Lee Jae-kwon (; born 30 July 1987) is a South Korean

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who plays for

Changwon City FC Changwon FC () is a South Korean football club based in the city of Changwon. The team plays in the K3 League, the third tier of South Korean football league system. They were champions of the K3 League in 2022. The team was previously known a ...

Club career

Lee, having spent his youth career at

Korea University Korea University (KU, ) is a Private university, private research university in Seoul, South Korea. Established in 1905 by Yi Yong-ik, Lee Yong-Ik, a prominent official of the Korean Empire, Korea University is among South Korea's oldest List of ...

, entered the 2010 K-League draft intake, and was selected by

Incheon United FC Incheon United FC () is a South Korean professional association football, football club based in Incheon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football league system, South Korean football. Founded in 2003, the club is ...

for the

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

season. His professional debut came almost immediately, in Incheon's first K-League match of the season against the

Chunnam Dragons The Jeonnam Dragons () are a South Korean professional football club based in the city of Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. The Dragons play their home matches at the Gw ...

. Substituted early in the second half, the match finished in a 1–0 win for his new club. A month later, Lee scored his first goal in Incheon's 1–2 loss to

Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan HD FC (), formerly Ulsan Hyundai FC, is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League in 198 ...

. Having established himself as a first choice starter at Incheon for the rest of 2010, Lee remained with the club for the

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season. On 1 February 2012, Lee joined fellow league side

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, in a swap deal which saw

Lee Kyu-ro Lee Kyu-ro (; born August 20, 1988) is a South Korean football player who plays as a defender who plays for Gimpo FC of K League 2. Career International career On 9 January 2010, Lee made his first international cap for South Korea at the fr ...

joining Incheon.

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* * 1987 births Living people South Korean men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Incheon United FC players FC Seoul players Daegu FC players Asan Mugunghwa FC players Busan IPark players Gangwon FC players K League 2 players K League 1 players Korea University alumni 21st-century South Korean sportsmen {{SouthKorea-footy-midfielder-stub