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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) focused on Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur).

AFC selected Son Heung-min as a player to watch through its website on the 14th (local time). He said, "Son Heung-min is heading to Qatar for his fourth attempt to lead Korea to its first Asian Cup win since 1960."

AFC looked back at Son Heung-min's path.< /span>AFC said, “He enjoyed success in Asian competitions by playing an important role in the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games gold medal.” He emphasized, “If he leads Korea to victory in the Asian Cup for the first time in 64 years, Son Heung-min’s legacy will become even stronger.”Next year's Asian Cup in Qatar will be his fourth challenge. AFC also paid attention to Son Heung-min, saying, “He is in peak form.”Son Heung-min played for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2019. ) It was their third attempt at the Asian Cup. However, they were eliminated in the quarterfinals after losing to the host country, Qatar. Since then, they have been showing off their peak skills. In the 2021-2022 season, he became the Premier League's joint top scorer along with Muhammad Salah (Liverpool). The first Asian player. In the 2023-2024 season, he scored 10 goals in 16 games, scoring double figures in the Premier League for 8 consecutive seasons.AFC said, "I signed a contract with Tottenham six months after the end of the 2015 Asian Cup. He established himself as one of the most famous players in the world. He explained that he ranked second in the Premier League in the 2016-2017 season and advanced to the final of the UEFA Champions League in the 2018-2019 season.He moved to Bayer Leverkusen in 2013, and attempted to win the Asian Cup again in Australia in 2015. However, the second challenge was also blocked by the host country, Australia, in the final. Son Heung-min scored an equalizer in extra time in the second half of the final against Australia, but lost in extra time.

Son Heung-min has a deep connection with the Asian Cup. He scored his international debut goal in the 2011 Asian Cup group stage match against India in Qatar (4-1 win). AFC emphasized, "Korea was eliminated in the semifinals, but Son Heung-min has since grown into the most famous player in Asian soccer." Son Heung-min, who played for Hamburg at the time, was only 18 years old.

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