LEE Kangin

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	U20	2019	Poland

Maknae-hyung (sports.donga.com, 01 Jun 2019; mbcsportsplus.com, 04 Jun 2021)

Athlete

Korean, Spanish

Valencia CF [Spain] since 2011

Jose Bordalas [club], ESP; Kim Hak-Bum [national], KOR

Midfielder (chosun.com, 15 Jun 2021)

Left-footed (chosun.com, 15 Jun 2021)

First A-match in 2019 for Republic of Korea Against Georgia, in Istanbul, Turkey (chosun.com, 06 Sep 2019)

In December 2020 his training was disrupted by an injury. (todaykorea.co.kr, 23 Dec 2020)

In August 2020 he was substituted during a pre-season match due to inflammation in his left knee. (donga.com, 25 Aug 2020)

In November 2019 he suffered an injury to his left thigh during a Champions League match against Chelsea. He resumed training in January 2020 and returned to competitive action the following month. (news.joins.com, 22 Feb 2020; yna.co.kr, 01 Jan 2020, 30 Nov 2020)

In 2018 he was troubled by a hamstring injury. (spotvnews.co.kr, 10 Oct 2018)

La Liga [ESP] (valenciacf.com, 10 Jun 2021)

He began playing football at age five at Incheon YMCA in the Republic of Korea. (enews.incheon.go.kr, 17 Jun 2019)

He was encouraged by his father Lee Woon-Seong, who was a taekwondo instructor and a fan of Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona. (enews.incheon.go.kr, 17 Jun 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (interfootball.co.kr, 07 Jul 2021)

Korean footballer and coach Yoo Sang-Chul. (news.joins.com, 08 Jun 2021)

He received the Youth Player of the Year award at the 2019 Asian Football Confederation [AFC] Annual Awards. (the-afc.com, 02 Dec 2019)

He was named 2019 Young Player of the Year by the Korean Football Federation [KFA]. (donga.com, 19 Dec 2019)

He received the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player at the 2019 U20 World Cup in Poland. (the-afc.com, 16 Jun 2019; sbs.com.au, 17 Jun 2021)