Son Heung-min grew up in Chuncheon, South Korea, and moved to Germany as a teenager, coming through Hamburger SV’s academy. He played for Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen before joining Tottenham Hotspur in 2015.
At Tottenham he became one of the Premier League’s great attackers, sharing the Golden Boot in 2021/22, winning the Puskás Award in 2020 for a solo goal against Burnley, and captaining the club to the Europa League title in 2025, their first major trophy in 17 years. He joined Los Angeles FC later that year.
Son captains South Korea and has played at several World Cups.
Career in numbers
Since his first senior season in 2010/11, Heung-min has made 668 club appearances and scored 242 goals in all competitions for 4 clubs. His best scoring return came in 2021/22: 24 goals in 45 appearances for Tottenham Hotspur. His busiest campaign was 2017/18, with 53 appearances. So far in the 2026 season he has 8 goals in 36 appearances for Los Angeles FC. The full season-by-season record is in the Stats section of this profile.