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Lee Chung-yong
Personal information
Full name Lee Chung-Yong
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Bolton Wanderers
Number 27
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004-2009 FC Seoul
2009– Bolton Wanderers
International career‡
2006–2007 Korea Republic U-20
2007–2008 Korea Republic U-23
2008– Korea Republic
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:00, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of September 5, 2009
Lee Chung-yong
Hangul
이청용
Hanja
李靑龍[1]

Lee Chung-Yong (Korean: 이청용; born 2 July 1988) is a South Korean Footballer currently playing for Premier League club Bolton Wanderers and the South Korean national team. His first name Chung-Yong means 'Blue Dragon' in Korean.

Lee Chung-Yong is widely regarded as one of the top young footballing prospects in South Korea along with Ki Sung-Yong. Both players are affectionately known as 'Ssang Yong (쌍용, 雙龍)', owed as much to their meteoric rise in talent as their pivotal roles within FC Seoul.

In January 2009, Lee Chung-Yong was named as one (40th ranked) of the top 50 rising stars in football by the British daily, The Times[2]. Many South Koreans[who?] have compared him with Alexander Hleb as both are known for their technical skills, uncanny and dizzying dribbling ability and astute passing and vision on the field.

Club career

Lee started to play football at the age of 11, which is quite late compared to the others. However, his talent was evident and he soon got reputation among the local football society.

FC Seoul

In 2003, FC Seoul, then Anyang LG Cheetahs was famous for their collection of bunch of flairs, as their manager Cho Kwang-Rae was interested in young talents across the nation. Lee, who was attending Do-Bong Middle School caught the eye of a scouter, and manager Cho decided to attend his match, and after the first half, he was certain Lee had a massive potential, and decided to sign him. So Lee dropped out of the school and joined FC Seoul. For the next several years, Lee developed himself in the reserves along with another FC Seoul's treasure and his close friend Ki Sung-Yong.

Then, in 2007, Turkish manager Şenol Güneş who coached the Turkish side that came 3rd in the 2002 World Cup, joined FC Seoul. After watching Ki Sung-Yong and Lee Chung-Yong carefully, he told them that they had enough flairs to become regulars in the first team, and they certainly did.

In 2007, Lee Chung-Yong began to break into the first team, playing in 15 league matches, scoring 3 goals.

In 2008, he became a regular for Seoul, playing 22 league matches, scoring 5 goals and 6 assists. By then, he became a fan's favourite, along with Ki Sung-Yong.

In 2009 season, he was now one of the biggest stars in the squad, and he completed his "assist-hat-trick" by creating 3 goals in the opening game of the season against Chunnam Dragons on 7 March 2009. On 4 April 2009, he scored the winning goal in a match against Seoul's fierce rival, Suwon Samsung Bluewings.

Bolton Wanderers

FC Seoul confirmed Lee Chung-yong has agreed a deal to join Premier League side Bolton Wanderers. A statement from FC Seoul said: "The contract will be signed officially after a work permit is issued." On 29 July, 2009, it was announced that he had been granted a work permit allowing him to complete a £2.2m transfer from FC Seoul. He had already agreed personal terms on a three-year contract with Bolton the previous week and also underwent a successful medical.[3] The transfer was officially confirmed on the 14th of August 2009, Lee was reported as stating "I am looking forward to this new chapter in my career and cannot wait to play my first game for my new club"[4]

He made his first Bolton appearance on 15 August 2009 when coming on as a substitute for Gavin McCann in the 1-0 defeat against Sunderland at the Reebok Stadium and scored his first goal, the winning goal of the match in a 2-1 victory against Birmingham City on 26 September.[5] He was named Man of the Match in the match against Tottenham Hotspurs, providing teammate Ricardo Gardner with an assist. He made it to the ESPN Team of the Week twice in a row.

International career

He was a part of Korea Republic national under-20 football team for 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Even though South Korea didn't qualify for the knockout stage in this competition, his performance was enough to impress many fans, who began to call him "Blue Dragon" after his name.

His first under-23 match was against Syria in Damascus, October 17 2007. In addition, he was a first choice for the 2008 Beijing Olympics squad.

On May 31, 2008, He made his national team debut in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification match against Jordan.

On September 5, 2008, He scored his first national team goal against Jordan in Seoul World Cup Stadium.

Club career statistics

As of 3 Otober 2009
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
FC Seoul 2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 0
2005 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 0
2006 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - - - 4 0 1
2007 15 3 1 2 0 0 8 0 5 - - - 25 3 6
2008 22 5 6 1 0 0 3 1 0 - - - 26 6 6
2009 15 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 3 21 3 7
Total 54 11 11 4 0 0 14 1 6 4 0 3 76 12 20
Bolton Wanderers 2009-10 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 - - - 6 1 2
Total 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 - - - 6 1 2

Honours

International goals

Results list Korea Republic's goal tally first.
Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
September 5, 2008 South Korea Seoul  Jordan 1 goal 1-0 Friendly match
November 14, 2008 Qatar Doha  Qatar 1 goal 1-1 Friendly match

Personal Life

Lee and his girfriend attended the same middle school. Lee calims to dislike drinking and smoking, and even refrains from drinking coffee.[6]

References

  1. ^ "[[:Template:Languageicon]] FC서울의 '용라인'은 7번으로 통한다". isplus.joins.com/. 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-12-03. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  2. ^ "Football's top 50 rising stars". The Times. 2009-01-12.
  3. ^ "Bolton to complete Lee Chung-yong signing". The Guardian. 2009-07-22. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  4. ^ "Lee Chung-Yong Deal Complete". Bolton Wanderers Football Club. 2009-08-14. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
  5. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/birminghamcity/6234124/Birmingham-City-1-Bolton-Wanderers-2-match-report.html
  6. ^ http://www.sportsseoul.com/news2/soccer/general/2009/1012/20091012101020300000000_7522989160.html

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