Lee Chun-soo
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| Full name | Lee Chun-Soo | ||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Incheon, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward / Winger | ||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Bupyeong High School | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2001 | Korea University | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Ulsan Hyundai Horangi | 36 | (15) | ||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Real Sociedad | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | → Numancia (Loan) | 15 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Ulsan Hyundai Horangi | 48 | (17) | ||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Feyenoord | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | → Suwon Bluewings (Loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | → Jeonnam Dragons (Subleasing) | 7 | (4) | ||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Al-Nassr | 16 | (3) | ||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Omiya Ardija | 43 | (8) | ||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Incheon United | 67 | (5) | ||||||||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | South Korea U20 | 13 | (20) | ||||||||||||
| 1999–2004 | South Korea U23 | 21 | (11) | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | South Korea U23 (Wild card) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||
| 2000–2008 | South Korea | 78 | (10) | ||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 May 2014 |
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| Lee Chun-soo | |
| Hangul | 이천수 |
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| Hanja | 李天秀 |
| Revised Romanization | I Cheon-su |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Ch'ŏnsu |
Lee Chun-Soo (Hangul: 이천수; born 9 July 1981) is a retired football player from South Korea. He played as a forward for the national team during the 2002 World Cup, the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2006 World Cup.
While Lee attended Bupyeong High School, he was already expected to be the future of Korean football with Choi Tae-Uk.
In 2002, Lee scored seven goals in K-League and made the World Cup squad. After the World Cup, he moved to play for Real Sociedad of Spain, becoming the first Korean to play in the Spanish La Liga. After a mediocre season, however, he was moved on loan to fellow Spanish side Numancia, before returning to Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i of South Korea's K-League.
Though Lee joined Ulsan in mid-season, his performance proved to be invaluable to Ulsan's capture of the 2005 league title with a hat trick in the first leg of the finals. He was subsequently named the K-League's Most Valuable Player on 28 December 2005.
In the 2006 World Cup, he scored Korea's first goal with a free kick against Togo in a 2–1 win.
In summer 2008, Lee joined Feyenoord of the Netherlands but failed to adapt to the country.
In July 2008, Feyenoord officially announced Lee's loan to Korean powerhouse Suwon Samsung Bluewings for a one-year deal. But he performed poorly for Suwon and had clashes with the coaching staff. He was suspended from the K-League by Suwon.
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