How good is Son Heung min?
Son Heung min, born on July 8, 1992 in Gangwon-do, Chuncheon, South Korea, is a professional football player and a striker. He is currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club in England. Son Heung-min is one of the greatest footballers in the history of football. He not only has the characteristics of Asian flexibility, speed and explosiveness but also has the characteristics of Korean tenacity, strong will to fight and super running ability. Son Heung-min is often compared with other Korean players such as Cha Bum-geun, Park Ji-sung, who also shared similar characteristics at this point. His jersey No 7 has become iconic for any Tottenham fans.
- Son Heung-min current teams
★He is now playing for Tottenham Hotspur. Son Heung min played for Germany's Hamburg Football Club and Leverkusen Football Club. He plays a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur Football Club in his club career.
Son has won several individual awards, including the Tottenham Hotspur Player of the Season award in 2018-19 and 2019-20, and the Premier League Player of the Month award four times.
He has also helped Tottenham Hotspur win the Football League Cup in 2021, and reach the UEFA Champions League final in 2019.
★Son is also a regular member of the South Korean national team, where he has scored 28 goals in 98 appearances as of September 2021.
In terms of the national team, Son Heung-min has represented the South Korean national team in the 15th Asian Cup held in 2011, the 16th Asian Cup held in 2015, the 2014 and 2018 World Cups, and the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games Men's football competition.
★Heung-Min Son wears the famous No.7 jersey for both the club and national team.
Experience
In August 2015, Son Heung-min moved to Tottenham Hotspur for $36 million, making him the most expensive player in Asia. He made his Premier League debut on 13 September 2015 as a substitute against Sunderland. He scored eight goals in 40 games in his debut season with Tottenham, who are third in the table. Son scored 14 goals in 34 Premier League appearances in the next season, achieving totally of 21 goals in all competitions.
Son Heung min also won the Premier League Player of the Year award in April, becoming the first Asian to win the award. He scored a goal against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League in the 2017/18 season.
On November 5, 2017, Son scored the only goal against Crystal Palace, breaking Park Ji-sung's previous Premier League Asian scoring record with 20 goals.
Honors & Rewards
★On December 21, 2015, Son Heung min won South Korea's 2015 Best Men's Football Award.
★On November 29, 2017, Son Heung min won the 2017 AFC Best Overseas Player Award.
★On December 2019, Son Heung-min won the 2019 AFC Best Overseas Player of the Year Award.
★On December 17, 2020, Son Heung min won the FIFA Puskás Award.
★Son Heung min won the Premier League Golden Boot in the 2021-22 season, becoming the first top scorer from an Asian country in Premier League history.
Personal life
★Son Heung min’s father used to be a football player and played for the South Korean national team. His mother, Enziji, has always supported Son's dream of becoming a footballer. When Son decided to leave school to join Hamburg FC, she showed her great support. He has an older brother named Heung Yon Son. Heung-min showed an interest in sports from an early age. He developed an interest in football as a child and soon became the best footballer of his age.
★Son has dated the K-pop singers Bang Min-ah and Yoo So-young, and is currently single.
★In 2019, Son donated around £100,000 to the victims of the Goseong Fire, which left vast devastation in Goseong County, Gangwon, in his native South Korea. In 2020, Son donated £65,000 in aid, to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
The No. 7 jersey supports Heung Min Son all the way through different matches. Whether it’s a Tottenham jersey or a South Korea national team jersey, Heung Min Son’s jersey is worth collecting or wearing. Wear his jersey with your family and watch a game on the field or on TV, enjoy the moments of wonder games he and his teammates bring to you, and cheer for them.
