Lee Yong-jae

Lee Yong-jae
이용재
Personal information
Full name	Lee Yong-jae
Date of birth	8 June 1991 (age 30)
Place of birth	Gwangju, South Korea
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Fagiano Okayama
Number	9
Youth career
2007–2009	Pohang Jecheol; Technical High School
2007–2008	Watford (KFA Youth Project)
2009–2010	Nantes
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2013	Nantes
2012–2013	Nantes II
2013–2014	Red Star
2014–2015	V-Varen Nagasaki
2016–2017	Kyoto Sanga
2018–	Fagiano Okayama
National team‡
2005–2008	South Korea U17
2011	South Korea U20
2011–2014	South Korea U23
2015–	South Korea
Honours
Representing South Korea
Asian Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 August 2015

Lee Yong-jae (Korean: 이용재; born 8 June 1991) is a South Korean footballer. He plays for the Japanese club Fagiano Okayama in the J2 League.^[2]

Club career[]

Lee began his career with Pohang Jecheol Technical High School and, after the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, left for Europe signing with Watford through KFA Youth Project. On 6 September 2009 the French club FC Nantes signed the South Korean forward from Watford FC U-18 to a four-year deal.^[3] Prior to joining the French side, Lee went on trial with Willem II Tilburg.^[4] Lee scored his first goal for FC Nantes against Châteauroux on 22 October 2010.

Lee represented his homeland at 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in his native South Korea and played one game.^[5] He also played for the South Korea national under-20 football team.^[6]

As of 5 October 2019^[7]^[8]^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nantes	2010–11	Ligue 2	26	2	5	2	0	0	31	4
	2011–12	Ligue 2	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
	2012–13	Ligue 2	10	1	3	0	1	0	14	1
	Total		39	3	9	2	2	0	50	5
Nantes II	2012–13	National 3	14	5	—		—		14	5
Red Star	2013–14	National	29	4	0	0	—		29	4
V-Varen Nagasaki	2014	J2 League	14	3	0	0	—		14	3
	2015	J2 League	36	6	1	0	—		36	7
	Total		50	9	1	0	—		51	9
Kyoto Sanga	2016	J2 League	34	7	1	0	—		35	7
	2017	J2 League	30	4	0	0	—		30	4
	Total		64	11	1	0	—		65	11
Fagiano Okayama	2018	J2 League	11	1	0	0	—		11	1
	2019	J2 League	35	18			—		35	18
	Total		46	19	0	0	—		46	19
Career total			242	51	11	2	2	0	255	53

Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lee goal.

List of international goals scored by Lee Yong-jae
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 June 2015	Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	United Arab Emirates	2–0	3–0	Friendly

South Korea U23

South Korea

^ "FW 16 LEE Yong Jae". Kyoto Sanga F.C. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^ "李勇載：京都サンガF.C.：Ｊリーグ.jp". jleague.jp. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^ Football. FC Nantes : Lee Yong-Jae séduit Rohr
^ Nantes testet jungen Koreaner
^ FIFA Player Statistics
^ Ki Hee, Ahn (14 July 2011). "U-20 대표팀, 콜롬비아 월드컵 참가 21명 최종명단 확정.(The U-20 national team has confirmed the final roster of 21 players participating in the World Cup in Colombia.)". Sportalkorea.
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411628 (p. ? out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 203 out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 224 out of 289)

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