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Biography
Son Heung-min was born 8 July 1992 to the family of Son Woong and Eun JanKil in Chuncheon-si, South Korea. He is currently thirty years old. Son Heung-min is a South Korean professional footballer. He plays the role of a forwarder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and as well captains the South Korea national team. Son Heung-min is considered one of the best forwards in the world and one of the greatest Asian footballers of all time, he is popularly known for his outstanding way of speeding, finishing, two-footedness and ability to link play.
At 16, Son Heung-min relocated to Germany to join Hamburger SV. Son Heung-min made his debut in the Bundesliga in 2010. In 2013, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen for a club record amount of €10 million before signing for Tottenham for £22 million two years later, becoming the most expensive Asian player in history. While at Tottenham, Son Heung-min became the top Asian goalscorer in both Premier League and Champions League history, and surpassed Cha Bum-kun’s record for most goals scored by a Korean player in European competition. In 2019, he became the second Asian in history to reach and start a UEFA Champions League final after compatriot Park Ji-sung. In the 2021–2022 season, he won, shared alongside Mohamed Salah, the Premier League Golden Boot award with a total of twenty-three (23) goals, making him the first Asian player to win the premier league golden boot.
Son Heung-min has been a permanent international footballer since 2010, He has represented South Korea at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups and is his country’s joint top scorer at World Cups, tied with Park Ji-sung and Ahn Jung-hwan on three goals. Son Heung-min has also represented South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games, where the team won gold, and the 2011, 2015, and 2019 editions of the AFC Asian Cup, making Korea to win the runner-up in 2015.
On 3 April 2019, Son Heung-min wrote his name into club history by scoring the first ever first team goal at Tottenham Hotspurs’ new stadium when he opened the scoring in a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace and, six nights later, bagged the first European goal at Spurs’ new home in the 1-0 Champions League quarter-final, first leg win over Manchester City.”
Son Heung-min is seen as a symbol of national pride in South Korea for his outstanding performances/achievements and has been listed in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 since 2019, where he ranked third in 2022. In June 2022, Son received the Cheongnyong Medal, the highest order of merit for achievement in sports given to a South Korea citizen, for his achievements in football. He is credited with causing a large uptick in interest in and the number of supporters of Tottenham among South Koreans and even East Asians more broadly, resulting in the club’s social media strategy altering in order to target and cater to Koreans using both the club’s standard English language accounts and their newer accounts in Korean.
| Full Name: | Son Heung-min |
| Current club: | Tottenham Hotspur F.C, South Korea national football team |
| Born: | July 8, 1992 |
| Place of Birth: | Chuncheon-si, South Korea |
| Nationality: | South Korean |
| Height: | 6 feet 0 inches |
| Parents: | Son Woong-Jung (father) and Eun Ja Kil (mother) |
| Siblings: | Heung-Yun Son |
| Wife • Spouse: | N/A |
| Zodiac sign: Cancer | |
| Children: | N/A |
| Occupation: | Football player |
| Net Worth: | $20 million. |
Premier League Player of the Month,
FIFA Puskás Award,
Best Footballer in Asia
Early Life & Education
Son Heung-min was born 8 July 1992 to the family of Son Woong and Eun JanKil in Chuncheon-si, South Korea. He is currently thirty years old. Son Heung-min is a South Korean professional footballer. He plays the role of a forwarder for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and as well captains the South Korea national team. Son Heung-min is considered one of the best forwards in the world and one of the greatest Asian footballers of all time, he is popularly known for his outstanding way of speeding, finishing, two-footedness and ability to link play.
At the age of 3, Son left South Korea and attended Mission Heights in New Zealand as an exchange student in order to build his English-speaking ability.
At the age of 9, his family was back again in South Korea, where Son attended Dongbuk elementary school. Son Heung-min’s loves adventures and travels a lot.
At Dongbuk elementary school, Son Heung-min picked interest in football. He started playing football while schooling and after graduating from elementary school, he then proceeded to high school. After about a year or less in high school, Son dropped out in order to focus on football and also build his skills, he joined a football academy, FC Seoul’s academy. While he trained with the team’s academy, he worked as a ball boy during games. As a young boy trying to build his football skills, Son Heung-min took former Crystal Palace player, Lee Chung-Yong as his football role model.
At 16, Son Heung-min relocated to Germany to join Hamburger SV. Son Heung-min made his debut in the Bundesliga in 2010.
Son Heung-min’s father, Son Woong-Jung, is a retired footballer but later turned manager. his father played for the South Korea national B team.
Apart from his native language Korean, Son is also fluent in German and English. His agent Thies Bliemeister said Son Heung-min was so determined to make himself a success in Europe that he learned German by watching episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants.
Personal Life
Son Heung-min dated the K-pop singers Bang Min-ah and Yoo So-young, before they parted ways, and he is currently single. Son Heung-min has an only brother named Heung-Yun Son.
Son Heung-min used the suspension of football during the COVID-19 pandemic to complete South Korean mandatory military service.
