Lee Eul-yong
Personal information
Full name Lee Eul-yong
Date of birth (1975-09-08) 8 September 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Taebaek, Gangwon, South Korea
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1991–1993 Gangneung Commerce High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995 Korea Railroad
1996–1997 Sangmu FC (draft)
1998–2003 Bucheon SK 90 (11)
2002–2003 → Trabzonspor (loan) 19 (0)
2003–2004 FC Seoul 27 (0)
2004–2006 Trabzonspor 55 (1)
2006–2008 FC Seoul 57 (0)
2009–2011 Gangwon FC 58 (1)
Total 306 (13)
International career
1999–2006 South Korea 51 (3)
Managerial career
2012–2014 Gangwon FC (assistant)
2018 FC Seoul (caretaker)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  South Korea
EAFF Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Japan Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Lee Eul-yong
Hangul
이을용
Hanja
李乙容
Revised RomanizationI Eul-yong
McCune–ReischauerI Ŭryong

Lee Eul-yong (Korean: 이을용; born 8 September 1975) is a South Korean football coach, manager and former player.

Early life

Lee was born in Taebaek, Gangwon, and attended high school in Gangneung. He continued his football career during his school days, but he failed to join a university football club. He stopped playing football for a while before receiving an offer to join semi-professional club Korea Railroad.[1][2]

International career

Lee was part of the South Korean national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Noted for his accurate kicks including free-kicks, he provided two assists against Poland and the United States, and scored a free-kick against Turkey. After the World Cup, he transferred to Trabzonspor with the help of Tınaz Tırpan.[3]

In September 2006, after a match against Chinese Taipei, Lee announced that he would retire from the national team to focus on FC Seoul and also to make way for younger players in the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup.[4][5]

Eul-yong Ta

Main article: Eul-yong Ta

Lee is well known by most South Koreans and other Asian football fans for a famous incident which is sometimes referred as "Eul-yong Ta (을용타)," and roughly translated as 'Eul-yong Strike/Smash'. The incident occurred during a match against China in the inaugural East Asian Cup in December 2003.

During the second half of the game, Chinese forward Li Yi kicked Lee in the shins immediately after he finished his pass. Visually upset with Li's violent play, Lee slapped Li on the back of his head. Li Yi started rolling on the pitch grabbing his head in an apparent exaggeration. For a while the entire Chinese and Korean squad ran toward the scene but further conflict did not occur, as the referee awarded a yellow card for Li and red card for Lee. Korea defeated China in the match, and Lee became the source of a popular internet meme after the incident.

Career statistics

Club

As of 23 October 2011
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Korea Railroad 1995 Semipro League ? ? ? ? ? ? — ? ?
Sangmu FC (draft) 1996 Semipro League ? ? ? ? ? ? — ? ?
1997 Semipro League ? ? ? ? ? ? — ? ?
Total ? ? ? ? ? ? — ? ?
Bucheon SK 1998 K League 14 3 2 0 19 0 — 35 3
1999 K League 17 1 3 0 8 0 — 28 1
2000 K League 27 5 3 0 10 0 — 40 5
2001 K League 26 2 1 0 0 0 — 27 2
2002 K League 6 0 0 0 1 0 — 7 0
Total 90 11 9 0 38 0 — 137 11
Trabzonspor (loan) 2002–03 Süper Lig 19 0 2 0 — — 21 0
FC Seoul 2003 K League 17 0 1 0 — — 18 0
2004 K League 10 0 0 0 0 0 — 10 0
Total 27 0 1 0 0 0 — 28 0
Trabzonspor 2004–05 Süper Lig 26 0 3 0 — 3 0 32 0
2005–06 Süper Lig 29 1 3 0 — 2 0 34 1
Total 55 1 6 0 — 5 0 66 1
FC Seoul 2006 K League 14 0 2 0 0 0 — 16 0
2007 K League 22 0 2 0 8 1 — 32 1
2008 K League 21 0 0 0 9 0 — 30 0
Total 57 0 4 0 17 1 — 78 1
Gangwon FC 2009 K League 22 0 1 0 2 0 — 25 0
2010 K League 17 0 0 0 0 0 — 17 0
2011 K League 19 1 2 0 1 0 — 22 1
Total 58 1 3 0 3 0 — 64 1
Career total 306 13 25 0 58 1 5 0 394 14

International

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Lee Eul-yong
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 June 2002 Daegu, South Korea  Turkey 1–1 2–3 2002 FIFA World Cup
2 29 September 2003 Incheon, South Korea    Nepal 8–0 16–0 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3 4 June 2006 Edinburgh, Scotland  Ghana 1–1 1–3 Friendly

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Note(s) Ref.
2015 Cheongchun FC Hungry Eleven Himself
2020 We Can Game Himself
2022 Gundesliga Himself [6]
2022–present Kick A Goal Season 3 Himself [7]

Honours

Player

Sangmu FC

Bucheon SK

Trabzonspor

FC Seoul

South Korea

Television personality

List of awards and nominations received by TV personality Lee Eul-yong
Award ceremony Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.
SBS Entertainment Awards 2022 Leader of the Year Award[a] Kick A Goal Won [9]
  1. ^ Shared with Ha Seok-ju, Kim Byung-ji, Kim Tae-young, Choi Jin-cheul, Choi Sung-yong, Hyun Young-min, Lee Young-pyo, Oh Beom-seok, Cho Jae-jin and Baek Ji-hoon[8]

References

  1. ^ 축구국가대표 이을용, 어둔 과거딛고 인간승리 (in Korean). JoongAng Ilbo. 30 September 1999. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  2. ^ 청춘FC 이을용 방황했던 과거보니…‘나이트에서도 일했다’ 헉 (in Korean). World Today. 24 October 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. ^ 지칠 줄 모르는 그라운드의 투사 (in Korean). Korea Post Magazine. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  4. ^ 이을용 "대표팀 은퇴, K리그 전념". Daum.net (in Korean). OhmyNews. 8 September 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007.
  5. ^ 이을용 대표팀 은퇴 "길 터줘야". Daum.net (in Korean). Hankook Ilbo. 7 September 2006. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007.
  6. ^ Ji, Seung-hoon (14 April 2022). WC 레전드 VS 강철 군대 격돌...'군대스리가', 5월 첫방 (공식). Naver.com (in Korean). YTN. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  7. ^ Yoo, Gyeong-sang (21 September 2022). 골때녀’ 이을용 감독 합류 “하프라인 넘어와 때릴라” 백지훈 긴장 ['Goal Girl' Director Lee Eul-yong joins "I'll cross the half-line and hit you" Baek Ji-hoon nervous]. Naver.com (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  8. ^ Lee, Min-ji (17 December 2022). 골때녀 잔칫날’ 감독진 11명, 올해의 리더상 [2022 SBS 연예대상] [Leader of the Year Award [2022 SBS Entertainment Awards], 11 directors]. Naver.com (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  9. ^ Lee, Seung-gil (18 December 2022). 유재석, 감격의 '대상' 영예…통산 19번째 트로피 품었다 [2022 SBS 연예대상] (종합) [Yoo Jae-seok had the honor of the "Grand Prize"...won his 19th trophy in his career [2022 SBS Entertainment Awards] (comprehensive)]. Naver.com (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

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Sporting positions Preceded byLee Min-Sung FC Seoul captain 2007–2008 Succeeded byKim Chi-Gon Preceded byInaugural Gangwon FC captain 2009 Succeeded byChung Kyung-Ho Preceded bySeo Dong-Hyun Gangwon FC captain 2011 Succeeded byKim Eun-Jung
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