Lee Young-jun (footballer)
Korean association football player
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Lee Young-jun (Korean: 이영준; born 23 May 2003) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a striker for Swiss Super League club Grasshopper.
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| Full name | Lee Young-jun | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 May 2003 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Suwon, South Korea | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Grasshopper | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016[2] | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017[3] | Anseong FC | ||||||||||||||||
| ?[4] | FC OSAN | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Eonnam High School | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020[2] | Shinpyeong High School | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Suwon FC | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 21 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Grasshopper | 38 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Grasshopper II | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | South Korea U20 | 22 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | South Korea U23 | 9 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 September 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
On 29 July 2024, Lee signed a four-year contract with Swiss Super League side Grasshopper.[5] On 24 August, he scored within 44 seconds in a 3–1 victory over Sion, where he made his debut.[6] On 27 May 2025, he scored the opener in the relegation play-off first leg against Aarau.[7] Grasshopper avoided relegation after defeating Aarau 4–1 on aggregate.
During the 2025–26 season, Lee made only 15 league appearances due to a long-term injury.[8] The club once again faced Aarau in the relegation play-off. In the play-off second leg, he provided an assist for Lovro Zvonarek's opener, but was sent off in the 88th minute for kneeing Leon Frokaj in the face.[9][10] Grasshopper won 2–1 after extra time, and he apologized to his team and fans on Instagram.[11][12]
International career
Lee played for the South Korean national under-20 team in the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He scored against France and Ecuador while helping his team reach the semi-finals.[13]
On 26 March 2024, Lee scored South Korea's first goal in the 2024 WAFF U-23 Championship final, where South Korea defeated Australia on penalties.[14]
Lee led South Korea to the quarter-finals with he scoring three goals in the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup,[15] but he was sent off for his unsportsmanlike foul in the quarter-final match against Indonesia, where South Korea was eliminated.[16]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Suwon FC | 2021 | K League 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | K League 1 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| Total | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| Gimcheon Sangmu (draft) | 2023 | K League 2 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 4 | ||
| 2024 | K League 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | |||
| Total | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 5 | ||||
| Grasshopper | 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 1 | 22 | 4 | |
| 2025–26 | Swiss Super League | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 20 | 3 | ||
| 2026–27 | Swiss Super League | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Total | 38 | 8 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 46 | 10 | |||
| Grasshopper II | 2024–25 | 1. Liga Classic | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 89 | 14 | 9 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | 101 | 17 | |||
- Appearances in Swiss Super League relegation play-off
