Lee Woo-jin, The First Case of Playing European Volleyball Directly from High School... Signed a Contract with Monza, Italy

Lee Woo-jin (18, Gyeongbuk Physical Education High School) signed a contract with Vero Bali Monza, the first division of the Italian men's professional volleyball league.

Monza said on its website on the 7th (local time), "We signed an internship contract with 195cm tall outside heater Lee Woo-jin.

Top teams in the Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) wanted to recruit Lee Woo-jin, but Lee Woo-jin participated in the KOVO rookie draft.

“I decided to go to Italy instead,” he said.

As the Italian league bans foreign players under the age of 19 from participating in official games, Woojin Lee plans to sign an internship contract first and then sign a formal contract in February of next year.

It is known that conditions such as the salary to be received as an 'official player' have already been agreed upon.

Sports director Claudio Bonatti said, “Lee Woo-jin is a player with outstanding talent that deserves attention around the world,” and added, “His decision to choose to advance to Italy instead of a stable life in Korea reveals his adventurous nature.

“We strongly wanted Lee Woo-jin, and we will carefully evaluate and develop Lee Woo-jin.”

Lee Woo-jin made his name known on the world stage by participating in the World Volleyball Under-19 Championship held in Argentina in August of this year.

At the time, he played in Korea . ranked 3rd for the first time in 30 years, and Woojin Lee was selected as one of the best 7.

Lee Woo-jin, who was considering advancing to Korean professional volleyball or enrolling in college, chose to advance to an overseas league when Monza offered to recruit him.

Lee Woo-jin is the first Korean volleyball player to go straight to the European league after graduating from high school.

After Korean professional volleyball was launched in 2005, the men's team's Moon Seong-min (Hyundai Capital) entered the German league ahead of graduating from Kyonggi University in 2008.

In the women's division, Kim Yeon-kyung (Heungkuk Life Insurance) played in the V-League, then played in the Japanese League on loan, then toured the Turkic League.

In the past, current Thai national team general manager Park Ki-won, former GS Caltex manager Cho Hye-jung, and current IBK Industrial Bank manager Kim Ho-cheol played for Korean business teams before advancing to Europe.






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