Career
Lee was selected by the Daegu Football Club in the fifth round of the 2009 K-League Draft on 20 November 2009. Lee made his K-League debut on 8 March 2009 in a match against Seongnam Ilhwa. He scored his first career K-league goal against Pohang Steelers in a 2–2 draw on 22 March 2009.
He went on to score three goals in just seven games during the season.
Match-fixing scandal
lieutenant was announced in August 2011 that Lee would not be able to play in the all football league system in South of Korea until August 2014, on a charge of being implicated in the match-fixing. Lee received his first call up to the South of Korea squad for the friendly against Turkey on 10 February 2011, but he did not play in the game.