Tadanari Lee
Encyclopedia
is a Japan
ese football player of Korea
n descent currently playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima
in the J. League Division 1.
parents in Tanashi (present: Nishitokyo), Tokyo. His Korean name is Lee Chung-Sung (Korean
: 이충성, Hanja
: 李 忠成) and also had used pass name . His father was also a footballer, who played for Yokohama Tristar FC
in the Japan Soccer League
.
Lee started playing football at Komine FC and later moved to Yokogawa Musashino F.C.
. In 2001 he joined FC Tokyo youth team and took second places at All Japan Club Youth Soccer tournament, Prince Takamado Cup and J. League Youth tournament. He briefly joined training squads for the South Korea U-19 and U-20 teams but not played at official games. He experienced severe discrimination from Korean teammates referring to him as a “half-Japanese”
with strong racial undertones.
He was promoted to FC Tokyo in 2004 and moved to Kashiwa Reysol
in 2005 and later joined Sanfrecce Hiroshima
in 2009.
Lee competed for Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics
finals. After becoming a regular starter for Sanfrecce and finishing the 2010 season strongly, Lee was rewarded with a call-up to Japan's Asian Cup
squad and made his full international debut on January 9, 2011 against Jordan
. His first international goal was dramatic, coming as it did in the 109th minute of the final to secure a 1-0 win over Australia and Japan's fourth Asian Cup success.
|2004||F.C. Tokyo||rowspan="2"|J. League Division 1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
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|2005||rowspan="5"|Kashiwa Reysol
||8||0||colspan="2"|-||3||0||colspan="2"|-||11||0
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|2006
||J. League Division 2
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|2007||rowspan="6"|J. League Division 1||30||10||1||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||36||10
|-
|2008||19||4||4||1||4||0||colspan="2"|-||27||5
|-
|rowspan="2"|2009||20||2||colspan="2"|-||5||3||colspan="2"|-||25||5
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|rowspan="3"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima
||8||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||10||0
|-
|2010
||30||11||2||0||3||2||6||3||41||16
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|2011
||31||15||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||32||15
175||49||11||1||21||5||6||3||213||58
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|2011
||9||2
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!Total||9||2
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese football player of Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
n descent currently playing for Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'...
in the J. League Division 1.
Career
Lee was born to third generation Zainichi KoreanZainichi Korean
Koreans in Japan are the ethnic Korean residents of Japan. They currently constitute the second largest ethnic minority group in Japan. The majority of Koreans in Japan are Zainichi Koreans, also often known as Zainichi for short, who are the permanent ethnic Korean residents of Japan...
parents in Tanashi (present: Nishitokyo), Tokyo. His Korean name is Lee Chung-Sung (Korean
Korean language
Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
: 이충성, Hanja
Hanja
Hanja is the Korean name for the Chinese characters hanzi. More specifically, it refers to those Chinese characters borrowed from Chinese and incorporated into the Korean language with Korean pronunciation...
: 李 忠成) and also had used pass name . His father was also a footballer, who played for Yokohama Tristar FC
Yokohama Flügels
was a Japanese football club that played in the J. League between 1993 and 1998. In 1999 the club was officially merged with local rivals Yokohama Marinos and the two teams became known together as Yokohama F. Marinos.- History :...
in the Japan Soccer League
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight soccer league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J. League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional Japanese Baseball League that was founded in 1936...
.
Lee started playing football at Komine FC and later moved to Yokogawa Musashino F.C.
Yokogawa Musashino F.C.
are a football club based in Musashino City, Tokyo, Japan. They play in the Japan Football League. Their team colour is blue.-History:The club was founded as a football club of Yokogawa Electric Corporation in 1939. In 1978, the club achieved their first promotion to the Kanto Regional League...
. In 2001 he joined FC Tokyo youth team and took second places at All Japan Club Youth Soccer tournament, Prince Takamado Cup and J. League Youth tournament. He briefly joined training squads for the South Korea U-19 and U-20 teams but not played at official games. He experienced severe discrimination from Korean teammates referring to him as a “half-Japanese”
Jjokbari
Jjokbari is an ethnic slur in the Korean language used to refer to Japanese people. According to one survey, it was Korea's second-most common slur against Japanese people .- Origin :The National Institute of the Korean Language notes that it is grammatically a noun, and defines it as:#...
with strong racial undertones.
He was promoted to FC Tokyo in 2004 and moved to Kashiwa Reysol
Kashiwa Reysol
is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.-History:Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League...
in 2005 and later joined Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'...
in 2009.
