Lee Yong (footballer, born 1986)

Lee Yong
	Lee with Suwon FC, 2023
Personal information
Full name	Lee Yong
Date of birth	24 December 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Full-back
Team information
Current team	Suwon FC
Number	88
Youth career
1999–2001	Gyeongshin Middle School
2002–2005	Yeongdeungpo Technical High School
College career
Years	Team
2006–2009	Chungang University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2016	Ulsan Hyundai
2015–2016	→ Sangju Sangmu (army)
2017–2023	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2022	→ Suwon FC (loan)
2023–	Suwon FC
International career‡
2009	South Korea Universiade
2013–2022	South Korea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2023; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2022

Lee Yong (Korean: 이용; Hanja: 李鎔; Korean pronunciation: [i.joŋ]; born 24 December 1986) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays for Korean club Suwon FC and the South Korea national football team as a right-back.

In May 2018 he was named in South Korea's preliminary 28 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.^[3]

Career statistics

As of 6 June 2023

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		Continental		Total
2010	Ulsan Hyundai	K League 1	20	0	2	0	5	0	—		27	0
2011			22	0	4	0	6	0	—		32	0
2012			22	0	2	0	—		10^[a]	1	34	1
2013			37	1	2	0	—		—		39	1
2014			31	0	1	0	—		5	0	37	0
2015	Sangju Sangmu (army)	K League 2	33	0	0	0	—		—		33	0
2016	Sangju Sangmu (army)	K League 1	23	2	0	0	—		—		23	2
2016	Ulsan Hyundai		1	0	0	0	—		—		1	0
2017	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors		8	0	1	0	—		—		9	0
2018			32	0	1	0	—		9	0	42	0
2019			20	0	0	0	—		5	0	25	0
2020			20	0	1	0	—		1	0	22	0
2021			25	0	1	0	—		8	0	34	0
2022			8	0	0	0	—		0	0	8	0
2022	Suwon FC (loan)		13	0	0	0	—		—		13	0
2023	Suwon FC		13	1	0	0	—		—		13	1
Total	South Korea		328	4	15	0	11	0	38	1	392	5
Career total			328	4	15	0	11	0	38	1	392	5

^ Eight appearances in AFC Champions League, two appearances and one goal in FIFA Club World Cup

As of 10 June 2022

National team	Year	Apps
South Korea	2013	7
	2014	11
	2016	3
	2017	1
	2018	16
	2019	7
	2021	8
	2022	4
	Total	57

Ulsan Hyundai

Sangju Sangmu

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ 2009년 5월 18일 2009 하계유니버시아드 남자 (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced?". Goal. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

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