Lee Eul-yong

Lee Eul-Yong 이을용
Personal information
Full name	Lee Eul-Yong (이을용)
Date of birth	(1975-09-08) September 8, 1975 (age 38)
Place of birth	Taebaek, South Korea
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Gangwon FC (coach)
Youth career
1994	Dankook University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1995	Korea National Railroad
1996–1997	Sangmu (Army)
1998–2002	Bucheon SK	90	(11)
2002–2003	Trabzonspor	19	(0)
2003–2004	FC Seoul	27	(0)
2004–2006	Trabzonspor	55	(1)
2006–2008	FC Seoul	57	(0)
2009–2011	Gangwon FC	58	(1)
National team‡
1999–2006	South Korea	51	(3)
Teams managed
2011–2012	Gangwon FC (scout)
2012–	Gangwon FC (coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 3, 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 26, 2014

Lee Eul-Yong (Hangul: 이을용) (born September 8, 1975) is a South Korean former football player and a coach who is currently coaching Gangwon FC since July 2012. He previously played for FC Seoul, Bucheon SK, and Gangwon FC in the Korean K-League, and was part of the South Korean national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and was one of Guus Hiddink's favorite players. He was capable of scoring free kicks similar to David Beckham's. He was notable for his goal against Turkey in the 3rd place match in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He transferred to Trabzonspor in 2002 with the help of Tınaz Tırpan. Since 2006, he had played for FC Seoul until 2008 season. In January 2009, he completed to move to Gangwon FC.

Lee was born in Taebaek, Gangwon. He attended high school in Gangneung and went on to graduate from Dankook University.

In September 2006, after a successful match against Taiwan national football team, Lee announced that he would retire from the Korean national team to focus on FC Seoul and also to make way for younger players in the upcoming 2010 World Cup.^[1][2]

Eul-Yong Ta

Lee is well known by most South Koreans and other Asian football fans for the famous incident which is sometimes referred as "Eul-Yong Ta (을용타)," and roughly translated as 'Eul-Yong Strike/Smash'. The incident occurred during the first tournament of the East Asian Cup in December 2003, during the match against China.

During the second half of the game, Chinese forward Li Yi kicked Lee in the shins immediately after he finished his pass. Visually upset with Li's violent play, Lee slapped Li on the back of his head. Li Yi started rolling on the pitch grabbing his head in an apparent exaggeration. For a while the entire Chinese and Korean squad ran toward the scene but further conflict did not occur, as the referee awarded a yellow card for Li (simulation) and red card for Lee (violence). Korea went on to defeat China once again; Lee became popular internet meme after the incident.

Club career

• 1995 National Railroad
• 1996-1997 Sangmu - army
• 1998-2002 Bucheon SK
• 2002-2003 Trabzonspor
• 2003-2004 Anyang LG Cheetahs / FC Seoul
• 2004-2006 Trabzonspor
• 2006-2008 FC Seoul
• 2009–2011 Gangwon FC

Club career statistics

As of 23 October 2011

Honours

Club

Bucheon SK

• K-League
  • Runner-up (1) : 2000
• K-League Cup
  • Adidas Cup Runner-up (1) : 1998
  • Korean League Cup Champions (1) : 2000
  • Korean League Cup Runner-up (1) : 1998

Trabzonspor

• Süper Lig
  • Runner-up (1) : 2004-05
• Turkish Cup
  • Winner (1) : 2002-03

FC Seoul

• K-League
  • Runner-up (1) : 2008

International goals

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

References

• Video clip of the Eul-Yong Ta incident and the parodies

External links

• Lee Eul-yong at kleague.com
• National Team Player Record (Korean)
• Lee Eul-yong – FIFA competition record
• Lee Eul-yong at National-Football-Teams.com