Lee Jung-Soo

Lee Jung-Soo
Personal information
Full name Lee Jung-Soo
Date of birth 21 August 1980 (1980-08-21) (age 31)
Place of birth Gimhae, Gyeongnam, South Korea
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Al-Sadd
Number 40
Youth career
1998–2001 Kyunghee University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2002–2003 Anyang LG Cheetahs 27 (2)
2004 FC Seoul 2 (0)
2004–2005 Incheon United 20 (1)
2006–2008 Suwon Bluewings 46 (3)
2009 Kyoto Sanga 34 (6)
2010 Kashima Antlers 10 (3)
2010– Al-Sadd 20 (3)
National team‡
2008– South Korea 47 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 July 2010.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2011
Lee Jung-Soo
Hangul 이정수
Hanja 李正秀
Revised Romanization I Jeong(-)su
McCune–Reischauer I Chŏngsu
This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.

Lee Jung-Soo (Korean: 이정수; born 21 August 1980) is a South Korean professional association football player who plays as a center back. He is currently playing for Al-Sadd in Qatar and a member of the South Korea national football team.

He was a member of South Korea U-19 national football team.

Originally he was attacker. But in 2003, his coach Cho Kwang-Rae advised him to be a defender because Cho's team had too many foreign attackers. He accepted the coach's suggestion.[1] He is known for his speed and goal-scoring ability even as a center back. On 22 July 2010, he transferred to Qatar club Al-Sadd.

In the 2011 AFC Champions League semi-final first leg against his former club Suwon Bluewings, Lee was involved in a heated argument with Al Sadd team-mates following Mamadou Niang's controversial second goal, which was scored after Suwon claimed to have put the ball out to allow treatment to injured players and possession should have been returned to the Korean club. Lee said that the goal was 'unfair' and suggested Al Sadd should give a goal back although the idea was rejected. The situation prompted Lee to walk off the pitch requiring his coach Jorge Fossati to substitute him with Ibrahim Majid from the remainder of additional time.[2]

Contents

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
South Korea League KFA Cup League Cup Asia Total
2002 Anyang LG Cheetahs K-League 9 1 ? ? 2 0 ? ?
2003 18 1 1 0 - - 19 1
2004 FC Seoul 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 0
2004 Incheon United 11 0 1 0 9 0 - 21 0
2005 9 1 0 0 8 0 - 17 1
2006 Suwon Bluewings 23 2 2 0 13 0 - 38 2
2007 6 0 0 0 4 0 - 10 0
2008 17 1 1 0 7 0 - 25 1
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Total
2009 Kyoto Sanga FC J. League Division 1 34 6 0 0 1 0 - 35 6
2010 Kashima Antlers 10 3 0 0 0 0 5 1 15 4
Qatar League Emir of Qatar Cup League Cup Asia Total
2010-11 Al-Sadd Qatar Stars League 20 3 - 3 2 23 5
Total South Korea 95 6 5 0 43 0 ? ? 143 6
Japan 36 7 0 0 1 0 5 1 42 8
Qatar 20 3 3 2 23 5
Career total 151 16 5 0 44 0 8 3 208 19

International goals

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 September 5, 2009 Seoul  Australia 1 goal 3-1 Friendly match
2 January 18, 2010 Malaga  Finland 1 goal 2-0 Friendly match
3 June 12, 2010 Port Elizabeth  Greece 1 goal 2-0 2010 FIFA World Cup
4 June 22, 2010 Durban  Nigeria 1 goal 2-2 2010 FIFA World Cup
5 March 25, 2011 Seoul  Honduras 1 goal 4-0 Friendly match

Honours

Club

Al-Sadd
Suwon Samsung

External links

References

  1. ^ "<월드컵> 골 넣는 수비수 이정수 '또 한 건'(종합)" (in Korean). 2010-06-23. http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=107&oid=001&aid=0003346073. 
  2. ^ Fossati empathises with Lee The-AFC.com Friday, 21 October 2011 17:23.