Lee. In this korean identify, the family name is Lee Kang-in ( korean : 이강인 ; Hanja : 李剛仁 ; besides romanized as Kangin Lee ; korean pronunciation : [ i.ɡaŋ.in ] or [ iodine ] [ kaŋ.in ] ; born 19 February 2001 ) is a south korean professional football player who plays as an attacking midfielder for La Liga cabaret Mallorca and the South Korea national team. Lee was the asian Football Confederation ‘s asian Young Footballer of the year in 2019, the same class that he won the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup ‘s Golden Ball award. Lee ‘s team finished runner-up during the event. He besides won the Copa del Rey with Valencia during that season.
Reading: Lee Kang-in – Wikipedia
Club career [edit ]
Valencia B [edit ]
Lee joined Valencia ‘s academy in July 2011. On 15 December 2017, he was called up to Valencia B ( Mestalla ). He had his debut on 21 December 2017, in a catch with Deportivo Aragón, being substituted in the 82nd minute. He had his first assist on 17 February 2018, against Llagostera, being substituted in at the 76th minute and assisting in supernumerary time. He had his first goal on 6 May 2018, starting against Sabadell .
valencia [edit ]
2018–19 season [edit ]
He made his first team debut on 30 October 2018, starting and playing 83 minutes in a 2–1 winnings over Ebro in the Copa del Rey, becoming the youngest korean football player to debut professionally in Europe. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Lee made his La Liga debut on 12 January 2019, substituting in for Denis Cheryshev in the 86th minute in a 1–1 draw with Real Valladolid during 2018–19 season. At 17 years, 10 months, and 24 days, Lee became the second gear youngest player in the 18–19 La Liga after Ander Barrenetxea from Real Sociedad who debuted at the age of 16 years, 11 months, and 24 days. He besides became the youngest always non-Spanish and the first Asian league debutant for Valencia, ampere well as the fifth Korean to play in La Liga. [ note 1 ] [ 5 ] On 30 January 2019, Lee officially joined the Valencia first-team, receiving new jersey number 16. [ 6 ]
2019–20 season [edit ]
On 17 September 2019, Lee made his UEFA Champions League debut as a late utility for Rodrigo in a 1–0 winnings against Chelsea, becoming the youngest ever korean to debut in the competition at the old age of 18 years and 6 months, a record previously held by Jeong Woo-yeong. He besides became the 5th youngest ever to debut for Los Ches in the lapp competition. [ 7 ] On 25 September 2019, he scored his first La Liga goal in a 3–3 draw against Getafe, to become the youngest non-Spanish to score for Valencia, aged 18 years and 219 days old, breaking the former commemorate of Mohamed Sissoko who scored in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup ; and the third youngest always, lone behind Juan Mena and Fernando Gómez. [ 8 ] [ note 2 ] His record as the youngest non-Spanish goalscorer for Valencia was broken the following season by american teammate Yunus Musah. [ 10 ]
2020–21 temper [edit ]
On 13 September 2020, Lee became the youngest actor, aged 19 years and 207 days, to assist two goals in a La Liga match in the twenty-first century, in a 4–2 win over Levante, breaking the previous criminal record of Juan Mata in 2008, aged 20 years and 150 days. [ 11 ] Despite rejecting several renewal offers from the clubhouse throughout the year, [ 12 ] he featured regularly under Javi Gracia as the Che ended the campaign on a mid-table position .
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2021–22 season [edit ]
After being on the transportation number during the integral pre-season, Lee terminated his shrink with Valencia on 29 August 2021. [ 13 ]
Mallorca [edit ]
On 30 August 2021, colleague La Liga club Mallorca confirmed the free transfer of Lee, signing on a four-year shrink. [ 14 ] On 22 September 2021, he scored his first goal for the club in a 6–1 La Liga loss against Real Madrid. [ 15 ]
International career [edit ]
2019 U-20 World Cup [edit ]
Lee was selected to play for the South Korea U-20 football team in the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and played in every group and knockout equal, leading his team to a historic runner-up complete in the tournament and scoring two goals and four assists in seven games. [ 16 ] As a result, he received the Golden Ball award as the tournament ‘s best player. [ 17 ]
Senior team [edit ]
Lee received his first gear call up to the senior South Korea national football team in March 2019 for friendlies against Bolivia and Colombia, and became the 7th youngest to be in the South Korea national football team. On 5 September 2019, Lee made his international debut in a 2–2 draw friendly match against Georgia as a starter. [ 18 ]
Media [edit ]
In 2007, the six-year-old Lee was featured in the third base season of the KBS N Sports reality football show Fly Shoot Dori ( korean : 날아라 슛돌이 ; mean : Fly Shooting Kid ). [ 19 ] After his exceeding operation, he passed through Yoo Sang-chul ‘s youth academy and in 2009 joined the Incheon United FC U-12 youth team. Lee late attended Seokjeong Elementary School in Incheon and played for Flyings FC. In January 2011, he went to Spain under the recommendation of his youth team coach and took part in trials for the Villarreal CF and Valencia CF youth teams .
personal life [edit ]
He was born on 19 February 2001 in Incheon, the youngest of three children. His father Lee Woon-seong was a tae kwon do teacher in Incheon and a big football fan ( specially of the belated Diego Maradona ). [ 20 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of 2 October 2021[21][22]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Valencia B | 2017–18 | Segunda División B | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | 15 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 4 | — | — | — | 26 | 4 | |||||
| Valencia | 2018–19 | La Liga | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | — | 11 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | La Liga | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
| 2020–21 | La Liga | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||
| Total | 44 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 3 | ||
| Mallorca | 2021–22 | La Liga | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 81 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 8 | ||
International [edit ]
- As of 25 March 2021[23]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
Honours [edit ]
Valencia
South Korea U20
Individual