Lee Eul-yong
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Lee Eul-Yong (이을용) | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Gangwon FC (coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1994 | Dankook University | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995 | National Railroad | ||
1996–1997 | Sangmu (Army) | ||
1998–2002 | Bucheon SK | 90 | (11) |
2002–2003 | Trabzonspor | 19 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Anyang LG Cheetahs / FC Seoul | 27 | (0) |
2004–2006 | Trabzonspor | 55 | (1) |
2006–2008 | FC Seoul | 57 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Gangwon FC | 58 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
1999–2006 | South Korea | 51 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
2011–2012 | Gangwon FC (scout) | ||
2012– | Gangwon FC (coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 3, 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of April 1, 2008 |
Lee Eul-yong | |
Hangul | 이을용 |
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Hanja | 李乙容 |
Revised Romanization | I Eul-yong |
McCune–Reischauer | I Ŭryong |
Lee Eul-Yong (Hangul: 이을용) (born September 8, 1975) is a South Korean former football player and a coach who is currently coaching Gangwon FC since July 2012. He previously played for Anyang LG Cheetahs, Bucheon SK, FC Seoul and Gangwon FC in the Korean K-League, and was part of the South Korean national team at the 2002 World Cup and was one of Guus Hiddink's favorite players. He was capable of scoring free kicks similar to David Beckham's. He was notable for his goal against Turkey in the 3rd place match in the 2002 Fifa World Cup. He transferred to Trabzonspor in 2002 with the help of Tınaz Tırpan. Since 2006, he had played for FC Seoul until 2008 season. In January 2009, he completed to move to Gangwon FC.
Lee was born in Taebaek, Gangwon. He attended high school in Gangneung and went on to graduate from Dankook University.
In September 2006, after a successful match against Taiwan national football team, Lee announced that he would retire from the Korean national team to focus on FC Seoul and also to make way for younger players in the upcoming 2010 World Cup.[1][2]
Eul-Yong Ta
Lee is well known by most South Koreans and other Asian football fans for the famous incident which is sometimes referred as "Eul-Yong Ta (을용타)," and roughly translated as 'Eul-Yong Strike/Smash'. The incident occurred during the first tournament of the East Asian Cup in December 2003, during the match against China.
During the second half of the game, Chinese forward Li Yi kicked Lee in the shins immediately after he finished his pass. Visually upset with Li's violent play, Lee slapped Li on the back of his head. Li Yi started rolling on the pitch grabbing his head in an apparent exaggeration. For a while the entire Chinese and Korean squad ran toward the scene but further conflict did not occur, as the referee awarded a yellow card for Li (simulation) and red card for Lee (violence). Korea went on to defeat China once again; Lee became popular internet meme after the incident.
Club career
- 1995 National Railroad
- 1996-1997 Sangmu - army
- 1998-2002 Bucheon SK
- 2002-2003 Trabzonspor
- 2003 Anyang LG Cheetahs
- 2004 FC Seoul
- 2004-2006 Trabzonspor
- 2006-2008 FC Seoul
- 2009–2011 Gangwon FC
Club career statistics
- As of 23 October 2011
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|1998||rowspan=5|Bucheon SK||rowspan=5|K-League||14||3||||||19||0||colspan="2"|-||33||3
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|1999||17||1||||||8||0||colspan="2"|-||25||1
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|2000||27||5||||||10||0||colspan="2"|-||37||5
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|2001||26||2||||||0||0||colspan="2"|-||26||2
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|2002||6||0||||||1||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0
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|2002-03||rowspan=1|Trabzonspor||rowspan=1|Süper Lig||19||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||21||0
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|2003||rowspan=2|Anyang LG Cheetahs
/ FC Seoul||rowspan=2|K-League||17||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||17||0
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|2004||10||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||10||0
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|2004-05||rowspan=2|Trabzonspor||rowspan=2|Süper Lig||26||0||3||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0||32||0
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|2005-06||29||1||3||0||colspan="2"|-||2||0||34||1
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|2006||rowspan=3|FC Seoul||rowspan=3|K-League||14||0||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||16||0
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|2007||22||0||2||0||8||1||colspan="2"|-||32||1
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|2008||21||0||0||0||9||0||colspan="2"|-||30||0
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|2009||rowspan=3|Gangwon FC||rowspan=3|K-League||22||0||1||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||25||0
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|2010||17||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||17||0
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|2011||19||1||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||22||1
Template:Football player statistics 3232||12||7||0||58||1||colspan="2"|-||297||13
Template:Football player statistics 474||1||8||0||colspan="2"|-||5||0||87||1
Template:Football player statistics 5306||12||15||0||58||1||5||0||384||14
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Honours
Club
- K-League
- Runner-up (1) : 2000
- K-League Cup
- Adidas Cup Runner-up (1) : 1998
- Korean League Cup Champions (1) : 2000
- Korean League Cup Runner-up (1) : 1998
- Süper Lig
- Runner-up (1) : 2004-05
- Turkish Cup
- Winner (1) : 2002-03
International goals
- Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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June 29, 2002 | Daegu | Turkey | 1 goal | 2-3 | 2002 FIFA World Cup |
September 29, 2003 | Incheon | Nepal | 1 goal | 16-0 | 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
June 4, 2006 | Edinburgh | Ghana | 1 goal | 1-3 | Friendly match |
References
External links
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Association football wingers
- South Korean footballers
- South Korean expatriate footballers
- South Korea international footballers
- Incheon Korail players
- Sangmu FC (Semi-professional) players
- Bucheon SK players
- Jeju United FC players
- Trabzonspor footballers
- Anyang LG Cheetahs players
- FC Seoul players
- Gangwon FC players
- Korea National League players
- K-League players
- Süper Lig players
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 2004 AFC Asian Cup players
- 2006 FIFA World Cup players
- South Korean expatriates in Turkey
- Dankook University alumni