He was exempted from military service with a gold medal at the Asian Games, but he had to do basic military training regardless of exemption.
He completed basic training in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps in Jeju in April–May 2020, finishing in the top five of 157 trainees.
He is also a fan of the video game League of Legends.
Son Heung-min is a philanthropist.
In 2019, Son Heung-min 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 Heung-min donated £65,000 in aid, to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.
Son Heung-min opened Son Football Academy in his hometown Chuncheon with his father and his brother, at a total amount of £11 million paid mostly by him.
Career
Son Heung-min started his youth career at the age of 16. Son Heung-min moved to Hamburger SV with the effect of the Korean FA Youth Project. After he participated in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, Son Heung-min started playing for Hamburger SV permanently. Between 2010/2011 season, Son Heung-min led Hamburger in goals and was granted a professional contract on the day he turned 18. He started his season in scoring against Chelsea but was injured which left him on the sidelines for two months. In October 2010 he returned to action and however scored his first goal in the Bundesliga against FC Köln, which made him the youngest Bundesliga goal scorer for the club. He ended his 2010/2011 campaign with a total of three (3) goals in 14 matches.
During the following season, he netted a total number of eighteen (18) goals in 9 preseason games. But as the season started, Son Heung-min suffered from fever and was out of action. He later returned to action and during the season he registered a total number five (5) goals in 30 games and also helped his team avoid relegation. His final season with Hamburger was his breakthrough season. Son Heung-min was in top form as he helped his team defeat Bundesliga giant, Dortmund. His outstanding way of scoring goals improved as he went on to score a total number of twelve (12) goals to become the fifth South Korean footballer to record double-digit goals in a European league.
In June 2013, Son Heung-min moved to Bundesliga side, Bayer Leverkusen for a rumored amount of €10 million, a record amount for Hamburger then. He signed a five-year deal with the club. During the season, Son Heung-min was in pleasing form as he helped his team earn a UEFA Champions League spot. His debut season with Bayern Leverkusen ended with a total number of twelve (12) goals in 43 games. His second season with Bayer Leverkusen was more impressive as he scored a total number of seventeen (17) goals in 42 appearances.
In August 2015, Tottenham Hotspurs signed Son Heung-min in a five-year contract. His move from Bayer Leverkusen cost €30 million, which made him the most expensive Asian footballer. He played for Tottenham in a game against Sunderland in September 2015. The month, he also earned his first goal for Tottenham Hotspurs in a Europa League game against Qarabağ FK, in which he scored a hat-trick. Son Heung-min was in top form in that season. In a game against Chelsea in May 2016, he scored a goal which would have made Tottenham EPL winner, but following an equaliser, Leicester City emerges the winner.
In his second season at Tottenham, he requested then Spurs manager, Mauricio Pochettino, to transfer him to another team, after he couldn’t get playing time as much in the Spurs team. Rather the manager gave Son Heung-min a chance to fight for a spot in the starting XI. In September 2016, Son Heung-min started a wonderful goal scoring run, which saw him receive the EPL Premier League player of the month award, making him the first Asian to receive the award. His top form continued and at the end of the 2016/2017 season, he was one of three Spurs players who scored more than twenty (20) goals in the season.
In the 2017/2018 season, Son Heung-min was outstanding in his speed. By November, he had become the Asian player with the most goals in the EPL. At the conclusion of a brilliant season, he became the only Asian player to have a finish in the top 10 in the EPL goal scoring chart. In July 2018, Son Heung-min agreed to a five-year deal with Tottenham. His first goal of the season, which was his 50th goal for Spurs was awarded the EPL Goal of the Month award in November. He continued in his top-scoring form and was awarded the EPL Player of the Year at the London Football Award.
In Tottenham Champions League Quarter-final game against Manchester City, Son Heung-min was in top form that his hat-trick in the second leg of the game helped Spurs advance to the semifinal of the tournament for the first time since 1962. His brace catapulted him to become the highest Asian goal scorer in the Champions League. He ended his 2018/2019 season as runner-up in the Champions League.
Son Heung-min started his 2019/2020 season with a hat-trick in an EPL game against Crystal Palace. In October 2019, he was included in the 30-man list for the Ballon d’Or award. He continued in top form throughout the season, and in December, he scored an outstanding goal against Burnley in which he passed 7 opponent players before he scored. The goal was lauded by pundits and was awarded the goal of the Month for December 2019. In February 2020, he became the first Asian player to net a total number of fifty (50) goals in the EPL. That month, he suffered a fracture in his arm, which was revealed could put him on the sidelines for the rest of the season.
Net Worth
Son Heung-min has worked as a Footballer right from youth. he has accumulated a satisfactory fortune from playing football. Son Heung-min has an astonished net worth of $20 million.
Social Media
Son Heung-min as humble and hardworking as he is discovered that he also has some social media platforms where he can be connected.
- @Son Heung-min (@hm_son7) is his Instagram handle.
- @Son Heung-min (@sonny7) is his Twitter handle.
