Lee Woon-jae

Lee Woon-jae (Korean: 이운재; born 26 April 1973) is a South Korean former football goalkeeper. He was part of South Korea's 1994, 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup campaigns. He was one of two Asian players to be nominated for the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century (2001–2011) with Mark Schwarzer.[3]

Lee Woon-jae
Lee with Suwon Samsung Bluewings in 2009
Personal information
Full name Lee Woon-jae
Date of birth (1973-04-26) 26 April 1973
Place of birth Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1986–1988 Cheongju Daeseong Middle School
1989–1991 Cheongju Commercial High School
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Kyung Hee University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2010 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 267 (0)
2000–2001 → Sangmu FC (draft)
2011–2012 Jeonnam Dragons 63 (0)
Total 330 (0)
National team
1994–1996 South Korea U23 16[lower-greek 1] (0)
2002 South Korea U23 (WC) 9 (0)
1993[1] South Korea Universiade
1993 South Korea B
1994–2010 South Korea 133 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Lee Woon-jae
Hangul
이운재
Hanja
李雲在
Revised RomanizationI Un-jae
McCune–ReischauerI Unjae
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

International career

Lee was a part of the South Korea squad for the 1994 FIFA World Cup and was substituted into the game against Germany after starting goalkeeper Choi In-young. After the 1994 World Cup, he suffered from tuberculosis and hepatitis which made the crisis to finish his playing career. Since 1998, he recovered his health and came back to the national team for the first time in four years.[4]

Lee was selected in Guus Hiddink's squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup as the first-choice goalkeeper after the rivalry against Kim Byung-ji. He appeared all seven matches until the third place play-off, and kept three clean sheets against Poland, Portugal and Spain in the tournament. He made South Korean football history against Spain in the quarter-final, which ended in a draw and went to penalties. Lee blocked Spain's fourth shot, taken by Joaquín and South Korea defeated Spain 5–3 in the shoot-out, becoming the first Asian team ever to advance to the World Cup semi-finals.[5][6] South Korea finished fourth place in the tournament.

Lee captained South Korea at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in place of injured Kim Nam-il. He saved a total of three shootout penalties during the tournament, two against Iran and one against Japan (they would win both matches and finish third overall). He was selected as the goalkeeper of All-Star XI, but he was suspended from the national team for a year because he sneaked out from his hotel room and went on a drinking binge in an Indonesian bar along with South Korean teammates Kim Sang-sik, Woo Sung-yong and Lee Dong-gook before the match against Bahrain.

Lee is one of two players (the other being Rigobert Song of Cameroon) to be selected for the 2010 FIFA World Cup that were also selected for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He is one of seven players from Asia to play in four different World Cups. He played his last game for the national team in a friendly against Nigeria on 11 August 2010 in a 2–1 victory, subsequently retiring from international football.

Style of play

Nicknamed the "Spider Hand" in South Korea,[7] Lee is regarded as one of the greatest South Korean goalkeepers of all time. He didn't have height and rapid pace, but having great judgment and showing the harmonies with defenders, he was stable in front of goalpost.[7] He was also noted for his predictive ability and this made him strong on the penalty shoot-out. His winning rate was 91.7% (11 wins and 1 loss) and save percentage was 44.8% (58 times and 26 saves) in the penalties shoot-out of K League.[8]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[9]

Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Suwon Samsung Bluewings1996K League 120?[lower-alpha 1]?10——130
1997K League 70?[lower-alpha 1]?100——170
1998K League180?[lower-alpha 1]?160——340
1999K League27000120—?[lower-alpha 2]0390
2002K League1904000?[lower-alpha 3]?—230
2003K League41010———420
2004K League2300030——260
2005K League1703090601[lower-alpha 4]0360
2006K League1301010——150
2007K League25010100——360
2008K League28000110——390
2009K League250501050—360
2010K League120202070—230
Total2670170760180103790
Sangmu FC (draft)2000Semipro League?? ?[lower-alpha 5]?—— ?[lower-alpha 6]???
2001Semipro League???[lower-alpha 5]?——?[lower-alpha 6]???
Total????——????
Jeonnam Dragons 2011K League3002040——360
2012K League330?[lower-alpha 1]?———330
Total6302040——690
Career total 3300190800180104480
  1. Appearance(s) in Korean FA Cup
  2. Could appear in Korean Super Cup
  3. Appearance(s) in Asian Club Championship
  4. Appearance in Korean Super Cup
  5. Appearance(s) in Korean National Championship
  6. Appearance(s) in Korean President's Cup

