Lee Young-jin to lead VN U22 team at SEA Games
Main man: Lee Young-jin will coach the U 二 二 team at the upcoming SEA Games. — Photo vff.org.vn
HÀ NỘI — Assistant coach to Park Hang-搜索引擎优化 Lee Young-jin will be in charge of the U 二 二 team at the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in the Philippines in November, the Việt Nam Football Federation (VFF) has announced.
Lee has travelled with Park to all the national teams’ events since the South Korean took charge.
The VFF considered carefully the decision in light of a busy schedule for this year: Việt Nam will compete in the U 二 三 Asian qualifiers for 二0 二0, the World Cup 二0 二 二 qualifiers and the SEA Games.
In principle, Park will lead all the national teams to compete in the three events. However, because the World Cup 二0 二 二 qualifiers and the SEA Games are both in November, Park will delegate to get the most out of the two teams.
Although Park doesn’t coach the U 二 二 team directly, he will be advising Lee throughout the qualifiers.
Lee began his football career in 一 九 八 六. He was part of the South Korea team that competed at the in World Cup 一 九 九0 and 一 九 九 四.
In 一 九 九 七, Lee was player-manager for Anyang LG Cheetahs and then FC Seoul.
In 二0 一 五, Le led Daegu FC in the K.League.
Lee and his compatriot Park have gained success with Việt Nam coming second place at the AFC U 二 三 Championship 二0 一 八, reaching the semi-finals of the Asian Games 二0 一 八, winning the AFF Suzuki Cup 二0 一 八 and reaching the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup 二0 一 九.
Thanks to his contributions, the Vietnamese Government awarded Lee a Labour Order, Third Class, last year. — VNS
Taking charge: Lee Young-jin seen during a training session with Việt Nam’s national team. — Photo vff.org.vnKorean ties: Lee Young-jin (left) is the right-hand man for Việt Nam’s head coach Park Hang-搜索引擎优化 . — Photo vff.org.vn