‘World Class’ Son Heung-min (28, from Chuncheon) won the International Football Federation (FIFA) Puskas Award for the ’70m Wonder Goal’ that he scored in Burnley last season.
Son Heung-min was selected as the Fuskas winner at the “The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020” held online at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland on the 18th. In particular, Spurs TV, the official channel of Tottenham, has Son Heung-min and his parents together at the Tottenham Training Center The video of watching the awards ceremony in the space provided in the room caught the eye. In the video, the images of mother Gil Eun-ja and father Son Woong-jeong, who are guarding their son Son Heung-min with their hands together with an impatient face, were captured. Was staring at the camera and waiting for the result. After Son Heung-min’s award was confirmed, a commemorative photo was taken with his parents.
The Fuskas Award, named after the late Ferenc Fuskas, a Hungarian football legend, was enacted by FIFA in 2009. It selects and awards the most beautiful goals in a soccer game of the year. Korean players received this award. Son Heung-min is the first Asian player in history, after Mohammed Paiz Subri (Malaysia) in 2016.
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In December of last year, Son Heung-min shook the net with a right-footed shot after catching the ball from Tottenham’s camp and running 70 meters away, and shook the net with a right-footed shot. This goal started with the goal of December in the English Professional Football Premier League (EPL). Following the goal of the year by the British public broadcaster BBC and the goal of the year by the British sports media The Athletics, FIFA was selected as the goal of the year in the 2019-2020 season selected by the EPL secretariat. FIFA was selected as Son Heung-min and Alaskaetta on the 12th. Flamengo) and Luis Suarez (Barcelona) were the final three, among which Son Heung-min received the most support from the result of the combined votes of experts and fans.
Through his SNS, Son Heung-min said, “It’s a very special night. Thank you to everyone who voted and supported. I will never forget today.”
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo said in a press release from the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, “The Prime Minister Son Heung-min brought great joy and pride to our people who are suffering from the difficult times due to Corona 19.” It was an opportunity to inform that it was done,” he expressed congratulations and encouragement. Han Gwi-seop
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