Son Heung-min is considered one of the best wingers in the world, as well as one of the greatest Asian footballers ever. Son Heung-min is a South Korean professional footballer who captains the South Korean national team and plays as a forward for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
He was born on July 8, 1992, in the South Korean province of Gangwon. At the age of 16, Son moved to Germany to join Hamburger SV, with whom he made his Bundesliga debut in 2010. He had a strong preseason in 2010–11, leading the club with nine goals, and he signed his first professional contract on his 18th birthday. On October 30, 2010, he scored his first league goal in the 24th minute against FC Köln. With the goal, Son became the youngest Hamburg player to score a Bundesliga goal at the age of 18. Son's transfer to Bayer Leverkusen was finalised on June 13, 2013, for a reported €10 million, the largest transfer fee in the club's history at the time. He signed a five-year contract with the team.
On August 28, 2015, Son signed a five-year contract with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur for £22 million (€30 million). When he signed, he became the most expensive Asian player in football history. Hidetoshi Nakata of Japan has held the record since 2001, when he moved from Roma to Parma for €25 million. Son made his debut against Sunderland on September 13th, in a 1–0 victory. Son scored his first two goals for Tottenham in a 3–1 triumph over Qaraba FK in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League season opener on September 17th. Three days later, against Crystal Palace at White Hart Lane, he scored his first Premier League goal, netting in the 68th minute to give Tottenham their first home Premier League win of the season.
Son played for the South Korean national team at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which was held in Nigeria. In this competition, he scored three goals. Son was nominated to the South Korean national team's squad for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup on December 24, 2010, and made his debut in a pre-tournament friendly against Syria on December 30. Son scored his first international goal in the tournament finals, a 4–1 victory over India in the group stage.
Hamburger SV: Son made his first-team debut for Hamburg at the age of 18 in the German Bundesliga in October 2010.
South Korea: On the 30th of December 2010, Son made his national team debut against Syria in a pre-tournament friendly as the team prepared for the 2011 Asian Cup.
While at Tottenham, Son broke Cha Bum's record for most goals scored by a Korean player in European competition while at Tottenham, becoming the top Asian striker in Premier League and Champions League history. In 2019, he became the second Asian in history to reach and start a UEFA Champions League final, following fellow countryman Park Ji-sung. Son was the first Asian player in the Premier League to score more than 50 goals, and he was nominated for the Ballon d'Or in 2019.
Son has been a full international since 2010, and he has three goals to his name in the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups. He is South Korea's joint-best scorer in the World Cup, together with Park Ji-sung and Ahn Jung-hwan. Son has also competed for South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games, where the team won gold, as well as the AFC Asian Cup in 2011, 2015, and 2019. In 2015, Korea came in second place.
Club Stats
Appearances | 473 |
Goals | 166 |
Assists | 83 |
Yellow Cards | 22 |
Red Cards | 4 |
International Stats
Appearances | 98 |
Goals | 30 |
Assists | 17 |
Yellow Cards | 6 |
Red Cards | 0 |
Son wore number 40 with Hamburger SV for the 2010-11 and 2012-13 seasons. He was assigned number 15 for the 2011-12 season. But after that, he has had only one jersey number, which is 7, both with Bayer 04 Leverkusen and Tottenham Hotspur.
With the national team, Sonny wore the numbers 11, 9 and 7.
Son has an estimated net worth of around $28 million.
Tiger Beer
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Adidas
Son Heung-min is currently single.
