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Son Heung-min
SOUTH KOREA · KOR · WINGER · #7
8 JUL 1992 · Hamburger SV · Bayer Leverkusen · Tottenham Hotspur · Los Angeles FC
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SOUTH KOREA · #7

🌎 WORLD CUP RECORD

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TITLES
10
MATCHES
3
GOALS
YEARHOSTAPPSGOALSRESULT
2014Brazil31 GROUP STAGE
2018Russia32 GROUP STAGE
2022Qatar40 ROUND OF 16
█ ATTRIBUTES
PACE 84
SHOOTING 84
PASSING 81
DRIBBLING 83
DEFENDING 42
PHYSICAL 73

⚡ DEFINING MOMENTS

▲ 2014 · First goal, in a losing cause
A twenty-one-year-old Son scored his maiden World Cup goal against Algeria in Porto Alegre, but South Korea were beaten 4-2 and left Brazil with a single point from three matches. It was an early lesson in how lonely a gifted forward can be in an outmatched side.
▲ 2018 · Sending the champions home
Korea were already eliminated, but in the sixth minute of stoppage time against Germany in Kazan, Son raced onto a loose ball and slotted into an empty net with Manuel Neuer stranded upfield. The 2-0 win knocked the holders out at the group stage — one of the great upsets of the modern finals.
▲ 2022 · Through, behind a mask
Playing in a protective mask after a fracture around his eye socket, the captain laid on the stoppage-time winner against Portugal that carried Korea into the round of 16. His own shot never found the net in Qatar, but his pass settled the group.

📜 CAREER TIMELINE

2010
Makes his Bundesliga debut for Hamburger SV as a teenager.
2013
Joins Bayer Leverkusen, raising his profile across Europe.
2015
Signs for Tottenham Hotspur, then the most expensive Asian footballer.
2018
Scores against Germany in Russia to send the holders out at the group stage.
2022
Captains Korea to the round of 16 in Qatar, playing in a protective face mask.
2025
Wins the Europa League with Tottenham, then moves to Los Angeles FC.
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█ THE ALMANAC SPEAKS
PROF. INKSWORTH:

Asia's finest forward of his generation, and a one-man argument for Korean football, yet the finals have given him more heartache than reward: three goals across three tournaments, two group exits, and a single knockout appearance behind a mask. His defining World Cup moment came after elimination — the run past a stranded Neuer. History remembers the goal that buried the champions more fondly than the campaigns that contained it.

  • His three World Cup goals tie him with Park Ji-sung and Ahn Jung-hwan as Korea's joint top scorers at the finals.
  • The 2018 strike against Germany was the second of stoppage time and helped eliminate the defending champions at the group stage.
  • He wore a protective mask throughout the 2022 finals, having fractured bone around his eye socket weeks earlier.
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Zone: Historical