He is currently technical advisor of South Korea national football team.

Lee Young-jin made his debut appearance in the South Korea national team on 23 May 1989, in a 1990 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Singapore.

Lee started his coaching career as a player-coach at Anyang LG Cheetahs (renamed FC Seoul in 2004) in 1997.

[4] In 2017, Lee became his former teammate Park Hang-seo's assistant and coached Vietnam national teams with him.

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