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Premier League | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1573 | 18 | 7.4 | 59 | 2021-2022 | 3.5 | 7.4 |
Conf Lg | 1 | 1 | 140 | 3 | 2021-2022 |
Statistics
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Percentile
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Tackles | 0.98 | 16 |
Tackles Won | 0.59 | 14 |
Tackles (Def 3rd) | 0.12 | 3 |
Tackles (Mid 3rd) | 0.59 | 42 |
Tackles (Att 3rd) | 0.27 | 53 |
Dribblers Tackled | 0.23 | 16 |
Dribbles Contested | 1.53 | 53 |
% of dribblers tackled | 15.4 | 10 |
Dribbled Past | 1.29 | 40 |
Pressures | 15.49 | 27 |
Successful Pressures | 4.54 | 37 |
Successful Pressure % | 29.3 | 64 |
Pressures (Def 3rd) | 1.92 | 5 |
Pressures (Mid 3rd) | 7.00 | 30 |
Pressures (Att 3rd) | 6.57 | 76 |
Blocks | 1.10 | 39 |
Shots Blocked | 0.12 | 62 |
Shots Saved | 0.00 | 47 |
Passes Blocked | 0.98 | 38 |
Interceptions | 0.47 | 6 |
Tkl+Int | 1.45 | 8 |
Clearances | 0.23 | 10 |
Errors | 0.00 | 55 |
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Per 90
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Percentile
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Shot-Creating Actions | 3.56 | 73 |
SCA (PassLive) | 2.54 | 76 |
SCA (PassDead) | 0.00 | 16 |
SCA (Drib) | 0.39 | 81 |
SCA (Sh) | 0.31 | 93 |
SCA (Fld) | 0.16 | 49 |
SCA (Def) | 0.16 | 95 |
Goal-Creating Actions | 0.74 | 94 |
GCA (PassLive) | 0.51 | 95 |
GCA (PassDead) | 0.00 | 35 |
GCA (Drib) | 0.12 | 90 |
GCA (Sh) | 0.08 | 87 |
GCA (Fld) | 0.04 | 61 |
GCA (Def) | 0.00 | 46 |
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Per 90
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Percentile
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Yellow Cards | 0.00 | 93 |
Red Cards | 0.00 | 54 |
Second Yellow Card | 0.00 | 51 |
Fouls Committed | 0.63 | 76 |
Fouls Drawn | 1.33 | 41 |
Offsides | 0.98 | 2 |
Crosses | 1.56 | 42 |
Interceptions | 0.47 | 6 |
Tackles Won | 0.59 | 14 |
Penalty Kicks Won | 0.00 | 35 |
Penalty Kicks Conceded | 0.00 | 53 |
Own Goals | 0.00 | 51 |
Ball Recoveries | 5.48 | 7 |
Aerials won | 0.04 | 2 |
Aerials lost | 1.37 | 76 |
% of Aerials Won | 2.8 | 2 |
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Passes Attempted | 38.45 | 54 |
Live-ball passes | 37.51 | 59 |
Dead-ball passes | 0.94 | 25 |
Passes from Free Kicks | 0.16 | 38 |
Through Balls | 0.08 | 48 |
Passes Under Pressure | 7.98 | 59 |
Switches | 0.51 | 26 |
Crosses | 1.56 | 42 |
Corner Kicks | 0.16 | 39 |
Inswinging Corner Kicks | 0.00 | 20 |
Outswinging Corner Kicks | 0.04 | 41 |
Straight Corner Kicks | 0.00 | 27 |
Ground passes | 29.92 | 74 |
Low Passes | 5.44 | 45 |
High Passes | 3.09 | 5 |
Passes Attempted (Left) | 6.18 | 53 |
Passes Attempted (Right) | 30.27 | 71 |
Passes Attempted (Head) | 1.21 | 41 |
Throw-Ins taken | 0.39 | 52 |
Passes Attempted (Other) | 0.35 | 72 |
Passes Completed | 30.90 | 63 |
Passes Offside | 0.16 | 52 |
Passes Out of Bounds | 0.47 | 81 |
Passes Intercepted | 1.56 | 48 |
Passes Blocked | 1.45 | 57 |
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Passes Completed | 30.90 | 63 |
Passes Attempted | 38.45 | 54 |
Pass Completion % | 80.4 | 87 |
Total Passing Distance | 443.04 | 52 |
Progressive Passing Distance | 94.38 | 35 |
Passes Completed (Short) | 18.11 | 76 |
Passes Attempted (Short) | 21.43 | 79 |
Pass Completion % (Short) | 84.5 | 56 |
Passes Completed (Medium) | 10.40 | 66 |
