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{{short description|South Korean footballer (born 1973)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Lee Kyung-soo
| image = 
| height = {{height|m=1.81}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|10|28}}
| birth_place = [[South Korea]]
| currentclub = [[Ulsan HD FC|Ulsan HD]] (interim head coach)
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 = 1989–1991
| youthclubs1 = Paichai High School
| youthyears2 = 1992–1995
| youthclubs2 = [[Soongsil University]]
| years1 = 1996–1997 
| clubs1 = [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] 
| caps1 =  0 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1998 
| clubs2 = [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]] 
| caps2 = 10 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1999 
| clubs3 = [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma|Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma]] 
| caps3 =  9 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2000–2001 
| clubs4 = [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]] 
| caps4 =  5 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2002 
| clubs5 = [[Seoul City FC|Seoul City]] 
| caps5 =    | goals5 = 
| years6 = 2003–2004 
| clubs6 = [[Daegu FC]] 
| caps6 = 30 | goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2004 
| clubs7 = [[Sichuan Guancheng]] 
| caps7 =    | goals7 = 
| years8 = 2005
| clubs8 = [[Daejeon Citizen]]
| caps8 = 17 | goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1993 
| nationalteam1 = [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U-20]] 
| nationalcaps1 =    | nationalgoals1 = 
| nationalyears2 = 1994–1996
| nationalteam2 = [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea U-23]]
| nationalcaps2 = 21 | nationalgoals2 = 1 
| manageryears1 = 2006–2007
| managerclubs1 = [[FC MB]] (Coach)
| pcupdate = 
| ntupdate = 
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
| hangul = %이경수
| hanja  = 李慶洙
}}
{{family name hatnote|Lee||lang=Korean}}

'''Lee Kyung-soo''' ({{Korean|hangul=이경수}}; born October 28, 1973) is a former [[South Korea]]n [[football (soccer)|football]] [[Defender (association football)|defender]], who predominantly played in the [[South Korea]]n [[K-League]] who is the interim head coach of [[K League 1]] club of [[Ulsan HD FC|Ulsan HD]].

== Club career ==

Lee's foray as a professional footballer began with the [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]] as a draftee, and he spent two seasons with the club without ever featuring in the K-League before departing for single season spells with [[Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i]] and [[Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma|Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma]]. A two-year stint at [[Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors]] followed. Despite spending six years at K-League clubs, Lee had still to establish himself as a first team regular, accumulating a mere 24 games in the K-League, with a few matches in Cup competitions.

Lee then dropped out of the K-League ranks to spend the 2002 season with amateur side [[Seoul City FC]] before returning to the K-League with [[Daegu FC]] for their inaugural season in the K-League. He finally was able to consider himself as a regular starter in Daegu's side for the 2003 season, playing 22 matches in the K-League. However, the following season he fell out of favour and saw much less match play. By this time [[Chinese Super League]] side [[Sichuan Guancheng]] was showing interest in Lee's services, and he subsequently signed with the club for the 2004 season. He spent only a single season in China before returning to South Korea for a final season in the K-League with [[Daejeon Citizen]].

== Management career ==

After retiring as a player at the conclusion of the 2005 K-League season, Lee took up a coaching position with [[FC MB]]. MB means initial of [[Hong Myung-bo]]'s given name.

== International career ==

Lee was a member of the [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea under-20 football team]]. He was also a squad member of the [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea under-23 football team]] (which participated at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Olympics]]), even though at the time of the [[1996 Olympics]], he was still at [[Soongsil University]]. It was only after the Olympics that he began his professional career in the [[K-League]].

== External links ==
* {{K League player}}
* {{FIFA player|193554}}

{{South Korea men's football squad 1996 Summer Olympics}}

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[[Category:1973 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:South Korean men's footballers]]
[[Category:South Korean expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Suwon Samsung Bluewings players]]
[[Category:Ulsan HD FC players]]
[[Category:Seongnam FC players]]
[[Category:Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors players]]
[[Category:Daegu FC players]]
[[Category:Daejeon Hana Citizen players]]
[[Category:K League 1 players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in China]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic footballers for South Korea]]
[[Category:South Korean expatriate sportspeople in China]]