| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luis Antonio Lee-Chong Pinilla | ||
| Place of birth | Chile | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ferroviarios | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Ferroviarios | |||
| Trasandino | |||
| Deportes Arica | |||
| Deportes Iberia | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Luis Antonio Lee-Chong Pinilla is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
As a player, Lee-Chong was a midfielder, and played for Ferroviarios, before going on to play professionally for Trasandino. He also played for Deportes Arica and Deportes Iberia before retiring in 1983 due to a fractured tibia and fibula.
Coaching career
Following his retirement, Lee-Chong founded the escuela de fútbol Recoleta-Chacabuco in 2002; an academy responsible for the development of professional footballers Jeisson Vargas, Carlos Palacios and Pablo Aránguiz. In total, the academy has produced over 50 professional footballers.
Personal life
Lee-Chong's father, Chong Lee Lam (known in Chile as Benito Lee Chong Lam), fled his native China to avoid the rising tensions between China and Japan, as well as the Chinese Civil War, arriving in Chile in 1928. He went on to run a butchers shop in Santiago, and had six children, including Luis, as well as Óscar, who also went on to play football.
His nephews Jaime Carreño and Felipe Lee-Chong, are also professional footballers.
References
- ^ Herrera de la Fuente, Claudio (17 September 2020). "Los Lee Chong, el clan que se chilenizó a través del fútbol" [Lee Chong, the clan that became Chilean through soccer]. elmercurio.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2023. (subscription required)
- Ortega, Pablo (3 November 2021). ""Aránguiz no se va a achicar; no creo que se vaya a ir de la U"" ["Aránguiz is not going to shrink; I don't think he is going to leave the U"]. chile.as.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- Villaseca Araos, Agustín (20 February 2017). "Ha enviado a más de 50 niños al profesionalismo Aquí desclasifica historias de triunfos y derrotas" [He has sent more than 50 children to professionalism Here he declassifies stories of triumphs and defeats.]. segreader.emol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2023.