International

Source:[10]

National teamYearAppsGoals
South Korea U23199410
1995110
199640
200290
Total25[lower-greek 1]0
South Korea199430
199510
199600
199700
199800
199920
200080
2001120
2002150
2003140
2004150
2005150
2006160
200780
200820
2009130
201090
Total1330
Career total1580
  1. Does not include seven appearances against clubs

International clean sheets
Results list South Korea's goal tally first.[10]

Honours

Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Sangmu FC

South Korea U23

South Korea Universiade

South Korea B

South Korea

Individual

References
  1. "FOOTBALL". Universiade '93-Buffalo -Results-. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  2. 동아시아축구 대표 확정. Naver.com (in Korean). The Hankyoreh. 30 March 1993. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  3. "The World's best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century". IFFHS.de. IFFHS. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  4. 가난과 폐결핵·간염 극복…그는 불굴의 거미손이었다 (in Korean). Ilyoseoul. 27 June 2006.
  5. "Korean dream lives on". BBC Sport. 22 June 2002. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  6. Hayward, Paul (23 June 2002). "Korean miracle spoilt by refereeing farce". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  7. [스포츠 화제] ‘국대 골키퍼의 대명사’ 김병지-이운재 20년 우정 (in Korean). Joongang Sisa Magazine. 17 August 2016.
  8. [집중분석] 이운재는 왜 승부차기에 강할까? (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspaper. 15 July 2010.
  9. Lee Woon-jae – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
  10. 이운재 LEE Woonjae GK (in Korean). KFA. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  11. Lee, Seung-soo; Schöggl, Hans; Trevena, Mark (13 May 2020). "South Korea - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  12. Lee, Seung-soo; Trevena, Mark (8 April 2020). "South Korea - List of Cup Winners". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  13. Fujioka, Atsushi; Halchuk, Stephen; Stokkermans, Karel (25 March 2020). "Asian Champions' Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  14. Fujioka, Atsushi (21 July 2002). "Asian Super Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  15. Nakanishi, Masanori; Lee, Seung-soo (14 June 2007). "East Asian Champions Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  16. Saaid, Hamdan (26 February 2009). "Pan-Pacific Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  17. (축구/실업선수권)상무, 강릉시청 꺾고 우승감격. Naver.com (in Korean). Dong-A Ilbo. 6 July 2001.
  18. "Football Men's (Final Result) - Match Schedule". Busan Asian Games. Archived from the original on 10 January 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  19. Morrison, Neil (20 December 2019). "East Asian Games". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  20. "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan ™ - Matches - Korea Republic-Turkey". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 April 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  21. Stokkermans, Karel (7 February 2019). "Asian Nations Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  22. Stokkermans, Karel (20 December 2019). "East Asian Championship". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  23. 안정환 시즌 MVP (in Korean). Dong-A Ilbo. 10 November 1999.
  24. 2002년 K-리그 시상식 21일 개최 (in Korean). Yonhap. 20 December 2002.
  25. 나드손, 외국인 첫 MVP! (in Korean). YTN. 16 December 2004.
  26. 이운재, MVP 영예...신인상은 이승렬, 감독상은 차범근 감독 (in Korean). Sports Chosun. 9 December 2008.
  27. 동아시아컵축구 이운재 최우수 골키퍼상 (in Korean). Yonhap. 7 August 2005.
  28. "Fanzone". AFC Asian Cup. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
    "Official All-Star XI". BigSoccer. 18 August 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  29. 수원, 7년 만의 FA컵 우승…MVP 이운재 (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspaper. 9 November 2009.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Hong Myung-bo		 South Korea captain
2002–2008		 Succeeded by
Park Ji-sung
Preceded by
Yeom Dong-gyun		 Jeonnam Dragons captain
2011–2012		 Succeeded by
Lee Seung-hee
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