Biography and the life story of Son Heung Min "the age of 16 through the South Korean Football Association youth player project"

Son Heung Min was born on July 8, 1992 in Chunceon, South Korea. Son was born to a father named Wong Jung Son and a mother, Eun Jal Kil, where both parents have a hobby of traveling.

Son's father was a footballer who later became a manager, where in his career the father had defended the South Korean national team. While his mother is a figure of encouragement in his life. Son has a brother named Heung Yon Son who is three years older.

Son spent part of his growth period in New Zealand, accompanied by his parents, Little Son attended Mission Heights in an exchange program to improve English language and literary skills.

Son returned to Korea at the age of 9 years and studied at elementary school in Doonbuk, where he graduated with the best honors. His love for soccer began in elementary school to junior high school.

Son then decided to join the FC Seoul academy. In developing his career, Son was also a ball boy at FC Seoul home matches until 2008. When he was young, his role model was midfielder Lee Chung-yong, who played for Crystal Palace and Bolton Wanderers.

In addition to his native language, Korean, Son is also fluent in German and English. His agent, Thies Bliemeister, said Son was so determined to make himself successful in Europe that he learned German by watching the TV show SpongeBob SquarePants.

In 2008, Son dropped out of high school and joined the Hamburger SV academy at the age of 16 through the South Korean Football Association youth player project.

In 2009, Son is believed to have defended the South Korean national team at the U-17 World Cup which took place in Nigeria, where he scored 3 goals in the tournament.

Together with the Hamburger SV young team, Son appeared quite impressive. Son then signed his professional contract in July 2010 or exactly 18 years old. In pre-season he also performed brilliantly where he had broken into Chelsea's goal.

In the 2010/11 season, Son set a record as Hamburg's youngest player to score a goal, when he broke FC FC in October 2010 at the age of 18, Son surpassed the achievements of Manfred Kaltz.

His first season with the Hamburg first team went through quite well. Son then stuck his gas the following season, in that season Son scored 5 goals in 30 appearances in all competitions. Together with Hamburger SV, Son has recorded 20 goals in 78 appearances in three seasons.

In the summer of 2013, Son signed a five-year contract with the next German football club, Bayer Leverkusen for a transfer fee of 10 million euros. In this club his name began to be known to the world.

After two consecutive seasons defending Leverkusen with a score of 29 goals from 87 matches in all competitions. His consistent appearance made Tottenham Hotspur sign him in the summer of 2015 with a transfer value of 30 million euros.

The transfer value made him the most expensive Asian player in history, beating Shinji Kagawa, who was bought by Manchester United from Borussia Dortmund for 16 million euros. The high price spent by the Spurs management is comparable to the quality displayed by Son Heung-min.

His first match for Spurs was on a trip to Sunderland on September 13, 2015. A week later, Son bagged his first Premier League goal against Crystal Palace.

In his first season in the uniform of The Lily White, Son scored 4 goals in 28 appearances in the primary league and made 4 goals in 12 matches in other competitions. Son whose original position is left wing, can also play as right wing and also as an attacker. Gradually, Son became the choice of Mauricio Pochettino's Tottenham Hotspur squad.

Its performance has also increased from season to season. On September 10, 2016, Son scored two goals and created an assist for the third goal in his first appearance in the 2016/17 season, when Spurs won 4-0 over Stoke City.

At the end of the season, Son made two goals at home to Leicester City in a 6-1 victory. With 21 goals in all competitions, Son equals Harry Kane and Dele Alli as the first trio of Spurs players with more than 20 goals in the 2016/17 season. In that season Son also won the best player in the league twice.

That proves, Son is a dangerous attacker for opponents and can compete with other top players. The following season Son scored 18 goals in 53 appearances in all competitions.

Until now, Total Son has scored 67 goals in 189 appearances for Tottenham Hotspurs in all competitions. That is a fantastic record for Asian players who play in Europe. Son became the most fertile Asian player to graze in Europe. His best achievement with Spurs occurred in 2018/19 season when he brought the team to the European Champions League final.

Thanks to his slick appearance and the cohesiveness of his team-mates, in the last three years Spurs have become a solid team and are able to compete in the top four of the primary league table.

On the international stage, Son Heung-min has appeared in many tournaments representing his national team. Together with the senior team, Son made his debut in December 2010 against Syria in a trial match.

Son made his first international goal over India at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. After that, the 27-year-old has also defended South Korea at the 2014 World Cup, the 2015 Asian Cup, the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2018 world cup. in Russia Son was the spotlight when breaking into the German goal in the group phase in South Korea's 2-0 victory.

Until now, Son has recorded 24 goals in 81 appearances for the South Korean senior team. His best achievement with the national team is winning the 2018 Asian games gold medal held in Indonesia and making him qualify for military service.

Son's brilliant performance on the field made him often receive individual awards, noted he has won the title of Asia's best player 4 times, Korea's best player 3 times, best player totenham hotspurs 2018/19 season and several other titles.

Talking about his personal life, Son Heung min previously had a relationship with his very beautiful girlfriend named Yoo So Young, they used to date in public places and parks. But unfortunately, their relationship ended after a year of dating.

After parting with Yoo, Son began a romantic love story with South Korean singer, Mina ah, but finally separated to concentrate more on each other's careers.

Apart from football, Son also earns a lot of money through brand promotions and sponsorship. He is the brand ambassador for Adidas. Now, his role is still very crucial for Spurs and South Korea.