is a Japanese
football player of
Korean
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* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
descent who plays for
Singapore
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-based
Albirex Niigata
is a professional football club based in Niigata, Japan. Formed in 1955 as Niigata Eleven SC, it was renamed Albireo Niigata FC in 1995, and Albirex Niigata in 1997. From 2023, Albirex will be playing on the J1 League, coming back to the f ...
. He has made 11 appearances for the
Japanese national team. He is sometimes known as Chung, in reference to his Korean name, Lee Chung-sung.
Lee is know in Japan for coming on as a substitute in the 109th minute of the
2011 AFC Asian Cup Final
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held in
Qatar
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and scoring his first international goal to secure a 1–0 win over
Australia, giving Japan their fourth Asian Cup success.
Early life and family
Lee was born to third generation
Zainichi Korean
comprise ethnic Koreans who have permanent residency status in Japan or who have become Japanese citizens, and whose immigration to Japan originated before 1945, or who are descendants of those immigrants. They are a group distinct from South ...
parents in Tanashi (present-day
Nishitokyo
() is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 206,047, and a population density of 13,000 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Nishitokyo is located at t ...
), Tokyo.
He has Byeokjin
Lee (
벽진이씨) ancestry. His father was also a footballer, who played for
Yokohama Tristar FC in the
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight association football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J.League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional ...
.
His Korean name is Lee Chung-Sung (
Korean
Korean may refer to:
People and culture
* Koreans, ethnic group originating in the Korean Peninsula
* Korean cuisine
* Korean culture
* Korean language
**Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Chosŏn'gŭl
**Korean dialects and the Jeju language
** ...
: 이충성,
Hanja
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(, ) refers to Sino-Korean vocabulary, ...
: 李 忠成) and also had used
pass name .
Club career
Japan
Lee started playing football at Komine FC and later moved to
Yokogawa Electric
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It has a global workforce of over 19,000 employees, 84 subsidiary and 3 affiliated compa ...
. In 2001, he joined
FC Tokyo youth team and took second places at All Japan Club Youth Soccer tournament, Prince Takamado Cup and J.League Youth tournament. He briefly joined training squads for the South Korea U-19 and U-20 teams but not played at official games. He experienced severe discrimination from Korean teammates referring to him as a
''ban-jjokbari'' (half-Jap) with strong racial undertones.
He was promoted to FC Tokyo in 2004 and moved to
Kashiwa Reysol
is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium ...
in 2005 and later joined
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sanfrecce Hiroshima ( ja, サンフレッチェ広島, translit=''Sanfuretche Hiroshima'') is a Japanese professional football club based in Asaminami-ku, Hiroshima. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the co ...
in 2009.
Southampton
On 11 January 2012, Lee secured a work permit to allow him to play for
Southampton
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, who confirmed the free transfer on 25 January 2012.
He made his debut for Southampton on 28 January 2012, as a substitute in a fourth round
FA Cup
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match against
Millwall
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. Lee started and played the duration of the replay, failing to score as Millwall won 3–2 after a 92nd-minute winner from
Liam Feeney
Liam Michael Feeney-Howard (born 21 January 1987) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for National League North team Scunthorpe United. He became a free agent on 30 June 2023.
Career Early career
Feeney joined League One side So ...
.
He scored his first goal for Southampton in a 4–0 victory over
Derby County
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Founded in 188 ...
on 18 February, with a "venomous strike into the far corner" of the goal.
He made his first league start one week later, a 3–0 victory away at
Watford
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Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and ...
, with Lee winning a penalty for the third goal scored by
Rickie Lambert
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. After damaging ligaments on 10 March 2012 Lee missed the rest of the season.
His goal won the Southampton's Goal of the Season Award.
After 5 months out injured, he made his return to action with a goal in a 4–1 victory at
Stevenage in the League Cup.
He was handed the number 19 shirt for the 2013–14 season after Southampton invited him back to the First Team. He made his first return to the Southampton team after year when starting in the
League Cup
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against
Bristol City
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.
On 14 January 2014 he was released from his contract at Southampton after a two-year spell.
Return to Japan
On 14 February 2013, Lee returned to his former club,
FC Tokyo on loan until the end of June. He made his debut on 2 March 2013, coming on as a 72nd-minute substitutee. He scored his first goal for the club on 23 March 2013 in the 77th minute against two-time defending champion
Kashima Antlers.
Urawa Red Diamonds
He had a successful spell with
Urawa Red Diamonds
, colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ), also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, is a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J ...
winning the
2016 J.League Cup,
2017 Suruga Bank Championship
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,
2017 AFC Champions League
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Urawa Red Diamonds defeated Al-Hilal ...
and the
2018 Emperor's Cup.
Singapore
After nine Years in Japan, On 1 January 2022, Lee joined Singapore-based
Albirex Niigata
is a professional football club based in Niigata, Japan. Formed in 1955 as Niigata Eleven SC, it was renamed Albireo Niigata FC in 1995, and Albirex Niigata in 1997. From 2023, Albirex will be playing on the J1 League, coming back to the f ...
on a one-year deal. He made his debut in the 2022
Singapore Community Shield
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, netting a penalty in a 2-1 loss to reigning
SPL
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* Scottish Premier League
* SportPesa Premier League, Kenya
* Singapore Premier League
* RoboCup Standard Platform League, matches between autonomous robots
Computing Program ...
champions
Lion City Sailors
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.
He ended the 2022 season winning the
2022 Singapore Premier League title. On 12 December 2022, he extended his contract for another season, for the 20th year of his professional career.
International career
In August 2008, Lee was selected
Japan U-23 national team for
2008 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played all 3 matches.
After becoming a regular starter for Sanfrecce and finishing the 2010 season strongly, Lee was rewarded with a call-up to
Japan's
2011 Asian Cup
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squad and made his full international debut on 9 January 2011 against
Jordan
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. His first international goal was in the 109th minute of the final to secure a 1–0 win over
Australia and Japan's fourth Asian Cup success.
Club statistics
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International career statistics
Appearances in major competitions
Goals for senior national team
Honours
Club
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
*J.League Cup
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runner-up: 2010
Southampton
* EFL Championship runner-up: 2011–12
Urawa Red Diamonds
*J.League Cup
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: 2016
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* Suruga Bank Championship: 2017
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* AFC Champions League: 2017
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* Emperor's Cup: 2018
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Yokohama F. Marinos
* J1 League: 2019
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Albirex Niigata (S)
*Singapore Premier League
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: 2022
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*Singapore Community Shield
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: 2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
** In the United States, books, films, and other works published in 1927 will enter the public domain, assuming there are no changes made to copyright law.
** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
International
Japan
* AFC Asian Cup: 2011
*Kirin Cup
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: 2011
References
External links
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Japan National Football Team Database
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1985 births
Living people
Association football people from Tokyo Metropolis
Japanese men's footballers
Japan men's international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
English Football League players
FC Tokyo players
Kashiwa Reysol players
Sanfrecce Hiroshima players
Southampton F.C. players
Urawa Red Diamonds players
Yokohama F. Marinos players
Kyoto Sanga FC players
Olympic footballers for Japan
Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2011 AFC Asian Cup players
AFC Asian Cup-winning players
Japanese expatriate men's footballers
Japanese people of Korean descent
Naturalized citizens of Japan
Zainichi Korean people
Men's association football forwards
People from Nishitōkyō, Tokyo
Albirex Niigata Singapore FC players
Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Singapore
Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore