The captain of the English Tottenham and the South Korean national team Son Heung-min was recognized as the best football player in Asia over the past 12 months. This is the player's seventh title in a row.
Korean football star wins Asia's Best Footballer Award, which is given to a player who represents a country that is part of the Asian Football Confederation or plays for a club that acting under the auspices of AFK.
In the voting of football journalists and experts, Son beat out his compatriot Kim Min-jae, , who plays for Bayern Munich, as well as the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo from Saudi Al-Nasr.
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The Tottenham captain received 22.9% of the votes, Kim Min-jae scored 19.54%, and Ronaldo — 17.06%.
— Our captain, — wrote on the social network X Spurs, reporting the news of Son's victory in the nomination.
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Also nominated for the award were Sadio Mane, Karim Benzema and < strong>N’Golo Kante, who play in the Saudi professional league.
Over the past 12 months, Son Heung-min has scored 27 goals for the club and national team.
Now the footballer is playing with the Asian Tigers at the Asian Cup, where South Korea beat Bahrain 3:1 in the first game of the group stage. The next matches will take place against Jordan and Malaysia.
