Lee Chung-yong
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Lee with Ulsan HD in 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Lee Chung-yong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 2 July 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Seoul, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Winger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Incheon United | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 72 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | FC Seoul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2009 | FC Seoul | 52 | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2015 | Bolton Wanderers | 176 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Crystal Palace | 38 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | VfL Bochum | 35 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2025 | Ulsan HD | 161 | (16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Incheon United | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | South Korea U17 | 6 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | South Korea U20 | 18 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | South Korea U23 | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2019 | South Korea | 89 | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 July 2020 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lee Chung-yong | |
| Hangul | 이청용 |
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| Hanja | 李菁龍 |
| RR | I Cheongyong |
| MR | I Ch'ŏngyong |
Lee Chung-yong (Korean: 이청용; Korean pronunciation: [i.tɕʰʌŋ.joŋ]; born 2 July 1988) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a winger for K League 1 club Incheon United and is a South Korean international. He is nicknamed Blue Dragon, which is a literal translation of his given name "Chung-yong".
He joined FC Seoul, his first club in the 2004 season. Ever since his early debut at the age of 18 for the South Korean side FC Seoul in the 2006 season of K League, Lee has gathered much attention from domestic football fans of South Korea in general, particularly because in South Korean football, where new players mostly make their entrance into professional clubs through a draft system, dropping out of middle school to sign a contract with a top division football club was a very rare case.
In January 2009, The Times named Lee as one of the top 50 rising stars in football.