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- Son Woong-jung (Korean : 손웅정; born 10 June 1962) is a South Korean former footballer who played as a forward. He is the father of current South Korea national team captain Son Heung-min.
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Son Woong-jung (Korean: 손웅정; born 10 June 1962) is a South Korean former footballer who played as a forward. He is the father of current South Korea national team captain Son Heung-min.
Today, Son Woong-jung, 50, runs a popular football academy in the relatively small city of Chuncheon, about 75km east of Seoul. But long before Heung-min’s 41 goals in Bundesliga and 30 goals in the English Premier League, Woong-jung coached a local elementary school team, training his two sons Heung-min and Heung-yun in between.
- It’S Hard to Argue That Son Heung-Min Isn’T Currently Asia’s Best footballer.
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- The Unbearable Failure
- Nurturing Future Generations
During the 2021-22 season, the forward became the first Asian player to win the Golden Boot award for being the top scorer in the English Premier League. Since his latest achievement, Son has been the talk of the town across world football, and a source of pride for his entire home continent. However, it is impossible to fully appreciate his rise w...
Son Heung-Min’s meteoric rise is no surprise to his father, Son Woong-Jung. Even though Woong-Jung did not live in a golden era for football, his only dream was to become a professional. A young boy from Seosan, a town in South Korea’s Chungnam province, Woong-Jung left his home at age 15 to pursue his dreams in a larger city. He journeyed to Chunc...
Despite being crushed, Woong-Jung eventually realized that bad luck with injuries wasn’t the leading cause of his downfall. Instead, relying on his physical prowess over technical ability, he was setting himself up for such a failure when these injuries eventually crept in. The striker was released from Hyundai Tigers and moved to Seongnam FC where...
Son Woong-Jung always watched world-class football in his spare time, especially the Bundesliga. The German top division was his favorite for admiring the technique on display. He watched with academic focus, hoping to amass the knowledge he could pass on to the next generation of aspiring players, and of course, to his own son. Woong-Jung's studie...
Apr 18, 2024 · In his book, Son Woong-jung writes, “Being uncomfortable is challenging. It means that good habits are forming. These habits may start as fragile as a spider’s web, but with time, they strengthen into steel cords.”. As a true seeker of wisdom, Son often contemplates deeper life meanings.
Jul 15, 2022 · Son Woong-jung, the father of Tottenham Hotspur forward Heung-min, is explaining how it feels to see his child win the Premier League Golden Boot and explode into one of the world’s most ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Son Woong-jung, the father of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. captain Son Heung-min, has recently published a book titled 'I Read, Write and Discard' based on fifteen years of his meticulous reading...
1 day ago · Director Son Woong-jung told the story of his son Son Heung-min. On the 7th, Son Woong-jung, the father of soccer player Son Heung-min, appeared on MBC's standard FM "Hello, I'm Lee Moon-se" (hereinafter "Lee Moon-se"). On this day, Lee Moon-se said, "I thought we should listen to only good songs instead of doing something like an invitation ...
