Lee Min-a (born 8 November 1991) is a South Korean

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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for

WK League The WK League (Hangul: WK리그) is a semi-professional women's football league, run by the Korea Football Association (KFA) and the Korea Women's Football Federation (KWFF), which represents the sport's highest level in South Korea. The regular ...

club

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels The Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Women's Football Club is a South Korean women's football team based in Incheon. The club was founded in 1993. The club has won ten consecutive WK League titles from 2013 to 2022. Current squad ...

and the South Korea national team.

Club career

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels

After playing for

Yeungjin College Yeungjin University, formerly Yeungjin College, is a private technical college located in Buk-gu, Daegu, South Korea. Information technology is the principal academic focus; however, courses of study in other fields such as nursing and internatio ...

from 2010 to 2012, Lee joined

in the

. In 2015, she scored 6 goals and recorded 5 assists in 26 appearances. In 2016, she scored 7 goals and provided 1 assist in 23 appearances. In 2017, she finished the season with 14 goals and 10 assists in 28 appearances. Between 2013 and 2017, Lee won 5 straight WK League titles.

INAC Kobe Leonessa

In December 2017, Lee joined

Nadeshiko League The , commonly known as the , is a semi-professional women's association football Sports league, league in Japan. The Nadeshiko League consists of two divisions that correspond to the second and third levels of the Japanese association football ...

club

INAC Kobe Leonessa INAC Kobe is a Japanese football club from Kobe, founded in 2001. INAC stands for International Athletic Club while Leonessa means Lioness in Italian. In 2006 INAC Leonessa was promoted to the Nadeshiko.League, where it has played since 2020. ...

. On 21 March 2018, she made her debut in a 2–0 home victory against Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama. On 24 September 2018, she scored a brace in a 5–1 win over Mynavi Vegalta Sendai.

International career

Lee was part of the under-20 team that finished in third place at the

2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 5th edition of the tournament. It was held in Germany, who will also host the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup a year later from 13 July to 1 August 2010. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all ...

. On 15 February 2012, she made her senior debut for

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

in a 1–0 loss to

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

. On 21 January 2016, she scored her first goal in a 5–0 win over

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

in the

2016 Four Nations Tournament The 2016 Four Nations Tournament (Torneio Quatro Nações) in Portuguese, was the third edition of the Four Nations Tournament held in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil between 4–6 November as a Men's friendly handball tournament organised by th ...

. In 2017, Lee was named KFA Footballer of the Year.

Career statistics

International

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

Honours

Club

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels *

: 2013, 2014, 2015,

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Individual

* KFA Footballer of the Year: 2017

References

External links

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