Lee Yong-jae

Lee Yong-jae
이용재
Personal information
Full name	Lee Yong-jae
Date of birth	8 June 1991
Place of birth	Gwangju, South Korea
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Fagiano Okayama
Number	9
Youth career
2007–2009	Pohang Jecheol; Technical High School
2007–2008	Watford (KFA Youth Project)
2009–2010	Nantes
Senior career*
National team‡
Representing South Korea
Asian Games
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 August 2015

Lee Yong-jae (Korean: 이용재; born 8 June 1991) is a South Korean footballer. He plays for the Japanese club Fagiano Okayama in the J2 League.[2]

Club career

Lee began his career with Pohang Jecheol Technical High School and, after the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, left for Europe signing with Watford through KFA Youth Project. On 6 September 2009 the French club FC Nantes signed the South Korean forward from Watford FC U-18 to a four-year deal.[3] Prior to joining the French side, Lee went on trial with Willem II Tilburg.[4] Lee scored his first goal for FC Nantes against Châteauroux on 22 October 2010.

Lee represented his homeland at 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in his native South Korea and played one game.[5] He also played for the South Korea national under-20 football team.[6]

As of 5 October 2019[7][8][9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nantes	2010–11	Ligue 2	26	2	5	2	0	0	31	4
	2011–12	Ligue 2	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
	2012–13	Ligue 2	10	1	3	0	1	0	14	1
	Total		39	3	9	2	2	0	50	5
Nantes II	2012–13	National 3	14	5	—		—		14	5
Red Star	2013–14	National	29	4	0	0	—		29	4
V-Varen Nagasaki	2014	J2 League	14	3	0	0	—		14	3
	2015	J2 League	36	6	1	0	—		36	7
	Total		50	9	1	0	—		51	9
Kyoto Sanga	2016	J2 League	34	7	1	0	—		35	7
	2017	J2 League	30	4	0	0	—		30	4
	Total		64	11	1	0	—		65	11
Fagiano Okayama	2018	J2 League	11	1	0	0	—		11	1
	2019	J2 League	35	18			—		35	18
	Total		46	19	0	0	—		46	19
Career total			242	51	11	2	2	0	255	53

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

List of international goals scored by Lee Yong-jae
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 June 2015	Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	United Arab Emirates	2–0	3–0	Friendly

South Korea U23

South Korea

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FIFA Player Statistics
Ki Hee, Ahn (14 July 2011). "U-20 대표팀, 콜롬비아 월드컵 참가 21명 최종명단 확정.(The U-20 national team has confirmed the final roster of 21 players participating in the World Cup in Colombia.)". Sportalkorea.
Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2019 (NSK MOOK)", 9 February 2019, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411628 (p. ? out of 289)
Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 203 out of 289)
Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 224 out of 289)

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