Lee Young-moo (, born July 26, 1953) is a retired

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

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player.

Style of play

Lee didn't have a great talent or physique, but he was the most active South Korean footballer of all time. He was designated as an

attacking midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

in the starting line up, but his actual role was difficult to sort due to his tremendous work rate. He moved wide scope and took part in both the attack and the defense. According to the introduction of the

Korea Football Association The Korea Football Association () is the governing body of football and futsal within South Korea. It sanctions professional, semi-professional and amateur football in South Korea. Founded in 1933, the governing body became affiliated with ...

, he left behind an unofficial record that he moved about 20 kilometers in a match, though it needs more convincing evidence.

Personal life

Lee is a committed Christian. He always did prayer ceremonies when he scored goals. His religious belief also helped his stamina and diligence.

Career statistics

International

:''Results list South Korea's goal tally first.''

Honours

Player

POSCO FC * Korean National Championship runner-up: 1977 ROK Army * Korean Semi-professional League (Spring): 1980 * Korean National Championship: 1979 *

Korean President's Cup The President's Cup National Football Tournament is a football competition, held by Korea Football Association, for South Korean semi-professional and amateur football clubs. This competition was originally one of major club competitions of Sout ...

runner-up: 1980 South Korea U20 *

AFC Youth Championship The AFC U-20 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC Youth Championship and AFC U-19 Championship, is a biennial international association football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-20 national teams ...

runner-up:

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, ...

South Korea *

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

AFC Asian Cup The AFC Asian Cup is the primary association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), determining the continental champion of Asia. It is the second-oldest c ...

runner-up:

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

Individual * Korean FA Best XI: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 * Korean National Championship Best Player: 1979 *

Team of the Tournament:

* Korean FA Most Valuable Player: 1980

Manager

E-Land Puma * Korean Semi-professional League (Spring): 1995, 1996 * Korean National Championship: 1994, 1995 * Korean Semi-professional Championship: 1995 *

: 1994 Hallelujah FC (1999) *

runner-up: 2002 Individual * Korean National Championship Best Manager: 1994

References

External links

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Lee Young-moo – National Team Stats
at KFA
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1953 births Living people Men's association football midfielders South Korean men's footballers South Korea men's international footballers South Korean football managers 1980 AFC Asian Cup players Pohang Steelers players Hallelujah FC players Goyang Zaicro FC managers Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games footballers for South Korea Medalists at the 1978 Asian Games Footballers at the 1978 Asian Games Sportspeople from Goyang Kyung Hee University alumni 20th-century South Korean sportsmen Long stubs with short prose Asian Games gold medalists in football {{SouthKorea-footy-midfielder-stub