Lee competed for Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
finals. After becoming a regular starter for Sanfrecce and finishing the 2010 season strongly, Lee was rewarded with a call-up to Japan's Asian Cup
2011 AFC Asian Cup
The 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup...
squad and made his full international debut on January 9, 2011 against Jordan
Jordan national football team
The Jordan national football team is the national team of Jordan and is controlled by the Jordan Football Association...
. His first international goal was dramatic, coming as it did in the 109th minute of the final to secure a 1-0 win over Australia and Japan's fourth Asian Cup success.
Career statistics
|-|2004||F.C. Tokyo||rowspan="2"|J. League Division 1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||0||0
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|2005||rowspan="5"|Kashiwa Reysol
Kashiwa Reysol
is a J. League Division 1 team. Its home town is Kashiwa, Chiba, about an hour northeast of Tokyo.-History:Founded in 1940 as Hitachi, Ltd. Soccer Club in Koganei, Tokyo, the team was a founding member of the Japan Soccer League...
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|2006
2006 J. League Division 2
The 2006 J. League Division 2 season is the 35th season of the second-tier club football in Japan and the 8th season since the establishment of J2 League....
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J. League Division 2
The or is the second division of and is the second-tier professional association football league in Japan. Currently, J. League Division 2 is the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The first tier is represented by J...
||31||8||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||31||8
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|2007||rowspan="6"|J. League Division 1||30||10||1||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||36||10
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|2008||19||4||4||1||4||0||colspan="2"|-||27||5
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|rowspan="2"|2009||20||2||colspan="2"|-||5||3||colspan="2"|-||25||5
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|rowspan="3"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'...
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|2010
2010 J. League Division 1
The 2010 J. League Division 1 season was the 46th season of the top-flight club football in Japan and the 18th season since the establishment of J1 League. The season began on March 6 and ended on December 4....
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|2011
2011 J. League Division 1
The 2011 J. League Division 1 season is the 46th season of Japanese top flight football and 19th since the establishment of the J. League. The season began on March 5 and is scheduled to end on December 3, with a planned five-week summer break between June 27–July 29 in order to allow preparation...
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175||49||11||1||21||5||6||3||213||58
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|2011
Japan national football team in 2011
The Japan national football team in 2011, managed by head coach Alberto Zaccheroni, began by competing and winning the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The win meant Japan were crowned the Champions of Asia for a record 4th time and earned a berth in the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup...
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Appearances in major competitions
| Team | Competition | Category | Appearances | Goals | Team Record | |
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| 2008 Summer Olympics qualification 2008 AFC Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament The Asian Football Confederation's Pre-Olympic Tournament was held from 7 February to 21 November 2007. Twenty-four teams entered the qualification for the three allocated spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Beijing.... |
U-22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | Qualified | |
| 2008 Summer Olympics Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament The men's association football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 7 August to 23 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to enter their men's U-23 teams in regional qualifying competitions, from... |
U-23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Round 1 | |
| 2011 AFC Asian Cup 2011 AFC Asian Cup The 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup... |
Senior | 0 | 2 | 1 | Champion | |
Goals for Senior National Team
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| 1. | 29 January 2011 | Khalifa International Stadium Khalifa International Stadium Khalifa International Stadium or also known as National Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar as part of the Doha Sports City complex, which also includes Aspire Academy, Hamad Aquatic Centre, and the Aspire Tower. It is named after Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Qatar's former Emir... , Doha Doha Doha is the capital city of the state of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf, it had a population of 998,651 in 2008, and is also one of the municipalities of Qatar... , Qatar Qatar Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its... |
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2011 AFC Asian Cup 2011 AFC Asian Cup The 2011 AFC Asian Cup finals were held in Qatar on 7–29 January 2011. It was the fifteenth time the tournament has been held, and the second time it has been hosted by Qatar, the other being the 1988 AFC Asian Cup... Final 2011 AFC Asian Cup Final The 2011 AFC Asian Cup Final was a football match that took place on 29 January 2011 at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, to determine the winner of the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. The match was won by Japan, defeating Australia 1–0 after extra time through a goal scored by Tadanari Lee... |
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| 2. | 7 October 2011 | Kobe Wing Stadium Kobe Wing Stadium , nicknamed , called Home's Stadium Kobe for the J. League association football events and the rugby football Top League events, is a football stadium in Misaki Park, Hyogo-ku, Kobe, Japan. The stadium's capacity is 30,132. This stadium, which features a retractable roof, is the home ground of J... , Kobe Kobe , pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
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