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{{Short description|South Korean footballer (born 1971)}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Lee (Korean name)|Lee]]||lang=Korean}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Lee Lim-saeng
| fullname = Lee Lim-saeng
| image          = 
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1971|11|18|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Incheon]], South Korea
| height         = {{height|m=1.82}}
| currentclub    = 
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1    = 1987–1989
| youthclubs1    = [[Bupyeong High School]]
| collegeyears1  = 1990–1993
| college1       = [[Korea University]]
| years1 = 1994–2002  | clubs1 = [[Jeju United FC|Bucheon SK]] | caps1 = 146 | goals1 = 8
| years2 = 2003       | clubs2 = [[Busan IPark|Busan I'Cons]]  | caps2 = 29   | goals2 = 0
| totalcaps = 175
| totalgoals = 8
| nationalyears1 = 1990 
| nationalteam1  = [[South Korea national under-20 football team|South Korea U20]]
| nationalyears2 = 1991 
| nationalteam2  = [[Korea national under-20 football team|Korea U20]]
| nationalcaps2  = 3
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 1991–1996
| nationalteam3  = [[South Korea national under-23 football team|South Korea U23]]
| nationalcaps3  = 20{{efn-lg|Includes five appearances against [[South Korea national under-23 football team results#Non-international matches|non-national teams]], and four appearances as an [[List of overage players in Olympic football|overage player]] (two appearances in [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]], two appearances in friendlies).}}
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| nationalyears4 = 1993 
| nationalteam4  = [[South Korea national football B team|South Korea B]]
| nationalyears5 = 1992–2002
| nationalteam5  = [[South Korea national football team|South Korea]]
| nationalcaps5  = 26
| nationalgoals5 = 0
| manageryears1  = 2010–2014
| managerclubs1  = [[Home United FC|Home United]]
| manageryears2  = 2015
| managerclubs2  = [[Shenzhen F.C.|Shenzhen]] 
| manageryears3  = 2016
| managerclubs3  = [[Yanbian Fude F.C.|Yanbian Fude]] 
| manageryears4  = 2017
| managerclubs4  = [[Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C.|Tianjin TEDA]]
| manageryears5  = 2019–2020
| managerclubs5  = [[Suwon Samsung Bluewings]]
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry | {{KOR}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Universiade|Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1993 Summer Universiade|1993 Buffalo]]|[[Football at the 1993 Summer Universiade|Team]]<ref name="Universiade">{{cite web|url=http://universiade.fjct.fit.ac.jp/en/kekka/buffalo/football.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629014255/http://universiade.fjct.fit.ac.jp/en/kekka/buffalo/football.html |title=FOOTBALL |publisher=Universiade '93-Buffalo -Results- |access-date=24 July 2020 |archive-date=29 June 2019}}</ref>}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[AFC U-19 Championship|AFC Youth Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold |[[1990 AFC Youth Championship|1990 َIndonesia]]|[[1990 AFC Youth Championship squads|Team]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1990091300289111010&editNo=4&printCount=1&publishDate=1990-09-13&officeId=00028&pageNo=11&printNo=722&publishType=00010 |script-title=ko:청소년 축구대표 확정 |website=[[Naver]] |publisher=[[The Hankyoreh]] |language=ko |date=13 September 1990 |access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref>}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto|hangul=%이임생|hanja=李林生}}

'''Lee Lim-saeng''' (born November 18, 1971) is a former [[South Korea]]n [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[defender (association football)|defender]]. He is currently the technical director of the [[Korea Football Association]].

== Playing career ==
Lee mostly played his club career for [[Jeju United FC|Bucheon SK]], and won three [[Korean League Cup]]s. He also played for [[South Korea national football team|South Korean national team]] at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]].

== Managerial career ==
Lee was appointed head coach of Singaporean club [[Home United FC|Home United]] in 2010. The club finished the [[Singapore Premier League|S.League]] twice as runners-up, and won the [[Singapore Cup]] twice.<ref name="Honours">{{cite news |last1=Osman |first1=Shamir |title=S League: S Korean coach parts ways with Home United |url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/s-league-s-korean-coach-parts-ways-home-united |access-date=December 20, 2014 |publisher=The New Paper |date=December 13, 2014 |archive-date=7 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707201706/http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/s-league-s-korean-coach-parts-ways-home-united |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 5 December 2014, he resigned their head coach.<ref>{{cite web |title=Head coach Mr Lee Lim Saeng resigns from HUFC |url=http://hufc.sg/news/head-coach-mr-lee-lim-saeng-resigns-from-hufc |publisher=Home United |access-date=December 20, 2014 |date=December 10, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220035419/http://hufc.sg/news/head-coach-mr-lee-lim-saeng-resigns-from-hufc |archive-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref>

