NICE ONE SON! HIS LEGS HAVE GONE.

SON HUENG-MIN captained the, club to their Europa League win last season as Tottenham won their first trophy in 17 years. ‘I came to north London as a kid – a very young age, a young boy came to London who didn’t even speak English.’ Son said. ‘Leaving this club as a grown man is a very, very proud moment.’ Son has agreed to join MLS side Los Angeles FC since deciding to leave Tottenham,

Date of birth/Age: July 8, 1992 (33 years old) Place of birth: Chuncheon, Gangwon. Citizenship: Korea, South  Height: 1,84 m

2008	FC Seoul
2008–2010	Hamburger SV

Son Heung-min was born in Chuncheon, South Korea. His father, Son Young-Joong, is a retired footballer turned manager who once played for the South Korean National B side. Son came through the academy at FC Seoul, the same club that former Spurs defender Lree Young-Pyo played for. Son was a ball boy in an FC Seoul home match in 2008 when he was a FC Seoul youth player. At that time, his role model was midfielder Lee Chung Yong who played for Crystal Palace and Blackburn Rovers Apart from his native language Korean, Son is also fluent in German and English. His agent Thies Bliemeister said Son was so determined to make himself a success in Europe that he learned German by watching episodes of SpongeBob Square Pants. Son relocated to Germany to join Hamburger SV at 16, making his debut in the Bundesliga in 2010. In 2013, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen for a club record €10 million before signing for Spurs two years later. 

While at Spurs, Son soon established himself as one of the best forwards in the world. He contributed to the club reaching the Champions League final in 2018-19 and the EFL Cup final in 2020-1. In 2019-20, Son scored a solo effort in the league that earned him the FIFA Puskas Award. In the 2021-2 season, he jointly won the Premier League Golden Boot award with 23 goals, becoming the first Asian player to win it. In April 2023, he became the first Asian player to score 100 PL goals. Appointed club captain later in 2023, he led Spurs to the UEFA League title in 2025, his first major honour, while also ending a 17-year trophy drought for the club.

Son with the "Best Footballer in Asia Award, 2022-23

A full international since 2010, Son has represented South Korea at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups and is his country's joint top scorer at World Cups, on three goals. Son has also represented South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games, where the team won gold, and the 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023 editions of the AFC Asian Cup; Korea was the runner-up in 2015.

Senior career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	Hamburger SV II	6	(1)
2010–2013	Hamburger SV	73	(20)
2013–2015	Bayer Leverkusen	62	(21)
2015–	Tottenham Hotspur	333	(127)
International career‡
2008–2009	South Korea U17	18	(7)
2016–2018	South Korea U23	10	(3)
2010–	South Korea	134	(51)

Outside of football, Son is viewed as a symbol of national pride in South Korea for his achievements, and has been listed in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 since 2019, where he ranked second in 2024. In June 2022, Son received the Cheongnyong Medal, the highest order of merit for achievement in sports given to a South Korean citizen, for his achievements in football. Son has been credited for having raised the profile of Spurs among South Koreans, with the club's marketing and social media strategy catering extensively to Korean supporters. On 28 August 2015, Son joined Tottenham for £22 million (€30 million) on a five-year contract, subject to work permit and international clearance. Upon his signing, he became the most expensive Asian player in football history. The record had been held since 2001 by Japanese Hidetoshi Nakata who transferred from Roma to Parma for €25 million.

In 2019, Son donated around £100,000 to the victims of the Gosesong Fire, which left vast devastation in Goseong County, Gangwon, in his native South Korea. In 2020, Son donated £65,000 in aid, to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea.

On 1 August 2025, in a pre-season press conference in Seoul, Son announced that he was set to depart Tottenham before the beginning of the season. Son opened Son Football Academy in his hometown, Chuncheon with his father and his brother, at a cost of £11 million, mostly his money.