Yong Lee-ja
Yong Lee-Ja (born March 29, 1991 in Pyongyang) is a North Korean football forward.
He was last playing with Serbian SuperLiga club FK Napredak Kruševac.
He can play either as forward or attacking midfielder. He has been with Napredak since summer 2009. As of 2015, he is the second North Korean footballer to play in the Serbian SuperLiga after the international Hong Yong-Jo. In December 2009 he went on trials along his compatriot An Il-bom, playing also in Serbia but with FK Radnički 1923, to Croatian side NK Zagreb.[1]
His name sometime appears as Yong Lee-Ya.
References[]
- ^ Zagreb doveo mlade Korejce at hrsport.net, 4-12-2009, retrieved 17-9-2016 (in Croatian)
External sources[]
- Photo and profile at FK Napredak unofficial site (fknapredak.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived July 11, 2011)
- Yong Lee-Ja at Srbijafudbal
- Yong Lee-ja at Soccerway
Categories:
- Living people
- 1991 births
- Sportspeople from Pyongyang
- North Korean footballers
- North Korean expatriate footballers
- North Korean expatriate sportspeople in Serbia
- FK Napredak Kruševac players
- Serbian SuperLiga players
- Expatriate footballers in Serbia
- Association football forwards
- North Korean football biography stubs