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Lee Young-jin
Hangul	이영진
Hanja	李咏眞
Revised Romanization	I Yeongjin
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Yŏngjin

Lee Young-jin
	Lee in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Lee Young-jin
Date of birth	27 October 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth	Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
College career
Years	Team
1982–1985	Incheon National University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1986–1995	LG Cheetahs
1990	→ Sangmu FC (draft)
1996	Oita Trinita
1997	Anyang LG Cheetahs
Total
International career
1984–1989	South Korea B
1989–1994	South Korea
Managerial career
2005	FC Seoul (assistant)
2007–2009	FC Seoul (assistant)
2010–2011	Daegu FC
2013–2014	Cheongju University
2015–2016	Daegu FC
2017–2023	Vietnam (assistant)
2017–2022	Vietnam U23 (assistant)
2022	Vietnam U23 (caretaker)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing South Korea
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Young-jin (Korean: 이영진; born 27 October 1963) is a South Korean football manager and former player. He mostly played for Lucky-Goldstar Hwangso (renamed LG Cheetahs in 1991 and Anyang LG Cheetahs in 1996). He is currently technical advisor of South Korea national football team.

International career edit

Lee Young-jin made his debut appearance in the South Korea national team on 23 May 1989, in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Singapore.

He represented South Korea at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1990 Asian Games and 1994 Asian Games.

Managerial career edit

Lee started his coaching career as a player-coach at Anyang LG Cheetahs (renamed FC Seoul in 2004) in 1997. He also worked as an assistant coach in Şenol Güneş from 2007 to 2009.

On 22 December 2009, Daegu FC appointed Lee as manager.^[1] In the 2011 season, the club improved on previous season by finishing in 12th place, but the board decided that they terminated his contract.^[2]

On 24 November 2014, Lee returned to Daegu, which was a second division team at the time.^[3] He advanced to the promotion playoffs as the runner-up in the 2015 regular season, but failed to be promoted to the first division after losing to Suwon FC. On 12 August 2016, he resigned from Daegu due to poor results in the 2016 season.^[4]

In 2017, Lee became his former teammate Park Hang-seo's assistant and coached Vietnam national teams with him.

Career statistics edit

International edit

Results list South Korea's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Lee Young-jin
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 May 1989	Seoul, South Korea	Nepal	5–0	9–0	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours edit

LG Cheetahs

South Korea

Asian Games bronze medal: 1990^[5]
Dynasty Cup: 1990^[6]

Individual

K League 1 Best XI: 1991^[7]
K League All-Star Game Most Valuable Player: 1991^[8]
K League '90s All-Star Team: 2003^[9]

References edit

^ 대구FC 제 3대 감독에 이영진 감독선임 (in Korean). Daegu FC. 22 December 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ 대구FC, 이영진 감독 계약해지 (in Korean). Daegu FC. 31 October 2011. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
^ 이영진 감독, 3년만 대구FC 지휘봉 잡는다 (in Korean). Korean Broadcasting System. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ <프로축구2부> 대구FC 이영진 감독 자진 사퇴 "순위 싸움 책임진다" (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ Stokkermans, Karel (6 September 2018). "Asian Games". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
^ Bobrowsky, Josef; Stokkermans, Karel (20 June 2007). "Dynasty Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
^ 鄭(정)용환 MVP·모범상 "2冠(관)늠름" 기자단투표 선정. Naver (in Korean). Kyunghyang Shinmun. 4 November 1991.
^ 청군、백군에 3:1승 MVP 이영진 (in Korean). Busan Ilbo. 11 November 1991. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
^ [프로축구]80년대 vs 90년대 축구 왕별들 뜬다…15일 OB 올스타전 (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. 1 August 2003. Retrieved 31 October 2022.