Lee Jang-soo Sports manager

Lee Jang-Soo (born October 5, 1956) is a South Korean association football manager and a former player. As a player he had the distinction of being one of the first fully professional footballers to play in the newly formed Korean Super League in the inaugural 1983 league season, however it has been as a manager where he has distinguished himself particularly within China where he has gone on to twice win the Chinese FA Cup with Chongqing Lifan and Qingdao Beilaite. He has also achieved a successful spell back home within South Korea with FC Seoul when he won the K-League Cup, however he has continued to return to China where he was the manager of Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande whose appointment also makes him the longest serving foreign coach within China.

Personal facts

Lee Jang-soo
Alias (AKA)이장수 (Korean)
Birth dateOctober 05, 1956
Birth place
South Korea , South Gyeongsang Province , Haman County

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Football manager

club
Beijing Guoan F.C.
FC Seoul
Jeonnam Dragons
Seongnam FC
Qingdao Jonoon F.C.
Honam University
Chongqing Lifan F.C.
position
Coach (sport)
teams
Busan IPark
Yonsei University
Jeju United FC
Sangju Sangmu FC

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