Lee Min-a

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Lee Min-a
Lee in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-11-08) 8 November 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth Daegu, South Korea
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ottawa Rapid
Number 14
Youth career
2010–2012 Yeungjin College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Incheon Red Angels
2018–2019 INAC Kobe Leonessa 17 (5)
2020–2024 Hyundai Steel Red Angels
2025– Ottawa Rapid 23 (3)
International career‡
2008 South Korea U17 4 (0)
2010 South Korea U20 7 (0)
2012– South Korea 83 (17)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 January 2025
Lee Min-a
Hangul
이민아
RRI Mina
MRI Mina

Lee Min-a (born 8 November 1991) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a midfielder for Canadian Northern Super League club Ottawa Rapid and the South Korea national team.

In 2017, Lee was named KFA Women's Player of the Year.[2]

Club career

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels

After playing for Yeungjin College from 2010 to 2012,[3] Lee joined Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels in the WK League. In 2015, she scored 6 goals and recorded 5 assists in 26 appearances. In 2016, she scored 7 goals and provided 1 assist in 23 appearances. In 2017, she finished the season with 14 goals and 10 assists in 28 appearances.[4] Between 2013 and 2017, Lee won 5 straight WK League titles.[5]

INAC Kobe Leonessa

In December 2017, Lee joined Nadeshiko League club INAC Kobe Leonessa.[3] On 21 March 2018, she made her debut in a 2–0 home victory against Nippon Sport Science University Fields Yokohama.[6] On 24 September 2018, she scored a brace in a 5–1 win over Mynavi Vegalta Sendai.[7]

Ottawa Rapid

On 23 February 2025, Lee signed with Ottawa Rapid in the newly-launched Northern Super League.[8] On 27 April 2025, she scored the first-ever goal in franchise history, in a 2–1 victory over AFC Toronto.[9] She was included as part of the NSL's team of the year at the end of the 2025 regular season.[10]

International career

Lee was part of the South Korea under-20 team that finished third at the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[11] On 15 February 2012, she made her debut for the senior team in a 1–0 loss to North Korea.[12] On 21 January 2016, she scored her first goal in a 5–0 win over Vietnam in the 2016 Four Nations Tournament in Shenzhen.[12]

Career statistics

International

As of 3 December 2024.[1]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
South Korea 201270
201360
201540
2016135
201781
2018138
201990
202151
2022112
202330
202440
Total8317
Scores and results list South Korea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lee goal.
List of international goals scored by Lee Min-a
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
121 January 2016Shenzhen Stadium, Shenzhen, China Vietnam1–05–02016 Four Nations Tournament
28 November 2016Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong Guam6–013–02017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
312–0
411 November 2016Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong Hong Kong3–014–02017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
514 November 2016Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong Chinese Taipei1–09–02017 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
65 April 2017Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea India2–010–02018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
728 February 2018Albufeira Municipal Stadium, Albufeira, Portugal Russia1–03–12018 Algarve Cup
86 March 2018Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal Sweden1–11–12018 Algarve Cup
913 April 2018King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman, Jordan Vietnam3–04–02018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
104–0
1116 April 2018Amman International Stadium, Amman, Jordan Philippines2–05–02018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
1224 August 2018Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia Hong Kong5–05–02018 Asian Games
1328 August 2018Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia Japan1–11–22018 Asian Games
1431 August 2018Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang, Indonesia Chinese Taipei3–04–02018 Asian Games
1517 September 2021Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent, Uzbekistan Mongolia4–012–02022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
1626 July 2022Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Japan Chinese Taipei3–04–02022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
1712 November 2022Orangetheory Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand New Zealand1–01–0Friendly

Honours

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "이민아 LEE Mina MF". kfa.or.kr (in Korean). Korea Football Association. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 "[KFA AWARD 2017] SON Heungmin and LEE Mina were awarded 2017 Player of the Year". Korea Football Association. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 イ ミナ選手 新加入のお知らせ (in Japanese). INAC Kobe Leonessa. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "WK League player stats" (in Korean). WK League. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Incheon Hyundai Steel Defeats Hwacheon KSPO, Winning Total of 5 Champions Title of WK-League". Korea Football Association. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "2018プレナスなでしこリーグ1部［第1節］vs日体大FIELDS横浜の試合結果" (in Japanese). INAC Kobe Leonessa. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "2018プレナスなでしこリーグ1部［第12節］vsマイナビベガルタ仙台レディース 試合結果" (in Japanese). INAC Kobe Leonessa. 24 September 2018. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "🚨Welcome Lee Min A to Ottawa Rapid FC⚽". facebook.com. Ottawa Rapid FC. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Min-a Lee makes history as Ottawa Rapid FC's 1st-ever goal scorer in win over AFC Toronto". CBC. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Ottawa's DB Pridham named NSL's first player of the year". CBC. 30 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "Kaiser: South Korean players to watch ahead of USWNT matches". Equalizer Soccer. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  12. 1 2 "이민아, ..왜소한 체격에 악바리근성과 지지치 않는 체력에 청초한 외모로 많은 팬들 사랑!". 폴리뉴스 Polinews (in Korean). 17 December 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "Hyundai Steel are WK League Champions Again". Korea Football Association. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels won their fourth title in a row". Korea Football Association. Retrieved 10 March 2018.