Lee Woon-jae

Lee Woon-jae
Personnel
Surname	Lee Woon-jae
birthday	April 26, 1973
place of birth	Cheongju ,  South Korea
size	182 cm
position	goalkeeper
Juniors
Years	station
1994-1995	Kyung Hee University
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1996-1999	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	64 (0)
2000-2001	Gwangju Sangmu
2002–	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	200 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
1992-1996	South Korea U-23	16 (0)
2004	South Korea Olympics	1 (0)
1994-2010	South Korea	132 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of June 30, 2010 2 As of June 30, 2010

Korean spelling
Hangeul	이운재
Hanja	李云 在
Revised Romanization	I Un-jae
McCune- Reischauer	Yi Unjae
See also : Korean name

Lee Woon-jae (born April 26, 1973 in Cheongju , South Korea ) is a South Korean football goalkeeper . His current club are the Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the Korean K-League .

Career

His first of a total of 132 A-internationals he played against the USA on March 5, 1994 , the game ended in a 0-1 defeat for South Korea. At the 1994 World Cup , he was in the squad of the Korean team and was substituted on in the 2: 3 defeat against Germany in the second half. Between 1995 and 1999 Lee was no longer called up to the national team, which is why he missed the Asian Cup 96 and the World Cup 98 .

At the 2000 Asian Cup , Lee led his team to the semi-finals. The greatest success was then celebrated at the 2002 World Cup , when the then co-host South Korea reached the semifinals. In the quarter-finals against Spain, Lee saved Joaquín Sánchez's penalty and helped his side advance. He was also the goalkeeper of the South Korean team at the 2004 Asian Cup and the 2006 World Cup .

In 2007 Lee Woon-jae was third with South Korea at the Asian Cup, the Koreans had to play three penalty shootouts in the knockout round. In the quarter-finals against Iran , Lee was able to save two penalties and secure a place in the semi-finals, but there they lost against Iraq 3: 4 on penalties. The game for third place against Japan was again won 6: 5, as Lee was able to parry a penalty. After the championship, it became public knowledge that Lee and three other teammates went to a bar during the tournament and consumed alcohol there. After this incident he was suspended from the national team for a year.

At the 2010 World Cup he was in South Korea's squad, but was not used there. After the World Cup, he ended his international career, playing his last game on August 11, 2010 against Nigeria .

See also

• List of football players with at least 100 international matches

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Woon-jae is the first name.