Lee Jong-Hwa (

Hangul The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The let ...

: 이종화, born July 20, 1963) is a former

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 ...

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 and coach.

Playing career

He played in

K-League K League (Hangul: K리그) is South Korea's professional football league. It includes first division K League 1 and second division K League 2. History Until the 1970s, South Korean football operated two major football leagues, the National S ...

side Hyundai Horang-i and

Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma Cheonan (; 천안시, ''Cheonan-si''), also spelled Ch'ŏnan, is a city in South Chungcheong, South Korea. Cheonan has a population of 666,417 (2018), making it the most-populous city or county in South Chungcheong, and the third most-populous ci ...

. Lee's pro debut was against

Hanil Bank FC Hanil Bank Football Club ( ko, 한일은행 축구단) is a defunct football club in South Korea. The side spent three seasons in the K-League from 1984–1986. It was led by Kim Ho, who later coached the Daejeon Citizen and Suwon Samsung Blu ...

on March 8, 1986 for Hyundai Horang-i. In his first season, he played three games. He announced his retirement when the 1986 season ended. After he retired from football, he ran a bakery, but he was recalled by

Kim Ho Kim Ho (; born 24 November 1944) is a South Korean former football player and manager. Early life Kim was born in Tongyeong, a coastal city of South Korea, and started football in his hometown. He originally joined Tongyeong High School wh ...

the new manager of Hyundai Horang-i in 1988. From 1989, he played again in the K-League for Hyundai Horang-i. In 1991, he moved to Ilhwa Chunma. Lee won the K-League winner title for the third consecutive time with Ilhwa Chunma.

International career

He was a participant at

1994 FIFA World Cup The 1994 FIFA World Cup was the 15th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national soccer teams. It was hosted by the United States and took place from June 17 to July 17, 1994, at nine venues across the country. The United States ...

as a member of

, but never played in a tournament.

Club career statistics

Honours

Hyundai Horangi

* Korea Professional Championship (1):

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

Ilhwa Chunma

** Winner (3):

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

** Runner-up (1):

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

K-League Cup The Korean League Cup was a professional football competition in South Korean football. It was held by the K League Federation from 1986 to 2012. Sponsorship Champions List of finals Titles by club K League's principle of official statist ...

(

Adidas Cup The Adidas Cup was an annual Association football, football competition in Football in South Korea, South Korean football and the Korean League Cup held by the K League Federation from 1992 to 2002. Format The Adidas Cup is classified as a cup co ...

) ** Winner (1):

** Runner-up (1):

AFC Champions League The AFC Champions League (abbreviated as ACL) is an annual continental club football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation, and contested by Asia's top-division football clubs. It is the most prestigious club competition ...

(1): 1995-96 *

Asian Super Cup The Asian Super Cup was an annual football competition between the winners of the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup. The competition started in 1995, but came to an end in 2002 after both major AFC tournaments were merged int ...

(1) :

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

Individual

K-League Best XI The K League Best XI is an award for the best eleven players in a K League season. K League 1 award (1983–present) Winners Players marked bold won the Most Valuable Player award in that respective year. Appearances by player Appeara ...

(2) :

References

The Legends of K-League : ‘그라운드’위의 사령관 - 이종화 ①

The Legends of K-League : ‘그라운드’위의 사령관 - 이종화 ②

External links

K-League Player Record

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Jong-Hwa 1963 births Living people Association football defenders South Korean footballers South Korea international footballers Ulsan Hyundai FC players Seongnam FC players K League 1 players 1994 FIFA World Cup players People from Tongyeong