Lee Young-jin (footballer, born 1963)

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

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.

Lee Young-jin

Lee in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Lee Young-jin
Date of birth	(1963-10-27) 27 October 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1985	Incheon National University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1995	LG Cheetahs	181	(10)
1990	→ Sangmu FC (draft)
1996	Oita Trinita	0	(0)
1997	Anyang LG Cheetahs	5	(0)
Total		186	(10)
International career
1984–1989	South Korea B
1989–1994	South Korea	51	(1)
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 1990 Beijing Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Young-jin
Hangul	이영진
Hanja	李咏眞
RR	I Yeongjin
MR	I Yŏngjin

International career

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

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

International

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

LG Cheetahs

• K League 1: 1990
• Korean National Championship: 1988
• Korean League Cup runner-up: 1992, 1994

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 All-Star: 1991, 1992, 1995^[9][10][11]
• K League '90s All-Star Team: 2003^[12]