Lee Young-pyo

Lee Young-pyo
Personnel
birthday	April 23, 1977
place of birth	Hongcheon ,  South Korea
size	177 cm
position	Left / Right Defender
Juniors
Years	station
	Konkuk University
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2000-2002	Anyang LG Cheetahs	60 (3)
2003-2005	PSV Eindhoven	82 (1)
2005-2008	Tottenham Hotspur	70 (0)
2008-2009	Borussia Dortmund	18 (0)
2009-2011	Al Hilal	46 (0)
2012-2013	Vancouver Whitecaps	65 (1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1999-2011	South Korea	127 (5)
1 Only league games are given.

Korean spelling
Hangeul	이영표
Hanja	李榮杓
Revised Romanization	I Yeong-pyo
McCune- Reischauer	Yi Yŏngp'yo
See also : Korean name

Lee Young-pyo (* 23. April 1977 in Hongcheon , South Korea ) is a former South Korean Football - national team . He played for PSV Eindhoven and Borussia Dortmund , among others .

Career

Lee Young-pyo studied at Konkuk University and signed his first professional contract with the K-League club Anyang LG Cheetahs , where he was under contract until the summer of 2002.

After the soccer World Cup in Korea / Japan in 2002 , he and his national team colleague Park Ji-sung followed the former South Korean national team coach Guus Hiddink to Eindhoven, who took over as coach there. At PSV Eindhoven, he and Park had two successful seasons in which they won the Dutch championship title in 2003 and the double in 2005. Internationally, they reached the semi-finals in the Champions League in 2005 (PSV narrowly lost to AC Milan ). In these two years, both Koreans became permanent fixtures in the PSV team and in Dutch football.

In August 2005 he signed a contract with the English first division club Tottenham Hotspur , whose coach Martin Jol was convinced that Lee Young-pyo was the best left-back in the Dutch first division and one of the best left-backs in Europe. The fee is said to have been ₤ 2 million. For Tottenham, Lee immediately proved to be a reinforcement for the team. Together with the Dutch professional Edgar Davids , he formed a dangerous pair on the left.

Lee Young-pyo was known for his strong stamina, his technical skills on the ball and his long-suffering.

On August 27, 2008, he was presented as a new commitment by Borussia Dortmund . He signed a one-year contract until June 30, 2009 and replaced the injured Dedê on the left side of defense at Borussia . According to BVB manager Michael Zorc, the transfer fee was “almost exactly in the six-digit range”. In December 2008, the association announced an extension of the contract, but this never actually took place. In early July 2009, Lee left Europe after six years and went back to Asia; he signed with Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia . In Riyadh he won the Crown Prince Cup twice before ending his active football career in 2011.

In December 2011, however, Lee Young-pyo decided to continue his active career and went to North America, where he signed a two-year contract until December 31, 2013 with the Canadian MLS club Vancouver Whitecaps .

National team

In the Korean national team Lee made his debut against Mexico in June 1999. In total, he completed over 100 international matches, including 5 during the 2002 World Cup in Korea / Japan and 3 more during the 2006 World Cup in Germany. After the game for 3rd place at the Asian Championships in Qatar, he announced - like Park Ji-sung - his immediate end of career in the national team.

successes

• 3 × World Cup participants : 2002, 2006, 2010
• 1 × World Cup fourth: South Korea / Japan 2002
• 1 × Korean soccer champion: 2000
• 2 × Dutch football champions: 2003, 2005
• 1 × Dutch Cup Winner: 2005
• 2 × Crown Prince Cup winners (Saudi Arabia): 2010, 2011

Web links

• Lee Young-pyo in the database of kicker.de
• Lee Young-pyo in the database of weltfussball.de
• Lee Young-pyo's full internationals and goals

Individual evidence

1. ↑ kicker.de: Lee without a future at BVB
2. ^ Transfermarkt.de: Young-Pyo Lee to Vancouver
3. ^ Jörg Obergethmann: Int. Soccer - South Korea secured third place. In: eurosport .com. dpa, January 28, 2011, accessed on April 14, 2011 . 

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, Young-pyo is the first name.