Lee Ho-Jin ( ko, 이호진; born 9 March 1983) is a South Korean
football defender
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. He has also played for
Spanish
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club
Racing de Santander
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, South Korean club
Incheon United
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, Finnish club
JJK,
Thai Premier League
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club
Insee-Police Utd and South Korean second-tier
Korea National League
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side
Goyang Kookmin Bank FC
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.
Career
He joined Racing de Santander in February 2006, but he suffered from injuries. His
La Liga
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debut was 24 May 2006, in the last game of the 2005–2006 season against
Villarreal CF
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. After two years at the club, he transferred to
Incheon United
Incheon United FC is a South Korean professional football club based in Incheon that competes in the K League 1, the top flight of South Korean football. Founded in 2003, the club is a so-called "community club", with the government of the city ...
.
He has had a tryout with the
Finnish
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club
FC Haka
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who wanted Lee to play as a left back, but he was not signed. In March 2009 he joined
Finnish
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club
JJK on a tryout.
He was loaned to FC Jyväskylä Blackbird in August 2009.
Club career statistics
References
External links
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FIFA Player Statistics
1983 births
Living people
Association football defenders
South Korean footballers
South Korean expatriate footballers
Racing de Santander players
Incheon United FC players
JJK Jyväskylä players
Lee Ho-jin
Lee Ho-Jin ( ko, 이호진; born 9 March 1983) is a South Korean football defender. He has also played for Spanish club Racing de Santander, South Korean club Incheon United, Finnish club JJK, Thai Premier League club Insee-Police Utd and So ...
K League 1 players
La Liga players
Veikkausliiga players
Korea National League players
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Expatriate footballers in Finland
Expatriate footballers in Thailand
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Spain
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Finland
South Korean expatriate sportspeople in Thailand
Sungkyunkwan University alumni
Footballers from Seoul
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