Sun Xingyu and his parents
In 1992, the 25-year-old South Korean league's unknown Son Woong-jeong ushered in the birth of his second son, and the unknown player era may not have imagined that in a few years he would develop a first star in Asian history.
Sun Xingyu and his brother
At the age of 28, Sun Xiongzheng ended his waveless football career because of an Achilles tendon injury, and soon he coached the Chuncheon FC youth team, after which their family went to New Zealand, Sun Xiongzheng is still engaged in football youth training, but there are two more Asian faces in the club, one is Son Xingyu and the other is his brother Sun Xingyun.
"Our upbringing was extremely difficult, our father didn't beat us less during training, it was unimaginable during that time, and some neighbors even suspected that we were not biological." His brother once said this about Sun Xiongzheng's devil training.
Sun Xingxuan when he was a child
When he was a child, he often lost concentration, and "Wolf Daddy" Sun Xiongzheng directly "punished" the two brothers for four hours in a row, and once the ball landed, they started all over again.
Unlike other talented teenagers, Son Xingyu did not embark on the path of youth training too early as others, from the age of 3 to 15 his coach was only his father, during which his father did not let him participate in any football matches, and carried out at least six hours of basic training every day.
The reason why Korean football can dominate the Asian football world is that it can't run, and even the "physical monster" like Park Ji-sung has emerged, but since he was a child, Sun Heung-min's father is more concerned about the adjustment of his technology, which makes him have a sense of the ball that is different from ordinary people today.
Joined Hamburg in 2008
In the summer of 2008 Son signed his first club agreement, joining Bundesliga side Hamburg. It was just a one-year probationary contract, during which Son Heung-min had no chance at all, and was eventually eliminated by the team, fortunately, son played well in the U17 World Cup this year, so Hamburg re-signed him, but in the field of young age, no friends, not applicable, Son Xingyu experienced a painful period of growth.
Fanny gave him a lot of guidance
He often complained to his father and brother, crying that he wanted to go home and eat kimchi, which he didn't like at all in Korea. Fortunately, here he met a king of the small penalty areas, and the elderly Van Nistelrooy gave him a lot of guidance: "Being a teammate with a star like Van Nistelrooy always learns something, he always pushes me forward and is very happy to help me, tell me how to play better, how to deal with it more properly, just like my father." 」 ”
On 30 October 2010, 18-year-old Son Heung-min had the opportunity to play for Hamburg's first team, starting and scoring the first goal of his European career in the 24th minute, breaking the club's youngest goal record, and the legends of football created by Asians began here.
In hamburg's three seasons, Son Heung-min, who plays as a left winger, conquered veteran Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen with a 20-goal score in 78 games, and in the 2013 transfer period he came to the Bayer Athletic Stadium for 10 million euros. Wearing the team's No. 7, he sat firmly on the left, delivering 10+ goals for two consecutive seasons, and Bayer Leverkusen could not tolerate him.
JoinEd Spurs to become Asia's most expensive star
So, 23-year-old Son Heung-min came to the Premier League, the league where The legendary South Korean star Park Ji-sung's career was at the apex of his career, Tottenham Hotspur paid a transfer fee of 30 million euros for him, which was a rare belly of Levi, so that he and Lamela became the historical champions of Tottenham's transfer at that time. That summer, he overtook Hidetoshi Nakata to become the most expensive player in Asia.
But in the first season he was proud of his speed and shooting skills in the Bundesliga, which he was a bit out of place under the brutal defense of the Premier League defenders, and before the start of the season, he and Pochettino proposed the idea of leaving the team, wanting to go elsewhere to buy more playing time, and the Boss asked him to wait, he would become an important member of the team. In the 2016-17 season, Son Heung-min ushered in the outbreak of the Premier League, scoring four goals in the first three games of the Premier League, being elected the best player in the league, and he handed over 21 goals in 47 games throughout the season, including 14 goals and 9 assists in the league, which is no less than that of an ace winger like Eden Hazard.
In the 18-19 season, with Harry Kane absent for a long time, Son Heung-min almost single-handedly brought Spurs to the Champions League final, and they are just one step away from the first heavyweight title in team history. Especially in the quarter-finals against Manchester City, the 4-3 second leg, when Sterling broke the deadlock in the 4th minute, the Etihad fans never dreamed that it was a yellow-skinned Asian who had an Asian defender who came to defend the town.
Missing out on the Champions League
Two goals in three minutes he beat Guardiola and Blue Moon, "It wasn't me who led the Totten to the semifinals. It was my teammates who performed well. It was a crazy race, but we stayed focused in order to get a good result today. "In the face of the interview, he matured like a team leader.
Perhaps he is the leader of Tottenham Hotspur, although the final lost to Liverpool, but Son Heung-min played no worse than the opposite Salah, Mane, that season he ranked twentieth in the World Footballer of the Year selection to set the highest record for Asian players in the competition, he also broke Che Fangen's 30-year Asian player Europa League goal record.
