Education
At age of 12, Lee caught the attention of Football Club Barcelona after he finished as the top scorer in the 2010 Danone Nations Cup, one of the most prestigious football tournaments for youth.
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At age of 12, Lee caught the attention of Football Club Barcelona after he finished as the top scorer in the 2010 Danone Nations Cup, one of the most prestigious football tournaments for youth.
This event led to him joining the Spanish club After joining Football Club Barcelona, Lee progressed through the youth ranks, scoring consistently and winning Most Valuable Player awards at several tournaments. However, Lee and eight other Louisiana Masia academy players were banned for infringement of the Fédération internationale de football association Youth Eligibility Rules, after which the club was prevented from making any signings for one year, or two transfer windows.
Until he turned 18 on January 6, 2016, Lee Seung-woo was not to play in any official matches.
There are relatively great expectations on his shoulders and some fans will be waiting to see him play professionally, likely first with the Barcelona B Team, along with his current club and international team mate, Paik Seung-house Recently, he was promoted to train with the Barcelona B team
Once he is free to play again, Lee may train with the first team with Lionel Messi, as several Barcelona B players regularly do. On July 6, 2015, it was announced by South Korean media that Lee was promoted to Barcelona B for the upcoming season.
Lee first made his international debut as a part of South of Korea"s U-16 team competing for the 2014 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, where he scored a hat-trick in 34 minutes against the team from Laos.
He also scored a fourth goal later in the match. In April 2014, Lee was a part of the South of Korea U-16 team that placed as the runner-up at the Montaigu Tournament. Lee was named as one of the members on the Team of the Tournament.
In September, he led South of Korea to another runner-up finish, this time at the 2014 AFC U-16 Championship.
His most notable performance came from the match against Japan during the semi-finals of the tournament. He netted a brace for the Korean Republic national football team, also known as the Taegeuk Warriors, with one goal driven directly to the Netto from the side of his team
He scored 5 goals and assisted four others in 5 total matches, earning the title as the Most Valuable Player of the tournament. This performance helped South of Korea land a berth in the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association U-17 World Cup.
In the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association U-17 World Cup, Lee was a stand-out performer, where he helped of Korea with the match against Brazil.
However, of Korea eventually lost against Belgium in the Round 16 match. After the tournament, he returned to Barcelona where he was banned from training by Fédération internationale de football association. He shortly returned to of Korea afterwards to train with the 2nd division side Suwon City until January 2016, when he will turn 18-years-old on the 6th of January and be able to participate in official matches for Football Club Barcelona again.
In 2015, Lee was the youngest member of South of Korea"s U-18 team that participated in the Suwon JS Cup.