Lee Myung-jae
 Lee in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 November 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Seoul, South Korea | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ulsan HD | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2012–2013 | Hongik University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Ulsan HD | 193 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Albirex Niigata (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Sangju / Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 8 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012–2013 | South Korea U-20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | South Korea U-23 | 6 | (0) |
| 2024– | South Korea | 7 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 | |||
| Lee Myung-jae | |
| Hangul | 이명재 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 李明載 |
| Revised Romanization | I Myungjae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Myŏngchae |
Lee Myung-jae (Korean: 이명재; Hanja: 李明載; born 4 November 1993) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a left-back for Ulsan HD and the South Korea national team.[1]
Club career
[edit]Lee joined Ulsan Hyundai in 2014 and made his league debut against Incheon United on 23 March 2014. He was loaned to Albirex Niigata on 24 June 2014.
International career
[edit]Lee was a member of the South Korea national U-20 team for the 2014 Toulon Tournament.
Lee made his debut for the senior South Korea national team on 21 March 2024 in a 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Thailand.[2]
In the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Iraq on October 15, 2024, Lee Myung-jae completely deceived the opponent and assisted Lee Jae-seong's headed goal with an accurate cross.[3]
Club statistics
[edit]- As of match played on 10 November 2024
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| South Korea | League | KFA Cup | — | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 2014 | Ulsan HD | K League 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 2014 | Albirex Niigata (loan) | J1 League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| South Korea | League | KFA Cup | — | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 2015 | Ulsan HD | K League 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 37 | 1 | |||
| 2018 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 6[a] | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7[a] | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | Sangju Sangmu Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | K League 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Ulsan HD | K League 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 5[a] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 1 | 35 | 1 | |||
| 2024 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 9[a] | 1 | 40 | 1 | |||
| Total | Japan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| South Korea | 201 | 1 | 17 | 0 | — | 37 | 2 | 255 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 206 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 260 | 3 | ||
Honours
[edit]Ulsan HD
References
[edit]- ^ 크로스가 약한 韓축구? 이명재의 왼발을 주목하라 post.naver.com
- ^ "South Korea v Thailand game report". ESPN. 21 March 2024.
- ^ 조선일보 (15 October 2024). "'이라크전 승리' 홍명보 감독의 미소 "올해 가장 중요한 경기, 승리해서 기쁘다"[현장 기자회견]". 조선일보 (in Korean). Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- LEE Myeongjae – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- Lee Myung-Jae at Soccerway
- Lee Myung-jae at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Myung-Jae Lee at Football.com at the Wayback Machine (archived April 19, 2015)
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Men's association football defenders
- South Korean men's footballers
- South Korea men's under-20 international footballers
- South Korea men's under-23 international footballers
- South Korea men's international footballers
- South Korean expatriate men's footballers
- Albirex Niigata players
- Ulsan HD FC players
- J1 League players
- K League 1 players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Japan
- South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Japan
- 21st-century South Korean sportsmen
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