Lee Young-jun (footballer)

Lee Young-jun
Personal information
Full name Lee Young-jun
Date of birth (2003-05-23) 23 May 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Suwon, South Korea
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Grasshoppers
Number 18
Youth career
2013–2016[2] Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2017[3] Anseong FC
?[4] FC Osan
2018[5] FC Mohyeon
2019 Eonnam High School
2019–2020[2] Shinpyeong High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Suwon FC 29 (1)
2023–2024 → Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) 21 (4)
2024– Grasshoppers 14 (2)
International career‡
2022–2023 South Korea U20 22 (10)
2022– South Korea U23 7 (4)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  South Korea
WAFF U-23 Championship
Winner 2024 Saudi Arabia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 April 2024
Lee Young-jun
Hangul
이영준
Hanja
李泳俊
Revised RomanizationLee Yeongjun
McCune–ReischauerLee Yŏngchun

Lee Young-jun (Korean: 이영준; born 23 May 2003) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss Super League club Grasshopper.

Club career

On 29 July 2024, he signed a four-year contract with Swiss Super League side Grasshoppers.[6] His debut could not have started off better, with Lee scoring within 44 seconds in a 3–1 victory over FC Sion on 24 August 2024.[7]

International career

Lee played for the South Korean national under-20 team in the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He scored against France and Ecuador while helping his team reach the semi-finals.[8]

On 26 March 2024, Lee scored South Korea's first goal in the 2024 WAFF U-23 Championship final, where South Korea defeated Australia.[9]

Lee led South Korea to the quarter-finals with he scoring three goals in the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup,[10] but he was sent off for his unsportsmanlike foul in a quarter-final loss to Indonesia.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 December 2024[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Suwon FC 2021 K League 1 13 0 1 0 — 0 0 14 0
2022 K League 1 16 1 1 0 — 0 0 17 1
Total 29 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 1
Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) 2023 K League 2 13 3 2 1 — 0 0 15 4
2024 K League 1 8 1 0 0 — 0 0 8 1
Total 21 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 23 5
Grasshoppers 2024−25 Swiss Super League 14 2 1 0 — — 15 2
Career total 64 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 69 8

Honours

Gimcheon Sangmu

South Korea U23

References

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Argentina 2023™ SQUAD LIST: Korea Republic (KOR)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 May 2023. p. 16. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b 당진 신평고 축구부 출신 ‘이영준’ 선수, 최연소 K리그1 데뷔 (in Korean). Dangjin News. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  3. ^ 2017 당진 해나루기 전국 중등 축구대회 - 골대 왼쪽으로 살짝 벗어나는 아쉬운 이영준 선수의 슛!. YouTube (in Korean). KBS. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  4. ^ [U20WC] ‘장신 스트라이커’ 이영준은 마지막이란 각오로 월드컵에 임한다 (in Korean). KFA. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  5. ^ 2018년도 졸업생 현(수원FC) 이영준 선수가 U-23세 황선홍 감독님이 이끄는 올림픽대표팀 친선경기 명단에 포함되었습니다~^^. Facebook (in Korean). FC Mohyeon. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  6. ^ "GC Zurich signs U23 international striker Young-jun Lee". Grasshopper Club Zürich. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Tor-Premieren für Lee und Tobers: GC schlägt Sion mit 3:1". SRF. 24 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Lee Young-jun" (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  9. ^ Baek, Ji-hwan (27 March 2024). "Invitee Korea win West Asia Football Federation Championship". JoongAng Ilbo. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  10. ^ Tan, Gabriel (21 April 2024). "The unconventional striker emerging as a key figure to South Korea's AFC U-23 Asian Cup charge". ESPN. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  11. ^ "(LEAD) 10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification". Yonhap News Agency. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  12. ^ a b Lee Young-jun at Soccerway
  13. ^ "South Korea win WAFF U-23 Championship, Saudis 3rd". Arab News. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.


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