Son Heung-min ( Hangul )
Hanja :孫興慜) (born 8 July 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and captain of the South Korea national football team . Son is often called a South Korean cultural icon . [2] [3] [4]
Born in Chuncheon , Gangwon Province , Son joined Hamburger SV at the age of 16 and made his debut in the German Bundesliga in 2010. In 2013, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen for a club record €10 million before signing for Tottenham for £22 million two year. later, became the most expensive Asian player in history. [5] While at Tottenham, Son became Asia's top scorer in Premier League history and surpassed Cha Bum-kun 's record for most goals scored by a Korean player in European competition. [6] [7] [8]
A full international since 2010, Son has represented South Korea at the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups and is his country's top scorer at the World Cup along with Park Ji-sung and Ahn Jung-hwan with three goals. Son also represented South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games , where the team won gold, as well as the 2011, 2015 and 2019 editions of the AFC Asian Cup . Korea was the runner-up in 2015.
Early Life
Son Heung-min was born in Chuncheon , Gangwon His father, Son Woong-jung is a retired soccer player turned manager who once played for the South Korea national football team .
Son came through the academy at FC Seoul , the same club as former Spurs defender Lee Young-pyo . [9] However, Son was a ball boy at FC Seoul's home game in 2008 when he was a youth player for FC Seoul. [10] At the time, his role model was midfielder Lee Chung-yong , who played for Crystal Palace and Bolton Wanderers . [11] [12] In addition to his mother tongue, Korean , Son is also fluent in German and English . His agent, Thies Bliemeister, said Son was so desperate to make himself successful in Europe that he learned German by watching episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants . [13]
Full name Son Heung-Min
Date of birth July 8, 1992 (age 30)
Place of birth Chuncheon, Gangwon, Republik Korea
Height 182 m (597 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Attacker
Club Information
Current club Tottenham Hotspur
Number 7
Junior Career
Senior Career
Year Tim Come on stage (Gol)
2010–2013 Hamburger SV 73 (20)
2013–2015 Bayer Leverkusen 62 (21)
2015– Tottenham Hotspur 205 (74)
National Team
2008–2009 South Korea 15 (7)
2010– South Korea 94 (29)
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