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Lee Min-a

Personal information
Date of birth	(1991-11-08) 8 November 1991 (age 32)
Place of birth	Daegu, South Korea
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Number	23
Youth career
2010–2012	Yeungjin College
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2012–2017	Incheon Red Angels
2018–2019	INAC Kobe Leonessa	17	(5)
2020–	Hyundai Steel Red Angels
National team‡
2008	South Korea under 17	4	(0)
2010	South Korea under 20	7	(0)
2012–	South Korea	76	(17)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2022

Lee Min-a (born 8 November 1991) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a midfielder for WK League club Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels and the South Korea national team.

Club career

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels

After playing for Yeungjin College from 2010 to 2012, Lee joined Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels in the WK League. In 2015, she scored 6 goals and recorded 5 assists in 26 appearances. In 2016, she scored 7 goals and provided 1 assist in 23 appearances. In 2017, she finished the season with 14 goals and 10 assists in 28 appearances. Between 2013 and 2017, Lee won 5 straight WK League titles.

INAC Kobe Leonessa

In December 2017, Lee joined Nadeshiko League club INAC Kobe Leonessa. On 21 March 2018, she made her debut in a 2–0 home victory against Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama. On 24 September 2018, she scored a brace in a 5–1 win over Mynavi Vegalta Sendai.

International career

Lee was part of the under-20 team that finished in third place at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. On 15 February 2012, she made her senior debut for South Korea in a 1–0 loss to North Korea. On 21 January 2016, she scored her first goal in a 5–0 win over Vietnam in the 2016 Four Nations Tournament. In 2017, Lee was named KFA Footballer of the Year.

Career statistics

International

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Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lee goal.

List of international goals scored by Lee Min-a

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	21 January 2016	Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen, China	Vietnam	1–0	5–0	2016 Four Nations Tournament
2	8 November 2016	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong	Guam	6–0	13–0	2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
3				12–0
4	11 November 2016	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	3–0	14–0	2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
5	14 November 2016	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong	Chinese Taipei	1–0	9–0	2017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
6	5 April 2017	Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea	India	2–0	10–0	2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
7	28 February 2018	Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira, Portugal	Russia	1–0	3–1	2018 Algarve Cup
8	6 March 2018	Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal	Sweden	1–1	1–1	2018 Algarve Cup
9	13 April 2018	King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Vietnam	3–0	4–0	2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
10				4–0
11	16 April 2018	Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan	Philippines	2–0	5–0	2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
12	24 August 2018	Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia	Hong Kong	5–0	5–0	2018 Asian Games
13	28 August 2018	Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia	Japan	1–1	1–2	2018 Asian Games
14	31 August 2018	Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia	Chinese Taipei	3–0	4–0	2018 Asian Games
15	17 September 2021	Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Mongolia	4–0	12–0	2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
16	26 July 2022	Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan	Chinese Taipei	3–0	4–0	2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
17	12 November 2022	Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand	New Zealand	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels

• WK League: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022

Individual

• KFA Footballer of the Year: 2017