Lee Dong-Gook
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| Lee Dong-Gook | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lee Dong-Gook | |
| Date of birth | April 29, 1979 | |
| Place of birth | Pohang, Republic of Korea | |
| Height | 6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1998–2002 2000–2001 2003–2005 2005–2007 2007–2008 |
Pohang Steelers → Werder Bremen (loan) Gwangju Sangmu (army) Pohang Steelers Middlesbrough |
89 (65) 7 (0) 50 (20) 35 (19) 23 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| 1998– | Korea Republic | 71 (22) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Lee Dong-Gook (Korean: 이동국, born April 29, 1979 in Pohang, South Korea) is a South Korean football player. He was recently released by Middlesbrough.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Early career
Lee started playing soccer for Pohang Steelers, making a total of 89 appearances and scoring 65 goals. He was then sent on loan to Werder Bremen of Germany's Bundesliga.
During six months at Werder Bremen in 2001, Lee's playing time was limited, partly due to injuries.
Lee left the Steelers in 2002 as he began his national service, joining the military team Gwangju Sangmu. He spent two seasons there. However, his career recovered after he returned to Pohang in 2004 and he was Korea's leading scorer in 2005 and 2006.
In April 2006, Lee tore cruciate ligaments in his knee while playing in a K-League match for the Pohang Steelers, forcing him out for six months.[1]
[edit] Middlesbrough
Lee signed with Middlesbrough in January 2007, after he was granted a work permit.[2] He made his Premier League debut for Middlesbrough on February 24, 2007 against Reading, and scored his first goal on August 29, 2007 in a Carling Cup match against Northampton Town. His contract expired at the end of the 2008 Premier League season.
On April 9th, 2008, Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate revealed that Lee Dong-Gook no longer featured in his first-team plans. Having become a target for abuse from certain sections of the Boro faithful, Southgate confirmed that injuries to a number of his more favoured front men would be the only way in which Lee would be welcomed back into the fold.
Lee rejected the opportunity to return to his former club Pohang Steelers on transfer deadline day, and was released by Gareth Southgate at the end of the season for the season 2008/09. He has received offers from Japanese Clubs and from Germany [3]
[edit] International career
Lee was a member of the South Korea national football team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. He also took part in the 2000 AFC Asian Cup and finished top scorer with six goals.
In 2002, Lee was not chosen by Guus Hiddink to represent South Korea in 2002 World Cup. Fans called him "Lazy Genius," because they felt that he did not fully use his potential. This is also because Hiddink emphasized strong stamina, great power, and agile speed, which are the categories that Lee struggles in, except power. [4][5] He later admitted to spending his days drinking and not watching a single game that took place in Korea.[6]
Lee was coach Dick Advocaat's first-choice selection at forward for Korea ahead of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but a knee injury suffered in a K-League match forced him to miss the tournament.[1]
On 1 November 2007 Lee was banned from the national team for twelve months after it was revealed that he, along with team captain Lee Woon-Jae and teammates Kim Sang-Sik and Woo Sung-Yong, went on a late night drinking spree with several female employees during the Asian Cup, in which Korea received third place.[7]
Unlike the other members who were involved in this incident, because Lee played for Middlesbrough in England, the KFA (Korea Football Association) couldn't ban him from his club team matches. Therefore, as long as he does not return to a Korean club team, he would not be restricted from his club team matches.[8]
[edit] Personal Life
Lee began dating with Lee Soo-Jin, a former Miss Korea, and the couple married in December 2005, [9]. On 14 August 2007, he became a father of two girls (twins). [10]
[edit] Career stats
(Last Update:January 26, 2008)
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup / K-League Cup |
European Competition | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Middlesbrough F.C. | 2007-08 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006-07 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | |
| Pohang Steelers | 2006 | 10 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| 2005 | 17 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 25 | 12 | 4 | |
| Total | 27 | 15 | 4 | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 35 | 19 | 5 | |
| Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix | 2004 | 19 | 6 | 5 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 23 | 9 | 5 |
| 2003 | 27 | 11 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 27 | 11 | 6 | |
| Total | 46 | 17 | 11 | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 50 | 20 | 11 | |
| Pohang Steelers | 2002 | 21 | 15 | 3 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 21 | 15 | 3 |
| 2001 | 17 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 | 13 | 1 | |
| Total | 38 | 28 | 4 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 38 | 28 | 4 | |
| SV Werder Bremen | 2000-2001 | 7 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ? | ? | ? | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pohang Steelers | 2000 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| 1999 | 15 | 13 | 3 | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 19 | 15 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 15 | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | 9 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | 24 | 18 | 2 | |
| Total | 37 | 27 | 6 | - | - | - | 14 | 10 | 1 | - | - | - | 51 | 37 | 7 | |
[edit] International goals
[edit] References
These references may be in Korean language
- ^ a b "South Korea star out of World Cup", BBC Sport, 14 April 2006.
- ^ "Middlesbrough complete Lee deal", BBC Sport, 2007-01-25. Retrieved on 2007-06-01.
- ^ Trio Move On | Middlesbrough | My Boro | Team | News
- ^ Daum.net
- ^ Daum.net
- ^ Daum.net
- ^ "South Korea ban Boro's Dong-Gook", BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2007-11-02.
- ^ "음주파동 4인방 형평성 '논란'" 데일리 서프라이즈 Retrieved on 1 January, [2208]]
- ^ 경향닷컴 | Kyunghyang.com
- ^ http://news.mk.co.kr/outside/view.php?year=2007&no=431728
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