Lee Se-yeon ( ko, 이세연; born 11 July 1945) is a former South Korean

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International career

Lee Se-yeon is regarded as one of the greatest South Korean goalkeepers of the 20th century. He conceded 55 goals in 81 caps, and won nine Asian titles including the

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with South Korea national team. South Korea had fierce atmosphere when playing with Japan at the time, because it hadn't been long since Korea had gained independence from Japan. Lee also had a strong sense of the rivalry against

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. A clash between Lee and

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attracted attention for a while in South Korea. South Korea recorded five wins, three draws and one loss in nine games against Japan while he played for the national team.

Style of play

Lee was strong on aerial duels by learning artistic gymnastics, although he had short height.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Yangzee * Korean National Championship: 1968 *

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: 1968 * Asian Champion Club Tournament runner-up:

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Korea Trust Bank * Korean Semi-professional League (Spring): 1971 * Korean Semi-professional League (Autumn): 1973 * Korean National Championship runner-up: 1971 South Korea *

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1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

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runner-up:

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

Individual * Korean FA Best XI: 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

References

External links

Lee Se-yeon – National Team Stats
at KFA South Korean footballers South Korea international footballers Association football goalkeepers Medalists at the 1970 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in football 1972 AFC Asian Cup players 1945 births Living people Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Footballers at the 1970 Asian Games Kyung Hee University alumni {{SouthKorea-footy-goalkeeper-stub