Lee Young-jun (footballer)
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| Full name | Lee Young-jun | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 May 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Suwon, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Grasshoppers | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016[2] | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017[3] | Anseong FC | ||||||||||||||||
| ?[4] | FC OSAN | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Eonnam High School | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020[2] | Shinpyeong High School | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Suwon FC | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 21 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Grasshoppers | 30 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | South Korea U20 | 22 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | South Korea U23 | 7 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 April 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lee Young-jun | |
| Hangul | 이영준 |
|---|---|
| RR | I Yeongjun |
| MR | I Yŏngjun |
Lee Young-jun (Korean: 이영준; born 23 May 2003) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League club Grasshoppers.
Club career
On 29 July 2024, he signed a four-year contract with Swiss Super League side Grasshoppers.[5] His debut could not have started off better, with Lee scoring within 44 seconds in a 3–1 victory over FC Sion on 24 August 2024.[6]
International career
Lee played for the South Korean national under-20 team in the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He scored against France and Ecuador while helping his team reach the semi-finals.[7]
On 26 March 2024, Lee scored South Korea's first goal in the 2024 WAFF U-23 Championship final, where South Korea defeated Australia.[8]
Lee led South Korea to the quarter-finals with he scoring three goals in the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup,[9] but he was sent off for his unsportsmanlike foul in a quarter-final loss to Indonesia.[10]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 14 March 2026[11]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Suwon FC | 2021 | K League 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | K League 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| Total | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 2023 | K League 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 4 | ||
| 2024 | K League 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| Total | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 5 | ||||
| Grasshoppers | 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 1 | 22 | 4 | |
| 2025–26 | Swiss Super League | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 2 | |||
| Total | 30 | 5 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 34 | 6 | |||
| Career total | 80 | 10 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 88 | 12 | |||
- ^ Appearances in Swiss Super League relegation play-off
Honours
Gimcheon Sangmu
South Korea U23
References
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Korea Republic (KOR)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ a b 당진 신평고 축구부 출신 ‘이영준’ 선수, 최연소 K리그1 데뷔 (in Korean). Dangjin News. 27 March 2021. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ 2017 당진 해나루기 전국 중등 축구대회 - 골대 왼쪽으로 살짝 벗어나는 아쉬운 이영준 선수의 슛!. YouTube (in Korean). KBS. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ [U20WC] ‘장신 스트라이커’ 이영준은 마지막이란 각오로 월드컵에 임한다 (in Korean). KFA. 21 May 2023. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "GC Zurich signs U23 international striker Young-jun Lee". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 29 July 2024. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Tor-Premieren für Lee und Tobers: GC schlägt Sion mit 3:1". SRF. 24 August 2024. Archived from the original on 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Lee Young-jun" (in Korean). KFA. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ Baek, Ji-hwan (27 March 2024). "Invitee Korea win West Asia Football Federation Championship". JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Tan, Gabriel (21 April 2024). "The unconventional striker emerging as a key figure to South Korea's AFC U-23 Asian Cup charge". ESPN. Archived from the original on 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "(LEAD) 10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification". Yonhap News Agency. 26 April 2024. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ a b Lee Young-jun at Soccerway
- ^ "South Korea win WAFF U-23 Championship, Saudis 3rd". Arab News. 27 March 2024. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
External links
- Lee Young-jun – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean and English)
- Lee Young-jun at KFA (in Korean)
- Lee Young-jun at Soccerway