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Lee Dong-gook

Lee Dong-gook
이동국
Personal information
Full name Lee Dong-gook
Date of birth (1979-04-29) 29 April 1979 (age 37)
Place of birth Nam-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, South Korea
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Number 20
Youth career
1995–1998 Pohang Steelers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2006 Pohang Steelers 102 (38)
2000–2001 Werder Bremen (loan) 7 (0)
2003–2005 Gwangju Sangmu (army) 46 (12)
2006–2008 Middlesbrough 23 (0)
2008–2009 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 10 (2)
2009– Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 244 (126)
National team
1998–1999 South Korea U-20 9 (6)
1999–2002 South Korea U-23 31 (22)
1998–2014 South Korea 103 (33)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 December 2016.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 October 2014
Lee Dong-gook
Hangul 이동국
Hanja 李同國
Revised Romanization I Dong-guk
McCune–Reischauer I Tongguk

Lee Dong-gook (Hangul이동국), Korean pronunciation: [i.doŋ.ɡuk̚]; born 29 April 1979) is a South Korean association football striker who currently plays for Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. He is a record scorer in the K-League, and had brief spells in Europe with Werder Bremen and Middlesbrough.

Lee has earned 103 international caps for South Korea since 1998, scoring 33 goals. He has played at two FIFA World Cups, two CONCACAF Gold Cups, two AFC Asian Cups and the 2000 Olympics. He is well known for receiving an in-form card in FIFA Ultimate team every time the next edition of the game is set to be released.

Lee started playing football for Pohang Steelers, where due to his outstanding performance in his first season, he managed to make his debut for the South Korean national team. He was then sent on loan to Werder Bremen of Germany's Bundesliga.

During six months at Werder Bremen in 2001, Lee's playing time was limited partly due to injuries.

Lee left the Steelers in 2002 to perform his military service, joining the military team Gwangju Sangmu Bulsajo. He spent two seasons there. His career recovered after he returned to Pohang in 2004.

In April 2006, Lee tore the cruciate ligaments in his knee while playing in a K-League match for the Pohang Steelers that forced him out for six months, and was unable to play in the World Cup.


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