Lee Jeong-min (footballer, born 2000)

Lee Jeong-min
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-11-11) 11 November 2000
Place of birth South Korea
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
Suwon FC
Number 19
Youth career
-2012 Myeongseo Elementary School
2013-2015 Daesan Middle School
2016-2018 Chungnam Internet High School
2019-2020 Uiduk University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021-2025 Mungyeong Sangmu
2026- Suwon FC
International career
2018-2020 South Korea U20 6 (1)
2021- South Korea 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Jeong-min (Korean: 이정민, born 11 November 2000) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a winger for WK League club Suwon FC and the South Korea national team.

Youth career

While playing at U18 level Lee represented Chungnam Internet High School, scoring twice in the final of the 2017 National Women's Football Championship to secure her team the trophy for the first time in five years.[1]

Club career

After leaving Uiduk University, Lee joined military team Boeun Sangmu in 2021.[2][3] As part of the Sangmu team, she represented South Korea at the Women's Military World Cup in 2022, scoring twice in the third place playoff match to help the side win the bronze medal.[4] The following year, she scored the winning goal that saw South Korea lift the trophy at the 2023 World Military Games.[5] Lee left Mungyeong Sangmu and ended her military service in June 2025.[6]

Lee signed with Suwon FC ahead of the 2026 WK League season.[7]

International career

Lee received her first senior call-up for South Korea in 2020.[8] She was the first player from the military team to be named in a South Korea squad.[9]

She was part of the South Korean squad that finished as runners-up at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[10]

Honours

Chungnam Internet High School
  • National Women's Football Championship winners: 2017
Mungyeong Sangmu WFC
  • Women's Military World Cup bronze medal: 2022[4]
  • World Military Games winners: 2023[5]
Individual
  • Korea Football Association Young Player of the Year: 2021[11]

References

  1. ^ Kwon, Tae-jung (2 August 2017). "충남인터넷고가 주인공 되던 날" [The day that Chungnam Internet High School became the main characters] (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Retrieved 6 March 2026 – via Naver Blog.
  2. ^ Lee, Ba-reum (8 February 2021). "위덕대 여자축구부 프로축구 WK리그 총 9명 진출 실력 입증" [Nine players from Uiduk University to progress to professional football in the WK League]. Gyeongbuk Maeil (in Korean). Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  3. ^ Lee, Yoon-sung (2 July 2021). "풋풋한 대학생에서 늠름한 군인이 된 보은상무의 신입 부사관들" [From fresh-faced college students to smart soldiers, meet Boeun Sangmu's new recruits]. Sportal Korea (in Korean). Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  4. ^ a b Lacdan, Joe (22 July 2022). "South Korea wins bronze, Americans finish fourth". dvidshub.net. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  5. ^ a b Ko, Do-hyun (8 July 2023). "문경상무 여자축구단 세계군인체육대회 사상 첫 우승" [Mungyeong Sangmu are champions for first time ever at World Military Games]. Maeil Shinmun (in Korean). Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Choi Dakyung, Lee Jeongmin leave Mungyeong Sangmu". WK League News. 3 July 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  7. ^ Oh, Chang-won (1 January 2026). "수원FC 위민, 유럽무대 경험한 국가대표 공격수 최유리·이정민·박현진 영입" [Suwon FC Women sign Park Hyun-jin, Lee Jeong-min, and national team member Choe Yu-ri, who has experience of playing in Europe]. Joongboo Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  8. ^ Bae, Jin-nam (17 November 2020). "이정민·이은영 여자축구대표 첫 발탁…23일부터 부산서 담금질" [Women's football: first call-ups for Lee Eun-young, Lee Jeong-min.. training in Busan from 23rd]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  9. ^ Kwon, Tae-kyung (10 September 2021). "'군인이자 축구선수' 이정민의 자부심" [Soldier-footballer Lee Jeong-min's pride] (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Retrieved 6 March 2026 – via Naver Blog.
  10. ^ Cho, Young-hun (13 January 2022). "'군인'이자 '축구선수' 이정민, "한국 최고 선수들이 모이는 자리, 잘 배우겠다"" [Soldier-footballer Lee Jeong-min: "with all the best players in Korea gathered, I'm sure to learn a lot"]. Best Eleven (in Korean). Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  11. ^ An, Ki-hui (January 2022). "The Young Player with the pride of a soldier, Lee Jeong-min is still going today, too" (PDF). Onside (in Korean). 92. Korea Football Association: 16–19.