Heung Min Son

Heung Min Son: Biography in Details

Who is Heung Min Son?

Heung Min Son is a South Korean professional footballer. He is known for playing as a winger or a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He is also the captain of the South Korean National Team. Similarly, he is known as the most expensive Asian player in history.

In which school did Heung Min Son attend?

He was born on 8th July 1992 in Chuncheon, South Korea. He is the son of Son Woong-jung. His father is a retired football player turned manager who once played for the South Korea national football B team. Similarly, his mother is Eun Ja Kil and he has a brother Heung-yun Son.

Heung was from the same club that former defender Lee Young-pyo played for. He was a ball boy at the time. Likewise, his role model was Lee Chung-young who played for Crystal Palace and Bolton Wanderers. His nationality is South Korean but his ethnicity is Korean.

Heung Min Son: Education, School/College, University

Talking about his education, there is no information about the school, college, and university, he went to.

Heung Min Son: Professional Life, Career

The South Korean footballer plays a winger or a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He finished his development at the Hamburger SV. After that, he made his debut in the German Bundesliga in 2010. After that, in the year 2013, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen for a club record €10 million. He played for the club in the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League.

Likewise, two years later he signed for Tottenham for £22 million, becoming the most expensive Asian player in history. A full international since 2010, he represented South Korea at the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups. Similarly, he is a South Korea’s joint highest scorer at the World Cup alongside Park Ji-sung and Ahn Jung-hwan with three goals.

Moreover, Heung Min Son represented South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games where the team won gold as well as 2011, 2015, and 2019 editions of the AFC Asian Cup, finishing runners-up in 2015. In the year 2019 on 8th April, he scored the very first European competition goal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It was a 1–0 win against Manchester City in the quarterfinals of the 2018-19 Champions League.

Heung Min Son: Awards, Nominations

Heung Min Son won the Best Footballer in Asia award. His name has not been associated with any other awards yet.

How much is the net worth of Heung Min Son?

The estimated net worth of Heung Min Son is around $28 Million as of 2023. Similarly, his salary is around $6 million from his football career.

Heung Min Son: Rumors and Controversy/Scandal

Heung Min Son is busy focusing on his career, so he does not have any rumors and controversy about him.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Now talking about his body measurements, he has a height of 6 feet and weighs around 77 kg. Similarly, his eyes color and hair color both are black.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Heung Min Son has around 4.7M followers on Instagram whereas he has almost 4.6 million followers on Facebook. He does not have a Twitter account though.

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