑Dae \| 21 Kim Young‑Kwang \| 22 Song Chong‑Gug \| 23 Cho Won‑Hee \| Coach: Advocaat