Korean Youth Players Abroad

someone please send this kid some vitamins

 

i figured it was his father/mother or someone in his family that posts it.

 

Anyone heard much about Seung Woo Lee having attitude issues?...I've read some comments like that and that he is not respectful

 

you mean like LCS?
i hope not...

 

from what i know about the barca academy, the trainers will sit anyone - regardless of talent - who develops attitude issues. a few matches on the bench should take care of the problem - assuming one exists.

 

examples please or its just rumors.

 

Comments from club members who attend B, Juvenil A matches etc...I've actually read nothing backing it up from the club or local press apart from all the hype about him...None of the highlights I've seen of him suggests he's not a good teammate either...And I agree with fiercejoy, the club would sit a player like that

Could he have an attitude like say Deulofeu?...Perhaps but I was just curious if anyone here had any other background info on the kid...Looks incredibly impressive, must say

 

Check out the barca player at 4:21. It appears Barca teaches their youth ranks how to whine like a little school girl after a challenge.

 

I like these stats

Titularidades: (Starts)
Lee (26); Dani Morer y Braima (25); Jang (24); Jordi Mola (23); Javi Ruiz (22); Dani Olmo y Adriá Guerrero (17)...

Goleadores: (Goalscorers)
Con 37: Lee
Con 29: Javi Ruiz
Con 14: Olmo
Con 10: Jang

 

A nice article on the La Masia FB page:

Lee, mucho más que un goleador !!

Es coreano, aterrizó en el Infantil A el pasado verano con su compatriota Jang y su fútbol tiene detalles de sus dos ídolos, Messi y Park.

El martes, frente al Manresa, firmó su tercer 'hat-trick' de la temporada con el Infantil A del FC Barcelona. Aunque suma ya 36 dianas en 26 encuentros, el coreano Lee Seung Woo, delantero centro, es mucho más que un 'killer'. Pese a que posee un olfato privilegiado, en su primer año como azulgrana ha destacado más por su extraordinaria velocidad, su inteligencia en los movimientos con y sin balón y su enorme capacidad para asociarse con sus compañeros, entre ellos su compatriota Jang Gyeolhee, con quien aterrizó en Sant Joan Despí el pasado verano.

Lee nació el 6 de enero de 1998 en la provincia de Gyeonggi-do, en el noroeste de Corea del Sur. Como ocurrió en 2009 con Paik, centrocampista del Cadete B, el Barça descubrió al jugador en la segunda edición de la Copa Catalunya-Corea, organizada por la Penya Barcelonista Sant Cugat-Escola de Futbol Hristo Stoichkov. Lee acudió con la selección coreana Sub-14 y se enfrentó al Barça.

Su adaptación lejos de los terrenos de juego ha sido complicada, fundamentalmente por el idioma, pero poco a poco se está convirtiendo en uno de los chicos más queridos por sus compañeros de equipo y de La Masia. Lee es inquieto -posee incluso cuenta propia de twitter (@seungwoo_lee9)- y cuentan que peca de algo travieso, lo que le ha generado ya algún toque de atención de su entrenador, Fran Sánchez Bas, y del director de la residencia, Carles Folguera. Hace unos días, por ejemplo, copió a Raúl en el Camp Nou y mandó callar a los padres del equipo rival en la Ciutat Esportiva tras marcar un gol.

Futbolísticamente, todo ha sido más fácil. El delantero ha ido de menos a más. Su primera vuelta fue buena, pero la segunda está resultando excepcional, a pesar de arrastrar una pubalgia que le privó de disputar el torneo MIC en Semana Santa y compromisos ligueros como ante el Vilafranca. Marcó 17 goles en los primeros quince partidos y ahora acumula ya 19 en los últimos diez. Su equipo, el Infantil A, aventaja en la Liga en cinco puntos al Espanyol a tres jornadas del final, por lo que podría proclamarse campeón este próximo fin de semana si logra un mejor resultado ante el Sant Gabriel que los blanquiazules frente al Gavà.

Sus ídolos son los de casi todos los niños coreanos, Leo Messi y su compatriota Park Ji Sung, del Manchester United. Salvando las abismales diferencias, el fútbol de Lee, un 'falso 9' explosivo, es una mezcla de ambos.​

 

I'm not sure how many of you guys can read Spanish so...

"A few days ago, for example, copied to Raul at the Camp Nou and commanded silence the opposing team's parents in the Ciutat Esportiva after scoring a goal."

Honestly laughed out loud at this... I guess this was that attitude issue they were talking about. If so we've got absolutely nothing to worry about, esp. if this means we will see more PJS vs Japan type goal celebrations haha!

 

sweet. We are going to have a bunch of Messi's with 3 lungs!!!!!

 

hahahaha the youtube account with all the barca kid videos (case3536) has a video of that one I think

 

I actually wouldn't mind if lee seung woo had a bit of an attitude problem. I'm sure that the barca coaches have dealt with tons of kids like this, and wouldn't let it get out of control. But right now, I'd definitely rather have a superstar that acted a bit more like cristiano ronaldo or another fancy player than say messi or other low key players. And remember, even though ronaldo has some attitude, he trains extremely hard.

As great as PJS is, he sort of played the stereotypical asian role. I admit fully that his hard working attitude got other korean players oppurtunities in europe, but he acted so obsequiously to man u, and i do think it had a role in how PCY was treated at arsenal.

If Lee can get rid of some of the stereotypes and become a superstar, i don't think it'll just stop other korean players from being treated like PCY, i think it'll have a large impact in how asian men are portrayed in general. I'm sure you guys know about the nerdy, weak stereotype of asian men. We need a flashy player that maybe has a few affairs here and there to break these stereotypes.

 

Lee with a brace today, on fire!...Hype is about to multiply

 

HT in Stockholm, Barcelona Infantil A up 2-0 on Vitesse...Lee with a goal and an assist

 

We already have KSY.

 

Ki Sungyong is a whinny little girl type on his best day. To really defeat the stereotype that we lack characters, we would need some clowns like Balotelli, some crazy psychopaths like Joey Barton, and some thugs/jerks like Ibrahimovic.

Or we can just live without them.

 

We have religious fanatics as well.

 

Lee is a fantastic looking prospect, give it a couple of seasons but he's going to be getting a lot of hype

 

I don't think the rest of Korea would be prepared to deal with someone like this LOL.

 

im probably most excited for Lee. we have yet to have a world class finisher yet

 

There are many multicultural communities being developed around the poorest areas of the metropolitan and many that are raised there play football. There is no reason why we can't have some crazy, Chinese or Filipino version of Ibrahimovic playing for Korea in 10-15 years. Or we can have our own Gyungsangdo version of Joey Barton who was raised to hate and beat up foreign faces like Ibrahimovic. So much fun awaits us

 

That is alot to take in. I don't why you would want a Joey Bartonesque player. He's more annoying than entertaining.