11 Facts About Lee Jang-soo

Lee Jang-soo is a South Korean association football manager and a former player.

Lee Jang-soo has achieved a successful spell back home within South Korea with FC Seoul when he won the K-League Cup, however he has continued to return to China where he was the manager of Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande whose appointment makes him the longest serving foreign coach within Chinese football.

Lee Jang-soo was one of the first players to play professional football in South Korea when he started his professional football career at Yukong Elephants in 1983 with the formation of the K-League.

Lee Jang-soo was offered a promotion as a coaching in 1992 where he was part of the team that took them second in the league.

However it wasn't until 2002 when Lee Jang-soo had moved to Qingdao Beilaite that he rose to prominace within China and won the Chinese FA Cup with them.

At the beginning of the 2006 league season Lee Jang-soo returned to China with Beijing Guoan who required a manager after Shen Xiangfu left after a disappointing season.

On 25 March 2010, Lee Jang-soo was hired by Guangzhou Evergrande, who was newly relegated to China League One for match-fixing scandal, as the team's new manager.

Lee Jang-soo led Guangzhou to finish first place in the 2010 League One season and won promotion back to the top flight at the first attempt.

Lee Jang-soo achieved the Chinese FA Super Cup winner in 2012 for his third time to pursue this trophy.

On 16 May 2012, after sealing a place in the 2012 AFC Champions League knockout stage for Guangzhou by beating Buriram United on the previous day, it was reported that Guangzhou Evergrande held several talks with Lee Jang-soo and announced Lee Jang-soo's dismissal within the club.

On 12 February 2022, Lee Jang-soo was appointed as the head coach of Chinese Super League club Shenzhen FC.