Lee Han-beom (; born 17 June 2002) is a South Korean professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the

South Korea national team South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

Club career

FC Seoul

Lee joined

K League K League () is South Korea's professional football league. It includes the first division K League 1 and the second division K League 2. Clubs competing in the K League have won a record total of twelve AFC Champions League Elite, AFC Champions ...

club

FC Seoul FC Seoul () is a South Korean professional Association football, football club based in Seoul that competes in the K League 1, the top flight of Football in South Korea, South Korean football. The club is owned by GS Sports, a subsidiary of GS G ...

in 2021, and made his professional debut on 21 April 2021. He was considered one of the best centre-backs in South Korea while playing for Seoul.

Midtjylland

On 28 August 2023, Lee signed with

club

on a four-year contract for a fee reported to be around $1.5 million. On 5 November, he made his debut in a 4–1 away win against

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, where he assisted the final goal. On 25 February 2024, he scored his first professional goal in a 3–2 win over AGF. However, he made only three appearances in his first season at Midtjylland.

International career

Lee was part of the South Korea squad at the

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and

2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially the 19th Asian Games () and also known as Hangzhou 2022 ( zh, c=, s=杭州2022, labels=no), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The ...

, and won a gold medal at the latter.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Midtjylland *

: 2023–24 South Korea U23 *

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References

External links

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FC Midtjylland Football Club Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they ...

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* * 2002 births Living people South Korean men's footballers Men's association football central defenders FC Seoul players K League 1 players FC Midtjylland players Danish Superliga players South Korea men's youth international footballers South Korea men's under-23 international footballers South Korea men's international footballers South Korean expatriate men's footballers South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Footballers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games footballers for South Korea Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games 21st-century South Korean sportsmen Asian Games gold medalists in football {{SouthKorea-footy-defender-stub