The white No. 7 staged a good play of overtaking in corners, scoring strong shots, and dribbling on his resume at Tottenham Stadium, and in a trance people remembered the No. 11 player named Gareth Bale many years ago, the same speed flow, the same talent is infinite, maybe Son Heung-min should add one, he is more humble and loyal.
Although he did not win the championship, he still played dedicatedly, every game to do his best, every time to fight for every inch, the team's Tottenham Hotspur has French captain Lowry, England captain Kane, Danish captain Eriksen But at the critical moment, the No. 7 who has been running can always be entrusted with a heavy responsibility.
"Even without Harry Kane, we still have Son Heung-min", the fans at Tottenham Hotspur Enthusiastically sing the team star from the East, when the team is not in shape please remember that we still have Son Heung-min, he has the fans for him to do "Nice one Sonny" Son Heung-min song, the song sings "good boy, good boy, let's do another one." ”
He will not be Tottenham's eternal child, but may be the one who lives up to expectations, Spurs' results this season are not good, Kane always wants to leave, Ali and Delle, the two cores of the midfield are not playing well, only Son Heung-min is still the "good boy", he is currently the team's first scorer.
He made his debut for the South Korean national team in 2010 and made his first appearance in an international competition in 2014, when he received a pass from his teammates during a match against Algeria, and after stopping the ball, he turned around and scored his World Cup debut goal.
Failed to help South Korea win a championship
Although South Korea is still the top team in Asia, they have not won any international championships since 1960, and now the burden of breaking this spell has fallen on Son Heung-min, who almost did it in 2015, where the Asian Cup South Korea reached the final with a rainbow, facing Australia, after being sneaked by the opponent, South Korea actually looked down and was about to lose, Son Heung-min equalized in the 91st minute, dragging the game into overtime, but in the end it was a failure.
In addition to losing the title, Son Heung-min at that time also had to face a more difficult problem - military service, according to South Korean regulations, normal adult men before the age of 28 need to serve two years of military service, for athletes with short careers, many people understand that he will definitely not get a chance at Tottenham after 2 years.
Led the team to victory over the mighty Germany
There are three ways to save your career: the first is to win the final four in the World Cup, the second is to win a medal at the Olympic Games, the third is to win a gold medal at the Asian Games, and the 2018 World Cup scored a very wonderful goal against Germany's Son Heung-min despite being out of the group stage, which was the first time Germany lost to an Asian team on the Stage of the World Cup, but it is clear that South Korea is still far from the final four. Son Himung-min himself said the victory against Germany was the most glorious moment of his career.
The 2018 Asian Games were one of the few opportunities he would have been able to exempt from military service, with only one final title aimed. To this end, South Korea almost sent the strongest lineup, Huang Xican, Huang Yisuke and other overage players to help, Son Heung-min wore the captain's armband, a good play of "saving the big soldier Son Heung-min" began, you may remember the semi-final against Uzbekistan he turned his back on the goal and did not dare to see Huang Yisuke's penalty and extra-time victory over Japan ecstasy, that game he contributed two assists.
His idol is C Ronaldo, he wants to be like C Ronaldo who can still maintain the excellent state after the age of 30, talent is in addition to long-term focus and hard work, "I see a lot of players do not have such a mentality, they think that talent is enough, but in fact, it is not so, you have to improve yourself through training. ”
As the king of Asian football, Sun Xingming is very surprised that there is almost no outside lace news, according to Sun Xiongzheng, Son Heung-min will not get married before retiring, in 2014 he was once photographed with the Korean girl group idol Fang Minya, but the two have been silent, according to Son Heung-min, they have not developed to the stage of communication, and admitted that he is under pressure because of media reports, so that the relationship is difficult to continue to maintain.
After that, Sun Xingyu had a nickname called "Girl Group Killer", and later he and Liu Xiaoying spread a scandal, this is also a member of the girl group, but she has attracted a lot of scolding in South Korea, many people think that her fame is not worthy of Sun Xingyu, borrowing love is just speculation. The latest scandal of Sun Xingxu and BLACKPINK member Kim Ji-so "interacted", but how much is true or false only the parties know.
His transfer value reached 90 million euros, the total value of the world cup against Oman was only 9.95 million euros, there is no doubt that Sun Xingxuan is the light of Asia, the strongest Asian player in history, his professionalism and hard training are also commendable, low-key and humble, he will always give enough respect to opponents that he does not look like a "Korean".
He once said that the Chinese team is a difficult opponent to deal with, and he always remembers the deep feeling of losing to China in the 2018 World Preliminary Round, in fact, he did not play in that game at all, and he also said bluntly about Wu Lei: "I think Wu Lei has more adjustments before shooting." I suggest that he should be able to be more decisive in his shots in training and matches, and maybe it will work better. ”
The always harsh British media said he had the aura of a superstar, but not the shelf of a superstar. We also have some players who have been trained under the European youth training system since childhood, and his parents are also very strict with him, but in the end he did not stay in the European arena, in 2021 he and Tottenham hot contract extension for four years, 29-year-old Son Heung-min will have a weekly salary of 200,000 pounds, ranking 8th in the Premier League, and all of this he deserves, his legend continues.