Son Heung-min
Son with Tottenham Hotspur in 2016
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| Full name | Son Heung-min | |||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1992 | |||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chuncheon, Gangwon, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Winger | |||||||||||||||||
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Current team
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Tottenham Hotspur | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | FC Seoul | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Hamburger SV | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Hamburger SV | 73 | (20) | |||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Bayer Leverkusen | 62 | (21) | |||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Tottenham Hotspur | 47 | (11) | |||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | South Korea U17 | 18 | (7) | |||||||||||||||
| 2016 | South Korea U23 | 4 | (2) | |||||||||||||||
| 2010– | South Korea | 52 | (17) | |||||||||||||||
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Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:06, 26 January 2017 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:06, 26 January 2017 (UTC).
Son Heung-min (Hangul: 손흥민 [sʰon hɯŋmin]; born 8 July 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the South Korea national team.
Son finished his development at Hamburger SV, where he made his debut in the German Bundesliga in 2010. In 2013, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen for a club record €10 million, and played for the club in the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League. Two years later, he signed for Tottenham for £22 million, becoming the most expensive Asian player in history.
A full international since 2010, Son has represented South Korea at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the AFC Asian Cup in 2011 and 2015, helping them finish as runners-up in the latter.
In 2008, Son dropped out of Dongbuk High School (formerly FC Seoul U-18 Team) and joined Hamburger SV's youth academy at the age of 16. He eventually scored a goal in six matches during the 2009–10 season for Hamburger SV II. He was impressive in the 2010–11 pre-season, leading the team with nine goals and signed his first professional contract on his 18th birthday. After scoring against Chelsea in August, he was injured for two months due to a foot injury. He returned on 30 October 2010 to score his first league goal, against 1. FC Köln in the 24th minute. The goal made Son the youngest Hamburg player to have scored a goal in Bundesliga at 18 years, thus breaking the record held by Manfred Kaltz.
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