Lee Jae-gun

Lee Jae-gun
이재건
Personal information
Full name Lee Jae-gun
Date of birth (1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Seongnam, South Korea
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Pocheon Citizen FC
Number 97
Youth career
Kyunghee High School
–2017 Songho College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Tubize-Braine 38 (1)
2019 Asan Mugunghwa 16 (0)
2020–2021 Chungnam Asan 25 (4)
2021–2022 Visakha 30 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2021
Lee Jae-gun
Hangul
이재건
Revised RomanizationI Jaegeon
McCune–ReischauerI Chaekŏn
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Jae-gun (Korean: 이재건; born 22 February 1997) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a forward for K4 League club Pocheon Citizen FC.

Playing career

After graduating from Kyunghee High School in Seoul,[1] Lee received several offers from professional clubs. He turned them down, however, to play for Songho College.[1] In his second season at the college, he scored five of his team's ten goals,[2] and took his school to the 2016 U-League championship game, where they lost to Korea University.[1]

He was selected to represent Korea at the 2016 Asian University Football Championships in Taebaek.[3]

In January 2017, he signed his first professional contract with A.F.C. Tubize, playing in the second-tier of Belgian football.[4] He became Tubize's sixth Korean player.[5] The team, which was purchased by a Korean company in 2014, promotes the development of Korean football by recruiting young prospects from the Asian country.[1] He made his debut on 7 January against Cercle Brugge, replacing Shean Garlito in the 89th minute.[5][6][7] Two months later, during a 1-1 draw against Oud-Heverlee Leuven, Lee scored his debut goal.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "AFC 투비즈, 송호대 윙어 이재건 영입하며 전력보강" (in Korean). afctubize.co.kr. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  2. ^ "TRANSFER IN: Tubize neemt gok en heeft vervanger Lefaix al beet" (in Dutch). proximus-sports.be. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  3. ^ Kwon, Hye-min (9 August 2017). "송호대 이재건, 亞대학축구선수권대회 선수로 선발" (in Korean). news1.kr. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. ^ "L'AFC TUBIZE A ENTÉRINÉ LA VENUE DE JAE GUN LEE" (in French). sudinfo.be. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  5. ^ a b Stella, Christopher (14 January 2017). "L'attaquant coréen aura son mot à dire à Tubize" (in French). unionistes.be. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  6. ^ "CERCLE BRUGGE VS. TUBIZE 2 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  7. ^ Docquier, Sylvain (14 January 2017). "Lee, le nouvel espoir coréen de Tubize" (in French). lavenir.net. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  8. ^ Hong, Byung-Tae (26 March 2017). "투비즈 이재건, 벨기에 2부 데뷔골 작렬.. 팀은 1-1 무" (in Korean). Daum. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  9. ^ Sterpigny, Sébastien (31 March 2017). "Jae-Gun Lee: "J'aurais aimé marquer plus tôt"" (in French). dhnet.be. Retrieved 22 August 2017.