Woon-Jae with Suwon Samsung Bluewings in 2009
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Date of birth | 26 April 1973 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||
1994–1995 | Kyung Hee University | ||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||
1996–2010 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 267 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2000–2001 | → Sangmu (Army) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Chunnam Dragons | 63 | (0) | ||||||||||||
Total | 330 | (0) | |||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||
1992–1996 | South Korea U-23 | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||
2002 | South Korea U-23 | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||
1993–2010 | South Korea | 133 | (0) | ||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Lee Woon-jae | |
Hangul | 이운재 |
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Hanja | 李雲在 |
Revised Romanization | I Un-jae |
McCune–Reischauer | I Unjae |
Lee Woon-jae (Korean: 이운재; born 26 April 1973) is a South Korean former football goalkeeper who last played for Chunnam Dragons in the K-League. He was part of Korea's 1994, 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup campaigns. In South Korea, he is also known as "Spider Hands".
Lee moved to Suwon from Kyung Hee University, making his debut for the K-League club in 1996. He made over 100 appearances during his first spell with the club before moving to Sangmu, the sports division of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces while serving his mandatory two-year period of military service. He returned to Suwon in 2002 and remained at the club since, amassing over 200 league appearances for the club.
Lee has been a member of the South Korea national team since the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He was a part of the 1994 World Cup squad in the United States and was substituted into the game against Germany after starting goalkeeper Choi In-young conceded three goals. At the 2002 World Cup, Lee was selected in South Korea manager Guus Hiddink's squad and was first-choice goalkeeper ahead of Kim Byung-ji. In 2006, he started for Korea at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, ahead of younger high-profile goalkeepers such as Kim Young-kwang. He captained the side at the 2007 Asian Cup in place of the injured Kim Nam-il.