Passes Attempted (Medium) | 12.44 | 56 |
Pass Completion % (Medium) | 83.6 | 84 |
Passes Completed (Long) | 1.25 | 25 |
Passes Attempted (Long) | 2.39 | 19 |
Pass Completion % (Long) | 52.5 | 58 |
Assists | 0.23 | 72 |
xA | 0.19 | 76 |
Key Passes | 1.29 | 48 |
Passes into Final Third | 1.76 | 51 |
Passes into Penalty Area | 0.94 | 39 |
Crosses into Penalty Area | 0.12 | 19 |
Progressive Passes | 2.58 | 47 |
Statistics
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Touches | 51.90 | 53 |
Touches (Def Pen) | 0.55 | 21 |
Touches (Def 3rd) | 3.05 | 2 |
Touches (Mid 3rd) | 18.54 | 21 |
Touches (Att 3rd) | 34.26 | 90 |
Touches (Att Pen) | 6.92 | 92 |
Touches (Live-Ball) | 51.04 | 65 |
Dribbles Completed | 2.19 | 71 |
Dribbles Attempted | 3.44 | 58 |
Successful Dribble % | 63.6 | 78 |
Players Dribbled Past | 2.39 | 70 |
Nutmegs | 0.04 | 28 |
Carries | 41.81 | 76 |
Total Carrying Distance | 222.75 | 66 |
Progressive Carrying Distance | 125.91 | 68 |
Progressive Carries | 7.51 | 79 |
Carries into Final Third | 1.76 | 45 |
Carries into Penalty Area | 2.23 | 97 |
Miscontrols | 2.31 | 48 |
Dispossessed | 3.40 | 10 |
Pass Targets | 57.54 | 81 |
Passes Received | 42.16 | 77 |
Passes Received % | 73.3 | 44 |
Progressive Passes Rec | 10.80 | 90 |
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Goals | 0.47 | 94 |
Shots Total | 2.89 | 89 |
Shots on target | 1.33 | 97 |
Shots on target % | 45.9 | 88 |
Goals/Shot | 0.16 | 86 |
Goals/Shot on target | 0.35 | 71 |
Average Shot Distance | 16.00 | 76 |
Shots from free kicks | 0.00 | 28 |
Penalty Kicks Made | 0.00 | 42 |
Penalty Kicks Attempted | 0.00 | 40 |
xG | 0.41 | 94 |
npxG | 0.41 | 95 |
npxG/Sh | 0.14 | 82 |
Goals - xG | 0.06 | 80 |
Non-Penalty Goals - npxG | 0.06 | 79 |
Statistics
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Per 90
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Goals | 0.47 | 94 |
Assists | 0.23 | 72 |
Non-Penalty Goals | 0.47 | 96 |
Penalty Kicks Made | 0.00 | 42 |
Penalty Kicks Attempted | 0.00 | 40 |
Yellow Cards | 0.00 | 93 |
Red Cards | 0.00 | 54 |
xG | 0.41 | 94 |
npxG | 0.41 | 95 |
xA | 0.19 | 76 |
npxG+xA | 0.59 | 94 |
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2021-2022 | 29 | Tottenham | - | 3. Conf Lg | 3 | 1 | 140 | 1.6 |
2021-2022 | 29 | Tottenham | EFL Cup | 4 | 1 | 192 | 2.1 | |
2021-2022 | 29 | Tottenham | FA Cup | 1 | 1 | 68 | 0.8 | |
2021-2022 | 29 | Tottenham | 1. Premier League | 18 | 18 | 1,573 | 17.5 |
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2010-2011 | 18 | Hamburger SV | 1. Bundesliga | 13 | 720 | 3 | 0 | |
2011-2012 | 19 | Hamburger SV | 1. Bundesliga | 27 | 1,223 | 5 | 0 | |
2012-2013 | 20 | Hamburger SV | 1. Bundesliga | 33 | 2,689 | 12 | 2 | |
2013-2014 | 21 | Leverkusen | 1. Bundesliga | 31 | 2,367 | 10 | 4 | |
2014-2015 | 22 | Leverkusen | 1. Bundesliga | 30 | 2,280 | 11 | 2 | |
2015-2016 | 23 | Leverkusen | 1. Bundesliga | 1 | 63 | 0 | 0 | |
2015-2016 | 23 | Tottenham | 1. Premier League | 28 | 1,107 | 4 | 1 | |
2016-2017 | 24 | Tottenham | 1. Premier League | 34 | 2,062 | 14 | 6 | |
2017-2018 | 25 | Tottenham | 1. Premier League | 37 | 2,317 | 12 | 6 | |
2018-2019 | 26 | Tottenham | 1. Premier League | 31 | 2,039 | 12 | 6 | |
2019-2020 | 27 | Tottenham | 1. Premier League | 30 | 2,476 | 11 | 10 | |
2020-2021 | 28 | Tottenham | 1. Premier League | 37 | 3,114 | 17 | 10 | |
2021-2022 | 29 | Tottenham | 1. Premier League | 18 | 1,573 | 9 | 3 |
