Lee Jae-sung

Lee Jae-sung is the kind of player who quietly makes everyone around him better, and I think that's genuinely rare. Growing up in Ulsan and going all the way through Korea University before carving out a Bundesliga career at Mainz 05 tells you a lot about the guy — disciplined, smart, built for the long game. He can play as an attacking midfielder or out wide, and he does both without complaint, which coaches absolutely love. What gets me is how consistently he shows up for the South Korea national team in the big moments — not always with the highlight-reel goal, but with the press, the pass, the run that breaks the line. He's the kind of footballer that analytically minded fans have known about for years while casual observers are only catching up now.

Name (English)

Lee Jae-sung

Name (Japanese)

李在成

Reading

い・じぇそん

Born

August 10, 1992 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Monkey

Origin

Ulsan, South Gyeongsang, South Korea

Height

180 cm

Occupation

association football player

University

Korea University

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jaesung17/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%9C%A8%E6%88%90

Tags

• South Gyeongsang
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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