Lee Seung-yeoul

Lee Seung-yeoul
Hangul	이승렬
Hanja	李昇烈
Revised Romanization	I Seungnyeol
McCune–Reischauer	Ri Sŭngnyŏl

Lee Seung-yeoul
Personal information
Full name	Lee Seung-yeoul
Date of birth	6 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Bucheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Winger, Forward
Youth career
2005–2007	Shingal High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2011	FC Seoul
2012	Gamba Osaka
2012	→ Ulsan Hyundai (loan)
2013	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2014–2015	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
2016	Suwon FC
International career‡
2009	South Korea U-20
2009–2011	South Korea U-23
2010	South Korea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 December 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 August 2011

Lee Seung-yeoul (Korean: 이승렬; Hanja: 李昇烈; born 6 March 1989), also Lee Seung-ryul, is a former South Korean football winger. He started playing football in Shingal High School. He is often known as one of the brightest prospects displaying attacking style in the national team. He was considered to be the newer generation of Korean footballers that will make up the national team in the future until his form started to fall.

Club career

FC Seoul

2008

Lee joined FC Seoul in 2008 with being drafted from the team. He played as a striker and attacking midfielder for FC Seoul. He appeared in the K League and the Hauzen Cup for 31 games and scored 5 goals in his first year as a professional player.

After a successful first season, he was nominated and won 2008 K-League Rookie of the Year.

2009

Lee scored in the opening match of the 2009 K-League season against Chunnam Dragons. The game ended 6–1 for FC Seoul. He made 22 appearances and 5 goals in 2009 K-League.

2010

In the 2010 league campaign, Lee had best record in his FC Seoul era. He scored 7 goals in 25 appearances and also steadily recalled to the national team.

Gamba Osaka

On 1 February 2012, Lee left Seoul for Japanese J1 League outfit Gamba Osaka.

Club statistics

As of 15 November 2013

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
South Korea			League		KFA Cup		League Cup		Asia		Total
2008	FC Seoul	K League 1	21	3	1	0	10	2	-		32	5
2009			22	5	2	0	4	2	4	1	32	8
2010			25	7	1	0	3	3	-		29	10
2011			17	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	23	1
2012	Gamba	J1 League	8	0	0	0	0	0	-		8	0
2012	Ulsan	K League 1	14	2	1	0	0	0	-		15	2
2013	Seongnam	K League 1	23	3	2	1	-		-		25	4
Career total			130	21	8	1	18	7	8	1	164	30

International career

His international career began when he played for the U-18 South Korea football team.

He has been named in the preliminary squad for the Beijing Olympic Games.^[2]

He was a member of 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. After U20 World Cup, he was selected by Hong Myung-bo that head coach of South Korea U-23.

On 9 January 2010, Lee made his first international cap for South Korea at the friendly match against Zambia.

He scored his first goal against Hong Kong on 7 February 2010.

Although he was part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad, he only got 5 minutes to play in the opening match against Greece where they won 2:0. Lee was benched for the next 3 matches. Huh decided to use the more experienced Lee Dong-gook and Yeom Ki-hun instead of young Lee Seung-yeoul. Korean public has expressed that the only reason he didn't get enough playing time at the World Cup, was because Lee was inexperienced, despite showing good form and having scored 3 international goals in the run up to the World Cup. Seung Ryul has expressed his desire to train hard for the upcoming 2010 Asian Games and hopes to break into Europe. He has also expressed that the World Cup was a valuable experience and learned a lot from training with Park Ji-sung.^[3]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 February 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Hong Kong	1 goal	5–0	2010 EAFF Championship
2	14 February 2010	Tokyo, Japan	Japan	1 goal	3–1	2010 EAFF Championship
3	16 May 2010	Seoul, South Korea	Ecuador	1 goal	2–0	Friendly match