Continental Awards |
2015 AFC International Footballer of the Year 2017 AFC International Footballer of the Year 2019 AFC International Footballer of the Year |
Goals |
2012-2013 Bundesliga 12 (9th) 2017-2018 Premier League 12 (10th) 2020-2021 Premier League 17 (4th) 2021-2022 Premier League 9 (3rd) |
Goals/90 |
2016-2017 Premier League 0.61 (7th) 2018-2019 Premier League 0.53 (9th) 2021-2022 Premier League 0.51 (8th) |
Assists |
2019-2020 Premier League 10 (4th) 2020-2021 Premier League 10 (4th) |
Assists/90 |
2019-2020 Premier League 0.36 (6th) 2020-2021 Premier League 0.29 (8th) |
Goals + Assists |
2019-2020 Premier League 21 (10th) 2020-2021 Premier League 27 (3rd) 2021-2022 Premier League 12 (6th) |
Goals + Assists/90 |
2016-2017 Premier League 0.87 (6th) 2018-2019 Premier League 0.79 (8th) 2020-2021 Premier League 0.78 (8th) 2021-2022 Premier League 0.69 (9th) |
Non-Penalty Goals |
2012-2013 Bundesliga 12 (6th) 2014-2015 Bundesliga 11 (9th) 2016-2017 Premier League 14 (9th) 2017-2018 Premier League 12 (9th) 2020-2021 Premier League 16 (2nd) 2021-2022 Premier League 9 (3rd) |
Non-Penalty Goals/90 |
2016-2017 Premier League 0.61 (5th) 2017-2018 Premier League 0.47 (10th) 2018-2019 Premier League 0.53 (5th) 2021-2022 Premier League 0.51 (7th) |
Non-Penalty Goals + Assists/90 |
2016-2017 Premier League 0.87 (5th) 2018-2019 Premier League 0.79 (5th) 2019-2020 Premier League 0.76 (10th) 2020-2021 Premier League 0.75 (6th) 2021-2022 Premier League 0.69 (9th) |
xG |
2021-2022 Premier League 7.4 (9th) |
npxG |
2021-2022 Premier League 7.4 (8th) |
xA |
2019-2020 Premier League 7.0 (9th) 2020-2021 Premier League 8.9 (3rd) |
xA/90 |
2019-2020 Premier League 0.25 (8th) 2020-2021 Premier League 0.26 (9th) |
Shots Total/90 |
2016-2017 Premier League 3.49 (7th) 2018-2019 Premier League 3.31 (6th) |
Shots on target |
2012-2013 Bundesliga 38 (7th) 2013-2014 Bundesliga 43 (5th) 2017-2018 Premier League 34 (9th) 2019-2020 Premier League 39 (4th) 2020-2021 Premier League 35 (9th) 2021-2022 Premier League 20 (6th) |
Shots on target/90 |
2016-2017 Premier League 1.44 (7th) 2017-2018 Premier League 1.32 (10th) 2018-2019 Premier League 1.24 (9th) 2019-2020 Premier League 1.42 (5th) |
Shots on target % |
2019-2020 Premier League 48.1 (10th) 2020-2021 Premier League 51.5 (10th) |
Goals/Shot |
2020-2021 Premier League 0.24 (4th) |
Goals/Shot on target |
2010-2011 Bundesliga 0.60 (5th) |
Goals - xG |
2018-2019 Premier League 4.3 (5th) 2020-2021 Premier League 6.7 (1st) |
Non-Penalty Goals - npxG |
2018-2019 Premier League 4.3 (4th) 2020-2021 Premier League 6.5 (1st) |
Key Passes |
2020-2021 Premier League 77 (5th) |
Corner Kicks |
2020-2021 Premier League 97 (7th) 2021-2022 Premier League 88 (3rd) |
Shot-Creating Actions |
2020-2021 Premier League 117 (7th) |
Goal-Creating Actions |
2017-2018 Premier League 19 (10th) 2019-2020 Premier League 21 (4th) 2020-2021 Premier League 15 (10th) |
GCA90 |
2017-2018 Premier League 0.74 (8th) 2018-2019 Premier League 0.66 (9th) 2019-2020 Premier League 0.76 (5th) |
Carries into Penalty Area |
2017-2018 Premier League 57 (4th) 2018-2019 Premier League 51 (8th) |
Progressive Passes Rec |
2020-2021 Premier League 269 (7th) 2021-2022 Premier League 151 (6th) |
Games Played as Sub |
2011-2012 Bundesliga 16 (6th) 2015-2016 Premier League 15 (9th) |
+/-90 |
2016-2017 Premier League 1.66 (10th) |
Red Cards |
2018-2019 Premier League 1 (3rd) 2019-2020 Premier League 2 (1st) |