Lee Hyung-sang

Lee Hyung-sang
Hangul	이형상
Hanja	李形象
Revised Romanization	I Hyeong-sang
McCune–Reischauer	Yi Hyŏng-sang

Lio
Personal information
Full name	Lee Hyung-Sang
Date of birth	6 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Pohang, South Korea
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003	Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i
2004–2007	Daejeon Citizen
2007	Beira-Mar
2008	Feirense
2008	Spartak Varna
2009	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
2009–2010	Baník Ostrava
2010	HNK Šibenik
2011	Daegu FC
2012	Gangneung City
2012	Gimhae City
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2013

Lee Hyung-Sang or simply Lio (Korean: 이형상; born 6 May 1985) is a South Korean football player.

Lee Hyung-Sang is an attacking midfielder, the winger type. His main advantages are his exceptional speed and maneuverability. He has good dribble and precise passing.

Career

Lio start his professional career in Ulsan Hyundai, after which he plays for the elite Daejeon Citizen for four years. He played only 1 games in league cup. In 2007, he left for Europe and signed a contract with the Portuguese club S.C. Beira-Mar. After six months there, Lio was sold to C.D. Feirense. While there, the scouts of the Bulgarian Spartak Varna liked him and during the summer of 2008 he went to Bulgaria. In Spartak the Korean football player quickly becomes the favorite of the fans. Unfortunately, in the last friendly match of Spartak before the beginning of the Bulgarian championship Lio broke his arm and because of the fracture he did not play for about a month. In 2009, he returned to K-League by signing a contract with Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma.

In 2009, he signed a 3-year contract with Baník Ostrava making himself the first non-European player to ever play for the club. His first appearance for Baník Ostrava came on 8 August 2009, during a 1–0 win over Viktoria Plzeň by substitute on 90 minute.

On 4 January 2011, Lee joined Daegu FC.^[1] He made his Daegu FC debut in a 0–2 League Cup loss over Gyeongnam FC on 16 March 2011.^[2]

References

^ "대구FC, 김귀화 코치 및 선수 6명 영입" (in Korean). daegufc.co.kr. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Daegu vs. Gyeongnam 0 - 2". K-League (in Korean). Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.

External links

Lee Hyung-sang – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
Lee's profile at lpfp.pt (in Portuguese)

[1] "대구FC, 김귀화 코치 및 선수 6명 영입" (in Korean). daegufc.co.kr. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Daegu vs. Gyeongnam 0 - 2". K-League (in Korean). Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2011.

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