Lee Jae-sung (footballer, born 1992)

Lee Jae-sung
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992
Place of birth Ulsan, South Korea
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Holstein Kiel
Number 7
Youth career
2011–2014 Korea University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 137 (26)
2018– Holstein Kiel 5 (1)
National team‡
2012–2014 South Korea U23 14 (1)
2015– South Korea 40 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 September 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2018
Lee Jae-sung
Hangul 이재성
Hanja 李在城
Revised Romanization I Jaeseong
McCune–Reischauer Ri Chaesŏng

Lee Jae-sung (Hangul: 이재성; Korean pronunciation: [i.dʑɛ̝.sʌŋ] or [i] [tɕɛ̝.sʌŋ]; born 10 August 1992) is a South Korean footballer who plays as midfielder for Holstein Kiel.[2]

Club career

Lee joined Jeonbuk Hyundai in 2014 and made his debut in the 2014 AFC Champions League match against Yokohama F. Marinos on 26 February.[3]

In July 2018, Lee joined 2. Bundesliga club Holstein Kiel on a three-year deal until 30 June 2021.[4] The transfer fee paid to Jeonbuk was reported as €1.5 million.[5]

International career

In May 2018 he was named in South Korea's preliminary 28 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 12 October 2018
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssistsAppsGoalsAssists
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2014 26433017113655
2015 34751009224497
2016 32311100151648417
2017 28810000—28810
2018 17430008122555
Total 1372632501395111813144
Holstein Kiel 2018–19 814101—915
Career total 1452736602395111893249

International goals

Score and Result lists South Korea's goal tally first
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
1.31 March 2015Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul, South Korea New Zealand
1–0
1–0
Friendly
2.16 June 2015Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Myanmar
1–0
2–0
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

3.3 September 2015Hwaseong Stadium, Hwaseong, South Korea Laos
8–0
8–0

4.12 November 2015Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon, South Korea Myanmar
1–0
4–0

5.9 December 2017Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo, Japan China PR
2–1
2–2
2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
6.1 June 2018Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea Bosnia and Herzegovina
1–1
1–3
Friendly
7.7 September 2018Goyang Stadium, Goyang, South Korea Costa Rica
1–0
2–0
Friendly

Honours

Club

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

International

South Korea U23

South Korea

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Lee Jae-sung at Soccerway
  3. ↑ Match Report - Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Yokohama F. Marinos Archived 9 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Geidel, Andreas (27 July 2018). "Transfer-Hammer: Jea-Song Lee und Jonas Meffert zu Holstein Kiel". Sportbuzzer (in German). Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Holstein Kiel verpflichtet Jae-Song Lee". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). 27 July 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced?". Goal. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  7. 1 2 "이동국, K리그 최초 2년 연속 MVP…K리그 어워즈 3관왕". Mydaily. 1 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "[K리그 어워즈] 이재성·권창훈 등 포함, MF 부문 베스트11 선정". InterFootball. 8 November 2016.
  9. 1 2 "[2017 K리그 어워즈] 표심 분석…과반수 'MVP' 이재성, 90% 지지 '영플' 김민재". SPOTV News. 20 November 2017.
  10. 1 2 "EAFF E-1 Football Championship 2017 Final Japan". EAFF.
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