World Cup Watch: Miles Robinson helps USMNT case in Matchday 1
More than 50 players from across MLS look likely to feature at the 2026 FIFA World Cup this summer.
HIGHLIGHTS
2025 UEFA Europa League champion
English Premier League Golden Boot winner 2021–22
2X Tottenham Player of the Year (2019, 2022)
PFA (Professional Footballers’ Assoc.) Team of the Year, 2020-21
2019 UEFA Champions League Runner-Up
2019 FIFA Puskás Award
Spurs’ captain 2023-2025, succeeding current LAFC teammate Hugo Lloris
half of the most prolific goal-scoring tandem in Premier League history, with Harry Kane, providing 47 assists to one another and scoring 340 total goals
2025 (LAFC)
made MLS debut @ Chicago (8/9/25) three days after joining LAFC
recorded first MLS assist 8/16/25 @ NE; scored first MLS goal 8/23/25 @ FCD
inaugural LAFC goal @ FC Dallas 8/23/25 won 2025 MLS Goal of the Year
recorded 12 goals and four assists in 13 games in 2025 (including playoffs), making a goal contribution every 68.9 minutes, 2nd-best rate in MLS (L. Messi)
registered first MLS hat trick @ RSL 9/17/25, helping LAFC become the first club in MLS history to have a player record a hat trick in three consecutive games
combined with Denis Bouanga to score 18 straight goals for LAFC between 8/23/25 and 10/5/25, setting MLS record for most consecutive goals scored by two teammates
LAFC went 9W-2L-4T after Son joined the club (incl. playoffs); Son combined with Bouanga to record 25 goals and eight assists in that span
20 shots on target ranked second on the team despite his late-season debut
one of three finalists for MLS Newcomer of the Year
2015-2025 (Tottenham Hotspur - English Premier League)
named Spurs captain in 2023, succeeding current LAFC teammate Hugo Lloris who captained Spurs 2015-2023
2025 UEFA Europa League champion
English Premier League Golden Boot winner 2021–22 (co-winner with Mo Salah of Liverpool, 23 goals each)
first Asian player to win EPL Golden Boot
none of Son’s goals that season were from penalties; Salah converted five penalties
2X Tottenham Player of the Year (2019, 2022)
PFA (Professional Footballers’ Assoc.) Team of the Year, 2020-21
2019 UEFA Champions League Runner-Up
during 10-year run with Tottenham, registered 173 goals and 101 assists (all competitions)
recorded 16 goals and 3 assists in 39 UEFA Champions League appearances with Spurs
recorded 9 goals and 6 assists in 26 UEFA Europa League appearances with Spurs
recorded 14 goals and 11 assists in 30 English FA Cup appearances with Spurs
first Asian player to reach 50, then 100 Premier League goals
71-yard goal-scoring run vs. Burnley 12/7/19 won FIFA Puskás Award for “most beautiful goal” of 2019
2013-2015 (Bayer Leverkusen - Bundesliga)
scored 21 goals in 62 Bundesliga appearances with Leverkusen
recorded 3 goals and 3 assists in 16 UEFA Champions League appearances with Leverkusen
2010-2013 (Hamburger SV - Bundesliga)
recorded 20 goals and 2 assists in 73 Bundesliga appearances with Hamburger SV
made European debut and Bundesliga debut with Hamburger SV at age 18
scored first Bundesliga goal Oct. 2010 vs. FC Köln
INTERNATIONAL
captain of South Korean National Team will compete in his fourth FIFA World Cup in 2026
served as South Korea’s captain at 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups
led Korea to 2022 FIFA World Cup Round of 16
among South Korea’s all-time leading scorers with more than 50 goals in 125+ appearances
represented his country in four AFC Asian Cups
led South Korea to gold medal at 2018 Asian Games
made senior South Korea debut in 2010
SOCIAL MEDIA
IG: @hm\_son7