Lee Kyung-Hwan (March 21, 1988 – April 14, 2012) was a South Korean

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player. He played for

Daejeon Citizen Daejeon Hana Citizen Football Club (Korean 대전 하나 시티즌 축구단) is a South Korean professional football team based in Daejeon that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. At the time of its foundation in 19 ...

and Suwon Bluewings. Lee was involved in match-fixing scandal while playing for Daejeon Citizen. On the basis of the prosecution's investigation, it was confirmed in August 2011 that he would be banned from playing in the all football leagues in South Korea. He committed suicide in Incheon on 14 April 2012, at age 24, after jumping off an apartment building. Lee was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital.

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* 1988 births 2012 deaths Association football midfielders South Korean footballers Daejeon Hana Citizen FC players Suwon Samsung Bluewings players K League 1 players Suicides by jumping in South Korea 2012 suicides Match fixers {{SouthKorea-footy-midfielder-stub