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  1. 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.

  2. Jun 26, 2024 · Son Woong-jung, the father of Korean football star Son Heung-min and director of his namesake football academy, and two of his coaches have been accused of verbal and physical abuse of a...

    • It’S Hard to Argue That Son Heung-Min Isn’T Currently Asia’s Best footballer.
    • Golden Legs, Bright Future
    • 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...

  3. 6 days ago · Son Woong-jung coaches athletes at the SON Football Academy. (Yonhap) Son Woong-jung, the father of South Korean soccer superstar Son Heung-min, has been accused of verbally and physically abusing a child athlete as the director of SON Football Academy. The victim’s parents have reported Son and two of his coaches for child abuse, and the ...

  4. That man is not Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino, but Son’s father, Woong-jung Son. Woong-jung was a professional himself - an attacker like his boy - before injury halted his career in...

  5. 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 ...

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  7. Jun 26, 2024 · The father of Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min on Wednesday denied allegations of physical and verbal abuse at his South Korean football academy, after a student's family sued him and...