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14 Facts About Lee Woon-jae

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Lee Woon-jae is a South Korean former football goalkeeper.

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Lee Woon-jae was part of South Korea's 1994,2002,2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup campaigns.

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Lee Woon-jae was the only Asian player nominated for the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century.

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Lee Woon-jae was substituted into the game against Germany for main goalkeeper Choi In-young and did not concede a goal in 45 minutes.

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Lee Woon-jae was selected for Guus Hiddink's squad for the 2002 FIFA World Cup as the first-choice goalkeeper after the rivalry against Kim Byung-ji.

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Lee Woon-jae appeared all of seven matches until the third place play-off, and kept three clean sheets against Poland, Portugal and Spain in the tournament.

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Lee Woon-jae made the history of South Korean football in the quarter-finals against Spain.

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Lee Woon-jae captained South Korea at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup in place of the injured Kim Nam-il.

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Lee Woon-jae kept clean sheets in all of South Korea's games in the knockout stage and saved a total of three penalties in shoot-outs.

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Lee Woon-jae was selected as the goalkeeper of the All-Star XI.

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Lee Woon-jae is one of two players to be selected for four World Cups from 1994 to 2010.

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Lee Woon-jae is one of seven players from Asia to play in four different World Cups.

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Lee Woon-jae didn't have good height and rapid pace, but showed great judgments and the harmonies with defenders.

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Lee Woon-jae was noted for his predictive ability and this made him strong on the penalty shoot-out.