Lee Myung -jae joins Birmingham City on the day of the deadline – Korea Joongang Daily

Birmingham City Defender Lee Mun-Ja, to the right, poses with Paik Seung-Ho in a photo shared on the official page of the club on Facebook on February 3. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Birmingham City announced on Monday that the Ligue 1 club had signed former FullBack Ulsan HD Lee Myung-Jae.

The terms of Lee’s contract with Birmingham have not been disclosed.

Lee has joined Birmingham since he was without a club since he won the 2024 K League 1 season with Ulsan last November. He will play with Countryman Paik Seung-Ho in Birmingham.

Birmingham is already home to five Korean players in the teams of men and women. The women’s team has three regular picks from the Korean Women’s National Team: Cho So-Hyun, Choe Yu-Ri and Lee Geum-Min.

31-year-old Lee Mun-Ja debut with Ulsan in 2014. In addition to a half-season loan spell in the Japanese Albirex Niigata team in 2014 and one and a half years with the Gimcheon Sangmu Military Club, where players complete your compulsory military service , from 2020 to 2021, he spent his entire career with the management champions of K League.

Known for his speed and accurate crosses, Lee played as a regular choice during the historical quarter of Ulsan Three League from 2022 to 2024. His remarkable performance in recent seasons has allowed him to win his first senior hat in the World Cup qualification last past Thailand March last March last March last March last March last March. Since then, he has been a regular starter for the national team with seven hats under his belt.

Lee has the second half of the 2024-25 season to catch up with Bimingham. The club stood against the fall to the Third First League last season, but they were in a tear in the lower league, sitting at four points clear at the top of the table, towards the press time on Tuesday.

By Pike Gi-Hwan [[email protected])