Lee Woon-jae (born April 26, 1973) is a South Korean football player, currently playing for Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the K-League as a goalkeeper. He was part of the South Korean national team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
He has represented the Korean national football team since the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the 2002 World Cup, he made football history during the quarter-final between Spain and South Korea, which ended in a draw and went to penalties. After both sides scored their first three penalties, Korea scored its fourth goal, and Lee coolly blocked Spain's 4th shot, taken by the 21-year old winger JoaquĆn. Korea scored its fifth penalty and went on to the semifinals against Germany.
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