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South Korean footballer

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Lee Woon-jae is a South Korean association football player born in Cheongju on April 26, 1973. He played as a goalkeeper for the South Korea men's national football team and the South Korea national under-23 football team. His club career included stints with Suwon Samsung Bluewings FC and Jeonnam Dragons FC. He represented South Korea in the 1992 and 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups.

Woon-jae attended Kyung Hee University and speaks Korean. His professional playing period spanned from 1996 to 2012. He stands 182 centimeters tall and has a mass of 82. He is also known by the Revised Romanization I Un-jae and the McCune–Reischauer romanization I Unjae.

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Type
Person
Origin
South Korea

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Key facts

1993
South Korea B
Full name
Lee Woon-jae
Date of birth
( 1973-04-26 ) 26 April 1973 (age 53)
Place of birth
Cheongju , Chungbuk , South Korea
Height
1.82 m (5 ft 11 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
Position
Goalkeeper
1986 1988
Cheongju Daeseong Middle School
1989 1991
Cheongju Commercial High School [ ko ]
Years
Team
1992 1995
Kyung Hee University [ ko ]
1996 2010
Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2000 2001
→ Sangmu FC ( draft )
2011 2012
Jeonnam Dragons
1994 2002
South Korea U23
1994 2010
South Korea

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Lee
Gender
male
Citizenship
South Korea
Place of birth
Cheongju
Languages spoken
Korean
Native language
Korean
Participant in
1994 FIFA World Cup
Position played
goalkeeper
Country for sport
South Korea
Mass
82
Image
Lee Woon-Jae.jpg
Height
182
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Commons category
Lee Woon-jae
date of birth
1973-04-26
McCune–Reischauer romanization
I Unjae
Revised Romanization
I Un-jae
end of work period
2012-00-00
start of work period
1996-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Woon-jae (Korean: 이운재; born 26 April 1973) is a South Korean football coach and former player. Considered one of the greatest Asian goalkeeper of all time, he played for the South Korea national team at the 1994, 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, and kept three clean sheets while reaching the semi-finals at the 2002 tournament. He is currently working as a goalkeeping coach at the Vietnam national team.

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