== Career statistics ==
=== Club ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
! rowspan=2 | Club
! rowspan=2 | Season
! colspan=3 | League
! colspan=2 | National Cup
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Division
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Jeju United FC|Bucheon SK]]
|[[K-League 1994|1994]]||[[K League]]
|13||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||13||0
|-
|[[K-League 1995|1995]]||K League
|18||0||colspan="2"|—||6||0||24||0
|-
|[[K-League 1996|1996]]||K League
|17||0||?||?||5||0||22||0
|-
|[[K-League 1997|1997]]||K League
|0||0||?||?||2||0||2||0
|-
|[[K-League 1998|1998]]||K League
|17||0||?||?||9||0||26||0
|-
|[[K-League 1999|1999]]||K League
|25||2||?||?||9||0||34||2
|-
|[[K-League 2000|2000]]||K League
|29||3||?||?||10||2||39||5
|-
|[[K-League 2001|2001]]||K League
|3||1||?||?||8||0||11||1
|-
|[[K-League 2002|2002]]||K League
|24||2||?||?||5||1||29||3
|-
!colspan=2|Total
!146||8||?||?||54||3||200||11
|-
|[[Busan IPark|Busan I'Cons]]
|[[K-League 2003|2003]]||K League
|29||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||29||0
|-
! colspan=3 | Career total
!175||8||?||?||54||3||229||11
|}

==Honours==
=== Player ===
'''Bucheon SK'''
*[[Korean League Cup]]: [[1994 Korean League Cup|1994]], [[1996 Korean League Cup|1996]], [[2000 Korean League Cup (Supplementary Cup)|2000+]]

'''South Korea U20'''
*[[AFC U-19 Championship|AFC Youth Championship]]: [[1990 AFC Youth Championship|1990]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Asian U-19 Championship 1990 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/as-u19-90.html |access-date=24 July 2020 |website=[[RSSSF]] |date=18 June 2015}}</ref>

'''South Korea B'''
*[[Football at the Summer Universiade|Summer Universiade]] silver medal: [[Football at the 1993 Summer Universiade|1993]]<ref name="Universiade"/>

'''Individual'''
*[[K League All-Star Game|K League All-Star]]: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/view.naver?editNo=1&printCount=&publishDate=1998-08-08&officeId=00023&pageNo=11&printNo=24129&publishType=00010&articleId=&serviceStartYear=1920&serviceEndYear=1999 |script-title=ko:프로축구 올스타전 |website=Naver |publisher=The Chosun Ilbo |lang=ko |date=1998-08-08 |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1999072100239133002&editNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1999-07-21&officeId=00023&pageNo=33&printNo=24427&publishType=00010 |script-title=ko:신세대 축구스타 잠실벌서 뜬다 |website=Naver |publisher=The Chosun Ilbo |lang=ko |date=1999-07-21 |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010117075100/http://www.ech.co.kr:80/echbin/allstar/main01.html |url=http://www.ech.co.kr/echbin/allstar/main01.html |script-title=ko:'00 나이키 올스타 출전 선수 보기 |publisher='00 Nike All-Star Game |lang=ko |archive-date=2001-01-17 |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.kyeonggi.com/article/200208030051884 |script-title=ko:홍명보 ’영원한 왕별’ |publisher=Kyeonggi Ilbo |lang=ko |date=2002-08-03 |access-date=2024-06-19}}</ref>
*[[K League Best XI|K League 1 Best XI]]: [[1998 K League|1998]], [[2000 K League|2000]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1999010800289117004&editNo=6&printCount=1&publishDate=1999-01-08&officeId=00028&pageNo=17&printNo=3395&publishType=00010 |script-title=ko:고종수 MVP 베스트11 뽑혀'겹경사'이동국은 신인왕 |language=ko |website=[[Naver]] |publisher=[[The Hankyoreh]] |date=8 January 1999}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.news.naver.com/general/news/read.nhn?oid=005&aid=0000033967 |script-title=ko:[프로축구] 최용수, 첫 MVP 등극 |language=ko |website=[[Naver]] |publisher=[[Kukmin Ilbo]] |date=1 December 2000}}</ref>

=== Manager ===
'''Home United'''
*[[Singapore Cup]]: [[2011 Singapore Cup|2011]], [[2013 Singapore Cup|2013]]<ref name="Honours"/>

'''Suwon Samsung Bluewings'''
*[[Korean FA Cup]]: [[2019 Korean FA Cup|2019]]

'''Individual'''
*[[Korean FA Cup]] Best Manager: [[2019 Korean FA Cup|2019]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.spotvnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=328004 |script-title=ko:결승골 두 골 고승범, FA컵 MVP 선정…염기훈은 득점왕 |publisher=SPOTV News |lang=ko |date=2019-11-10 |access-date=2023-01-15}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{K League player}}
* [https://www.kfa.or.kr/archive/player_record.php?search_val=%EC%9D%B4%EC%9E%84%EC%83%9D Lee Lim-saeng] at [[Korea Football Association|KFA]] {{in lang|ko}}
* {{FIFA|169920}}
* {{NFT player|id=17372}}

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