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Lee Eul-yong

Personal information
Full name	Lee Eul-yong
Date of birth	(1975-09-08) 8 September 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Taebaek, Gangwon, South Korea
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 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; 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. His son, Lee Tae-seok, too is a football player.

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.

Personal life

Internet meme

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 (Hangul: 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

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

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

Individual

• K League All-Star: 2001, 2003, 2004

Television personality

See also

In Spanish: Lee Eul-yong para niños