Son Heung Min (Football Player)

Son Heung-min ranks 3rd on the list of the most powerful celebrities in Korea. It (born July 8, 1992) is a South Korean professional footballer who captains the South Korean national team and plays as a forward for Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur. Son was the first Asian player in the Premier League to score 50 goals. Son, who was born in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, moved to Germany at the age of 16 to join Hamburger SV, with whom he made his Bundesliga debut in 2010. He joined Bayer Leverkusen for a club record €10 million in 2013, before joining Tottenham two years later for £22 million, becoming him the most expensive Asian player in history. While at Tottenham, Son 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 fellow countryman Park Ji-sung.

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 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. Son is often regarded as a sports star in South Korea, and his performances have earned him a spot on Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40, where he was placed third in 2022.

• Full name: Son Heung-min
• Date of birth: 8 July 1992 (age 29)
• Place of birth: Chuncheon, South Korea
• Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
• Position(s): Forward