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Lee Eul-Yong
Hangul:	이을용
Hanja:	李乙容
Revised Romanization:	I Eul-yong
McCune-Reischauer:	I Ŭryong

Lee Eul-Yong
Personal information
Full name	Lee Eul-Yong
Date of birth	September 8, 1975
Place of birth	Taebaek, South Korea
Height	176cm
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Seoul
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-97 1998-02 2003 2004 2002-06 2006-	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix (army) Bucheon SK Anyang LG Cheetahs FC Seoul (loan) Trabzonspor FC Seoul	128 (11) 27 (0) 74 (1)
National team2
1999-2006	Korea Republic	49 (3)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 June 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Lee Eul-Yong (born September 8, 1975) is a South Korean football player for FC Seoul. He previously played for Anyang Cheetahs FC and Bucheon SK in the Korean K-League, and was part of the South Korean national team at the 2002 World Cup and was one of Guus Hiddink's favorite players. He is capable of scoring free kicks similar to David Beckham's. He is notable for his goal against Turkey in the 3rd place match in the 2002 Fifa World Cup. He transferred to Trabzonspor in 2002 with the help of Tınaz Tırpan. He is now again with FC Seoul.

Lee was born in Taebaek, Gangwon-do. He attended high school in Gangneung and went on to graduate from Dankook University.^[1]

In September 2006, after a successful match with Taiwan national football team, Lee announced that he will retire from the Korean national team to focus on FC Seoul and also to make way for younger players in the upcoming 2010 World Cup.^[2][3]

Main article: Eul-Yong Ta

Lee is well-known by most South Koreans and other Asian football fans for the famous incident which is sometimes referred as "Eul-Yong Ta (을용타)," and roughly translated as 'Eul-Yong Strike/Smash'. The incident occurred during the first tournament of the East Asian Cup in December 2003, during the match against China.

During the second half of the game, Chinese forward Li Yi pushed Lee immediately after he finished his pass. Visually upset with Li's violent play, Lee slapped Li on the back of his head. Li Yi started rolling on the pitch grabbing his head in an apparent exaggeration. For a while the entire Chinese and Korean squad ran toward the scene but further conflict did not occur, as the referee awarded a yellow card for Li (simulation) and red card for Lee (violence). Korea went on to defeat China once again; Lee became popular internet meme after the incident.

• Video clip of the Eul-Yong Ta incident and the parodies

	South Korea squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Lee Woon‑Jae | 2 Kim Young‑Chul | 3 Kim Dong‑Jin | 4 Choi Jin‑Cheul | 5 Kim Nam‑Il | 6 Kim Jin‑Kyu | 7 Park Ji‑Sung | 8 Kim Doo‑Hyun | 9 Ahn Jung‑Hwan | 10 Park Chu‑Young | 11 Seol Ki‑Hyeon | 12 Lee Young‑Pyo | 13 Lee Eul‑Yong | 14 Lee Chun‑Soo | 15 Baek Ji‑Hoon | 16 Chung Kyung‑Ho | 17 Lee Ho | 18 Kim Sang‑Sik | 19 Cho Jae‑Jin | 20 Kim Yong‑Dae | 21 Kim Young‑Kwang | 22 Song Chong‑Gug | 23 Cho Won‑Hee | Coach: Advocaat

	South Korea squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
1 Lee Woon‑Jae | 2 Hyun Young‑Min | 3 Choi Sung‑Yong | 4 Choi Jin‑Cheul | 5 Kim Nam‑Il | 6 Yoo Sang‑Chul | 7 Kim Tae‑Young | 8 Choi Tae‑Uk | 9 Seol Ki‑Hyeon | 10 Lee Young‑Pyo | 11 Choi Yong‑Soo | 12 Kim Byung‑Ji | 13 Lee Eul‑Yong | 14 Lee Chun‑Soo | 15 Lee Min‑Sung | 16 Cha Du‑Ri | 17 Yoon Jung‑Hwan | 18 Hwang Sun‑Hong | 19 Ahn Jung‑Hwan | 20 Hong Myung‑Bo | 21 Park Ji‑Sung | 22 Song Chong‑Gug | 23 Choi Eun‑Sung | Coach: Hiddink

FC Seoul - Current Squad

1 Kim Byung-Ji | 2 Kwak Tae-Hwi | 3 Park Jong-Suk | 5 Lee Min-Sung | 6 Lee Ki-Hyung | 7 Choi Won-Kwon | 8 Neto Dudu | 9 Jung Jo-Gook | 10 Park Chu-Young | 11 Choi Yong-Soo | 13 Kim Tae-Jin | 14 Kim Han-Yoon | 15 Hahn Dong-Won | 16 Kim Seung-Yong | 17 Lee Jeong-Ryul | 18 Kim Eun-Jung | 19 Ahn Tae-Eun | 20 Hahn Tae-Yoo | 21 Won Jong-Duk | 22 Kim Chi-Gon | 23 Choi Jae-Soo | 30 Adiuson | 47 Koh Yohan | 77 Lee Eul-Yong | manager Güneş