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Nam Tae-hee
Personal information
Full name Nam Tae-Hee
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Lekhwiya
Number 25
Youth career
2007–2008 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Valenciennes 37 (0)
2012– Lekhwiya 10 (5)
International career‡
2002–2003 South Korea U13 3 (0)
2004–2005 South Korea U15 9 (0)
2007–2008 South Korea U17 15 (2)
2009–2010 South Korea U20 0 (0)
2012– South Korea U23 1 (1)
2011– South Korea 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2011
Nam Tae-hee
Hangul
남태희
Hanja
南泰煕
Revised RomanizationNam Tae-hui
McCune–ReischauerNam T'ae-hŭi

Template:Korean name Nam Tae-Hee (born 3 July 1991 in Busan) is a South Korean footballer currently playing for Qatari side Lekhwiya SC.

He is a versatile midfielder and can play as attacking midfielder or central midfielder.

Career

Nam played in the U.K. professional football club Reading's Youth Academy[1] before in August 2008 his first professional contract signed in France with Valenciennes FC.[2] He played his debut on 8 August 2009 against AS Nancy[3] and is currently the youngest Asian player to play in the Ligue 1 at age 18.[4]

In the winter break of the 2011-12 season, Nam agreed to leave Ligue 1 for Qatar Stars League giant Lekhwiya SC on 26 December 2011.[5]

Lekhwiya

Nam made his debut on 1 January 2012 against Al Kharitiyath.[6] He scored his first league goal from a free kick on 19 January 2012.[7]

He made his AFC Champions League debut on 7 March 2012, scoring the only goal against Saudi Al Ahli.[8] Thusly, he scored the first ever goal for Lekhwiya in any regional competitions.

International career

Nam is current member of the South Korea national under-20 football team and was formerly member of the U-13, U-15 and U-17.[4] He made his senior national team debut on February 9, 2011 in a friendly against Turkey.

Club career statistics

as of 20 November 2011 Template:Football player statistics 1 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2009–10||rowspan="3"|Valenciennes FC||rowspan="3"|Ligue 1||6||0||1||0||2||0||0||0||9||0 |- |2010–11|||18||0||1||0||2||0||0||0||21||0 |- |2011–12|||13||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||13||0 |- |2011–12||rowspan="1"|Lekhwiya||Qatar Stars League||10||5||0||0||0||0||4||1||14||6 |- Template:Football player statistics 5|46||5||2||0||4||0||4||1||57||6 Template:Football player statistics end

Background

Nam is hailed as the 'Korean Messi' by Valenciennes fans and has also been touted as a 'magician' and 'wonderkid'.[4] He was Most Valuable Player three times in his youth career in the National Championships in South Korea.[4] Nam became the youngest Korean footballer to play in a professional league in Europe as a result of this game.[4] He is known for his very energetic playing style.

References

  1. ^ Nam Taehee – Reading FC
  2. ^ Valenciennes Profile
  3. ^ Ligue 1: FC Valenciennes – AS Nancy-Lorraine Spielbericht
  4. ^ a b c d e "Nam Tae-hee debütiert als jüngster koreanischer Fußballer bei einem europäischen Erstligisten" (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  5. ^ "Lekhwiya replace Akram with Korea's Nam Tae-Hee". Qatar Stars League. official website. 2011-12-26. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
  6. ^ "AL KHARITIYATH VS. LEKHWIYA 1 - 1". Soccerway.com. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  7. ^ "LEKHWIYA VS. AL AHLI 1 - 0". Soccerway.com. 2012-01-16. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  8. ^ "Nam stunner propels Lekhwiya". dohastadiumplusqatar.com. 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2012-09-03.

External links

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