LONDON — Tottenham Hotspur have exercised the option to extend captain
Heung-Min Son’s contract, for a year, which will now run until the summer of
2026.
Since joining from Bayer Leverkusen almost a decade ago,
the number seven has gone from strength to strength in Lilywhite, making 431
appearances – seeing him to 11th in Spurs’ all-time appearances list- and
scoring 169 goals – the fourth most in the Club’s history.
Named Club captain in August, 2023, the South Korea
international has certainly cemented himself in Tottenham history, scoring a
number of iconic goals on landmark occasions for the Club.
“We are delighted to announce that we have exercised the
option to extend Heung-Min Son’s contract, which will now run until the summer
of 2026. Having joined the Club in August, 2015, Sonny, 32, has become a global
star during his time with us and a modern-day great for Tottenham Hotspur,”
read the statement by the club.
Scoring his first goals for Tottenham back in September,
2015, in a Europa League clash with Qarabag on his White Hart Lane debut, Sonny
scored the first-ever goal at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, coming against Crystal
Palace in April, 2019, before he followed up with his first-ever Champions
League goal the following week, striking against Manchester City.
Part of the squad that reached the UEFA Champions League
Final for the first time in 2019, in the following December he stunned the
world with an incredible solo strike against Burnley as he carried the ball
more than 80 yards before slotting home in front of the South Stand. A year
later, that goal claimed the FIFA Puskas award making Son the first-ever Asian
player to take the iconic prize.
In 2021/22, he enjoyed his best goalscoring season to
date as he won the Premier League’s Golden Boot with his 23 goals helping
Tottenham to return to the Champions League.
Now into the Premier League’s top 20 goalscorers of all
time with 125 goals to his name which is the second-highest return of any Spurs
player, this season he broke the Club’s long-standing assist record in the
Premier League with his 68th coming in December’s 5-0 win over Southampton.
Captain of his nation, he has made 131 appearances for
South Korea to date, finding the net 51 times and has featured for his country
at the 2014, 2018, and 2022 FIFA World Cups. Voted AFC Asian International Player
of the Year on a record four occasions, he won gold at the 2018 Asian Games
while he reached the Asian Cup Final with Korea in 2015.
