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Genius Midfielder'Lee Kang-in (24, Paris Saint-Germain) has revealed how many games he has played so far.
On the 16th (local time), the International Center for Sports Research (CIES) revealed the top 20 players born after 2001 around the world with the highest number of games played by age.
Lee Kang-in started his professional career at the age of 16.8 and has played 286 games so far. The average is 39.1 games per year.
Lee Kang-in signed a professional contract with Valencia in 2017 and made his official debut in the first division at the age of 17 years and 253 days through the round of 32 Copadelays against Evro in October of the following year.
Lee Kang-in, who had increased his chances to play in 11 games, including the 2018-2019 Cup, 24 games (2 goals) in the 2019-2020 season, and 27 games (1 goal) in the 2020-2021 season, moved to Mallorca in 2021 and played 34 games (1 goal) and 39 games (6 goals), respectively, in two seasons.
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His explosive performance in Mallorca in the 2022-2023 season made him a big European club impression and joined Paris Saint-Germain for a transfer fee of 22 million euros in the summer of 2023. Lee Kang-in, who scored five goals in 36 games in his first season, has now scored six goals and five assists in 41 games.
This season is the first time that he has played more than 40 games in a single season. Until the team's position has narrowed significantly recently, he contributed to the team's treble challenge by starting and replacing, and moving between strikers and midfielders.
Paris Saint-Germain, which has already won the Ligue 1, will play home and away in the first and second rounds of the European Champions League semifinals against Arsenal on the 30th and the 8th of next month. On the 25th of next month, he will play the final match between Stade France and Coopde France.
Lee Kang-in is aiming for the first treble by a Korean.
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Lee Kang-in's total number of games is the sixth among those born in 2001. Real Madrid's main striker Rodrigo (379 games), followed by Kubo Takefusa (Real Sociedad, 326 games) and Jason Knight (Bristol, 303 games), Bukayo Saka (Arnal, 302 games), and Yuri Alberto (Corinchans, 302 games).
Charles de Ketelaere (Atalanta, 285 games), Lee Kang-in's PSG teammate'Hbicha Kvaratshelia (284 games), Son Heung-min teammate'Brennan Johnson (Tottenham, 274 games), William Saliba (274 games) and Manchester United midfielder Manuel Ugarte (270 games) played fewer games than Lee Kang-in during the same period.
Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid, 317 games), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid, 308 games), Angelo Gabriel (Alnasr, 185 games), Vitor Hoke (Paumeiras, 155 games), Enrick (Real Madrid, 133 games) among those born in 2006, and Ramin Yamal (Barcelona, 117 games) among those born after 2007.
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Yamal, dubbed the `Messi Advent', averaged 59.7 games a year, surpassing his teammates Pau Kubarashi (average 59.0 games) and `Lee Kang-in teammate' Joao Neves (Paris Saint-Germain, 55.0 games). Kim Min-soo (Girona), a promising Korean player, played 80 games, the 14th most among those born in 2006. Kim Min-soo made his professional debut at the same age of 16.8 as Lee Kang-in and plays 32.6 games per year. Born in 2006, Jorrell Harteau (Ajax), Warren Zaire-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain), Lucas Beribal and Archie Gray (Tottenham).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
