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Lee Eul-yong
Personal information
Full name Lee Eul-yong
Date of birth (1975-09-08) 8 September 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Taebaek, Gangwon, South Korea
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1993 Gangneung Commerce High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995 Korea Railroad
1996–1997 Sangmu FC (draft)
1998–2003 Bucheon SK 90 (11)
2002–2003 Trabzonspor (loan) 19 (0)
2003–2004 FC Seoul 27 (0)
2004–2006 Trabzonspor 55 (1)
2006–2008 FC Seoul 57 (0)
2009–2011 Gangwon FC 58 (1)
Total 306 (13)
National team
1999–2006 South Korea 51 (3)
Teams managed
2012–2014 Gangwon FC (assistant)
2018 FC Seoul (caretaker)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  South Korea
EAFF Championship
Gold 2003 Japan Team
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Lee Eul-yong
Hangul 이을용
Hanja 李乙容
Revised Romanization I Eul-yong
McCune–Reischauer I Ŭryong

Lee Eul-yong (Hangul: 이을용) (born 8 September 1975) is a South Korean football coach, manager and former player.

Early life

Lee was born in Taebaek, Gangwon, and attended high school in Gangneung. He continued his football career during his school days, but he failed to join a university football club. He stopped playing football for a while before receiving an offer to join semi-professional club Korea Railroad.

International career

Lee was part of the South Korean national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Noted for his accurate kicks including free-kicks, he provided two assists against Poland and the United States, and scored a free-kick against Turkey. After the World Cup, he transferred to Trabzonspor with the help of Tınaz Tırpan.

In September 2006, after a match against Chinese Taipei, Lee announced that he would retire from the national team to focus on FC Seoul and also to make way for younger players in the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Eul-yong Ta

Lee is well known by most South Koreans and other Asian football fans for a famous incident which is sometimes referred as "Eul-yong Ta (을용타)," and roughly translated as 'Eul-yong Strike/Smash'. The incident occurred during a match against China in the inaugural East Asian Cup in December 2003.

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 and red card for Lee. Korea defeated China in the match, and Lee became the source of a popular internet meme after the incident.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Korea Railroad 1995 Semipro League ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Sangmu FC (draft) 1996 Semipro League ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
1997 Semipro League ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Total ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Bucheon SK 1998 K League 14 3 2 0 19 0 35 3
1999 K League 17 1 3 0 8 0 28 1
2000 K League 27 5 3 0 10 0 40 5
2001 K League 26 2 1 0 0 0 27 2
2002 K League 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
Total 90 11 9 0 38 0 137 11
Trabzonspor (loan) 2002–03 Süper Lig 19 0 2 0 21 0
FC Seoul 2003 K League 17 0 1 0 18 0
2004 K League 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Total 27 0 1 0 0 0 28 0
Trabzonspor 2004–05 Süper Lig 26 0 3 0 3 0 32 0
2005–06 Süper Lig 29 1 3 0 2 0 34 1
Total 55 1 6 0 5 0 66 1
FC Seoul 2006 K League 14 0 2 0 0 0 16 0
2007 K League 22 0 2 0 8 1 32 1
2008 K League 21 0 0 0 9 0 30 0
Total 57 0 4 0 17 1 78 1
Gangwon FC 2009 K League 22 0 1 0 2 0 25 0
2010 K League 17 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
2011 K League 19 1 2 0 1 0 22 1
Total 58 1 3 0 3 0 64 1
Career total 306 13 25 0 58 1 5 0 394 14

International

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Lee Eul-yong
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 June 2002 Daegu, South Korea  Turkey 1–1 2–3 2002 FIFA World Cup
2 29 September 2003 Incheon, South Korea    Nepal 8–0 16–0 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3 4 June 2006 Edinburgh, Scotland  Ghana 1–1 1–3 Friendly

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Note(s) Ref.
2015 Cheongchun FC Hungry Eleven Himself
2020 We Can Game Himself
2022 Gundesliga Himself
2022–present Kick A Goal Season 3 Himself

Honours

Player

Sangmu FC

  • Korean Semi-professional League (Autumn): 1996, 1997
  • Korean National Championship: 1996

Bucheon SK

  • Korean League Cup: 2000+

Trabzonspor

  • Turkish Cup: 2003

FC Seoul

  • Korean League Cup runner-up: 2007

South Korea

  • EAFF Championship: 2003

Television personality

List of awards and nominations received by TV personality Lee Eul-yong
Award ceremony Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
SBS Entertainment Awards 2022 Leader of the Year Award Kick A Goal Won

See also

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