Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Seoul: Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-min was named the Korea Republic male player of 2017 by the Korea Football Association (KFA) on Tuesday.
Son earned the honour at the annual KFA Awards. This is Son's third KFA Player of the Year accolade after 2013 and 2014. He is now tied with Swansea City midfielder Ki Sung-yueng for most top player awards.
He scored 168 points in a vote by football reporters and the KFA coaches, edging out Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors midfielder Lee Jae-sung, who scored 131 points.
Lee is MVP of the K League Classic and the East Asian Football Federation E-1 Football Championship.
Son played in nine of 13 international matches for Korea Republic this year, and scored three goals. He was instrumental in Korea Republic qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia.
The 25-year-old was also impressive in the English Premier League (EPL). He netted 21 goals in all competitions for Spurs during the 2016-2017 season, breaking the single-season scoring record for a Korea Republic player in Europe, previously held by Cha Bum-kun, who had 19 goals for the German outfit Bayer Leverkusen in the 1985-1986 season.
Son also surpassed Park Ji-sung to become the highest-scoring Asian player in EPL history with his 20th career goal earlier this season.
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