Tadanari Lee
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 19 December 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Nishitōkyō, Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Urawa Red Diamonds | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Komine FC | |||
| 1998–2000 | Yokogawa Musashino | ||
| 2000–2004 | FC Tokyo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | FC Tokyo | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Kashiwa Reysol | 108 | (24) |
| 2009–2012 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 70 | (26) |
| 2012–2014 | Southampton | 7 | (1) |
| 2013 | → FC Tokyo (loan) | 13 | (4) |
| 2014– | Urawa Red Diamonds | 54 | (8) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Japan U-23 | 12 | (4) |
| 2011–2012 | Japan | 11 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 February 2016 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 February 2012 |
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| Tadanari Lee | |
| Hangul | 이충성 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | I Chung-seong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yi Ch'ungsŏng |
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Japanese name: Ri Tadanari (?) |
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Tadanari Lee (李 忠成 Ri Tadanari?, born 19 December 1985) is a Japanese football player of Korean descent who plays for Urawa Red Diamonds. He is sometimes known as "Chung".
Lee was born to third generation Zainichi Korean parents in Tanashi (present: Nishitokyo), Tokyo. His Korean name is Lee Chung-Sung (Korean: 이충성, Hanja: 李 忠成) and also had used pass name Tadanari Ōyama (大山 忠成 Ōyama Tadanari?). His father was also a footballer, who played for Yokohama Tristar FC in the Japan Soccer League.
Lee started playing football at Komine FC and later moved to Yokogawa Musashino F.C.. In 2001 he joined FC Tokyo youth team and took second places at All Japan Club Youth Soccer tournament, Prince Takamado Cup and J. League Youth tournament. He briefly joined training squads for the South Korea U-19 and U-20 teams but not played at official games. He experienced severe discrimination from Korean teammates referring to him as a “half-Jap” with strong racial undertones.
He was promoted to FC Tokyo in 2004 and moved to Kashiwa Reysol in 2005 and later joined Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 2009.
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