Son Heung-min, the first Asian player to reach 100 points in the English Premier League
[시사포커스 / 이근우 기자] Son Heung-min (29, Tottenham Hotspur) was the first Asian player to raise the 100th attacking point in the English Premier League (hereinafter referred to as EPL).
Son Heung-min started as a starter in a match against EPL Sheffield United in the 2020-21 season held in Bramol Lane in England on the 17th (Korean time) and helped Sergio Orie with a cross in a corner kick chance in the first five minutes and assisted with the league 6 Recorded.
Son Heung-min, who added help in the match that day, achieved EPL 100 attack points for the first time in Asia with 65 goals and 35 assists in 178 games after entering the EPL in the 2015-16 season.
Son Heung-min, who joined the Asian player’s first EPL single season 10-10 club with 11 goals and 10 assistance last season, scored 150 goals in Europe in the semi-final of the Carabao Cup against Brentford on the 6th. Although he couldn’t score a goal, he is breaking the Asian record with the addition of help.
Tottenham’s past attack points include Harry Kane (155 goals, 31 assists) 186, Teddy Sheringham (97 goals, 44 assists) 141, Robbie Keane (91 goals, 24 assists) 115, Christian Ericsen (51 goals). Son Heung-min is the 7th after 113 (62 assists), 110 Germain Depots (91 goals, 19 assists), and 102 Darren Anderson (34 goals, 68 assists).
Korean players include Park Ji-sung (19 goals and 21 assists) and Ki Sung-yong (15 goals and 9 assists), and there is a large gap from Australian Mark Viduka (92 goals and 28 assists), but the record before the Asian Football Federation (AFC) was included. As a state, it should be considered that Son Heung-min is the most recorded Asian player.
In addition, Son Heung-min is ahead of a tie record of 14 goals in a single season for the Asian player he recorded in the 2016-17 season. Son Heung-min, who currently scores 12 goals and is in second place in EPL scoring with Kane, is the most by adding only two goals, and is also the first EPL scoring leader in Asia.
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