Lee Seung-yeoul (Korean: 이승렬; Hanja: 李昇烈; born 6 March 1989), also Lee Seung-ryul, is a former South Koreanfootballwinger. He started playing football in Shingal High School. He is often known as one of the brightest prospects displaying attacking style in the national team. He was considered to be the newer generation of Korean footballers that will make up the national team in the future until his form started to fall.
Club career
FC Seoul
2008
Lee joined FC Seoul in 2008 with being drafted from the team. He played as a striker and attacking midfielder for FC Seoul. He appeared in the K League and the Hauzen Cup for 31 games and scored 5 goals in his first year as a professional player.
In the 2010 league campaign, Lee had best record in his FC Seoul era. He scored 7 goals in 25 appearances and also steadily recalled to the national team.
On 9 January 2010, Lee made his first international cap for South Korea at the friendly match against Zambia.
He scored his first goal against Hong Kong on 7 February 2010.
Although he was part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup squad, he only got 5 minutes to play in the opening match against Greece where they won 2:0. Lee was benched for the next 3 matches. Huh decided to use the more experienced Lee Dong-gook and Yeom Ki-hun instead of young Lee Seung-yeoul. Korean public has expressed that the only reason he didn't get enough playing time at the World Cup, was because Lee was inexperienced, despite showing good form and having scored 3 international goals in the run up to the World Cup. Seung Ryul has expressed his desire to train hard for the upcoming 2010 Asian Games and hopes to break into Europe. He has also expressed that the World Cup was a valuable experience and learned a lot from training with Park Ji-sung.[3]
