Lee Kyung-Hwan (March 21, 1988 – April 14, 2012) was a South Korean

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player. He played for

Daejeon Citizen Daejeon Hana Citizen FC () is a South Korean professional football team based in Daejeon, competing in K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. At the time of its foundation in 1997, Daejeon was the first community-owned club in South K ...

and

Suwon Bluewings The Suwon Samsung Bluewings () are a South Korean Association football, football club based in Suwon that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Founded in December 1995, they have won the K League on four occas ...

. Lee was involved in match-fixing scandal while playing for Daejeon Citizen. On the basis of the prosecution's investigation, it was confirmed in August 2011 that he would be banned from playing in the all football leagues in South Korea. He committed suicide in Incheon on 14 April 2012, at age 24, after jumping off an apartment building. Lee was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital.

References

External links

* 1988 births 2012 deaths Men's association football midfielders South Korean men's footballers Daejeon Hana Citizen players Suwon Samsung Bluewings players K League 1 players Suicides by jumping in South Korea 2012 suicides Match fixers 21st-century South Korean sportsmen {{SouthKorea-footy-midfielder-stub