Lee Geum-min (, or ; born 7 April 1994) is a South Korean

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the South Korea national team. She has previously played for

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, Gyeongju KHNP and

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Club career

Seoul WFC

On 4 November 2014, Lee was drafted first overall by

. She finished the 2015 season with six goals and two assists in 18 appearances. The following season, she scored nine goals and registered four assists in 18 appearances. In her final season with Seoul, Lee scored eleven goals and had six assists in 21 appearances.

Gyeongju KHNP

In 2018, Lee joined Gyeongju KHNP. On 23 April 2018, she made her debut in a 0–0 draw with

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. On 14 May 2018, she scored twice in a 3–0 away victory against

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. In her final game for Gyeongju KHNP, Lee scored a

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as her team won 3–0 away at Boeun Sangmu, having previously scored two goals in the previous match, her last at home, a 5–2 win over Suwon UDC.

Manchester City

On 7 August 2019, Manchester City announced they had signed Lee on a two-year contract. Lee made her WSL debut for Manchester City on 7 September 2019 coming on as a second-half substitute against

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at the

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. The match broke the record attendance for a WSL match at 31,213. Lee made her

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debut and first City start in a 7–1 away win at Swiss team

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on 12 September 2019. Lee scored her first goal for Manchester City on 12 October 2019, coming on as a late substitute at home to

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to seal a 3–0 victory for City.

Loan to Brighton & Hove Albion

On 24 July 2020 it was announced Lee had joined WSL team

on loan for the 2020–21 season with head coach

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describing the signing as "a real coup." Lee made her debut for Brighton in the season opener, a 2–0 home win against Birmingham on Sept 6 2020. Lee made her FA Cup debut on September 27, 2020, starting in Brighton's Quarter-Final also against Birmingham City. On 7 February 2021 Lee was part of the Brighton team that ended Chelsea's 33-match unbeaten run with a 2–1 victory for the Seagulls. Her first goal for Brighton, a header, came in the Away fixture at Reading on 2 May 2021. Her second, a spectacular long-range hit, coming just 35 seconds later when she intercepted the ball from Reading's kick-off. It was described as an immediate contender for WSL goal of the season. Lee then went on to score in Brighton's next fixture, an end-of-season game at home to Bristol.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Lee transferred permanently to Brighton from Manchester City in August 2021. She scored for Albion in their 2021–22 season opener against

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on 5 September 2021. It was her fourth goal in her last three WSL games, including the final two matches of the previous season.

International career

Lee was a member of the under-16 team that won the

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and was in the under-17 squad that claimed the

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the following year. She made two appearances at the

2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship The 2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship. Vietnam hosted the tournament from 6 to 16 October 2011. The top 3 teams Japan, North Korea, and China qualified to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World C ...

, scoring two goals against

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in a 4–2 win. In 2013, she helped South Korea win the

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and qualify for the

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. Lee was selected by South Korea for the

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and the

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Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

International

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References

External links

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Lee Geum-min
at the Korea Football Association (KFA)
Lee Geum-min
at the Korea Women's Football Federation (KWFF) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Geum-min 1994 births Living people South Korean women's footballers South Korea women's under-17 international footballers South Korea women's under-20 international footballers South Korea women's international footballers Women's association football forwards WK League players Women's Super League players Manchester City W.F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C. players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea Asian Games medalists in football Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players South Korean expatriate footballers Expatriate women's footballers in England South Korean expatriate sportspeople in England