Son Heung-min (Ultimate Football Heroes) - Collect Them All!

by Matt Oldfield

From the Playground to the Pitch, m eet Son Heung-min - Ultimate Football Hero

Son Heung-min, the South Korean superstar, is now one of the best attacking talents in the world. The Ballon d'Or nominee can do it all - whether it's scoring sensational solo goals by zipping across the field, or telepathically assisting his teammate Harry Kane with another goal. Discover how Son, a young boy from Chuncheon who always dreamed of playing for his country, became a global icon and rose to stardom not just in Asia, but across the globe!

Ultimate Football Heroes is a series of biographies telling the life stories of the biggest and best footballers in the world and their incredible journeys from childhood fan to superstar professional player. Written in fast-paced, action-packed style these books are perfect for all the family to collect and share.

Genres: Football

Paperback

Published April 1, 2021

Reviews

[Ming Wei · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book reveals allot of things that I did not know about the player, for example his father was a footballer. Well written, using short chapter style that makes you want to read the next chapter before you put the book down, very enjoyable, follows the normal footballer story line, but thrown into this are chapters that add additional things that you were not expecting, This book, and this book series in general are very addictive to read, you can read them in a hour or two, Only negative no pictures of the player in action, but plenty of detail, a career summary, and greatest moment section to the rear of the book, about the South Korean footballer than came to the English Premier league and because a very good player, well worth reading, no editorial errors.

[Oscar Chan]

Son Heung-min's first career club is at Germany--- Hamburg. Hamburg was one of the biggest clubs in the Bundesliga, just behind Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. At first, Son Heung-min felt a long way from home. He missed the music, the food, and of course, his friends and families. However, he had gone back to Korea because Hamburg didn't offer him a contract to stay and play. After his star performance in the Under-17 World Cup representing Korea. The coach in Hamburg was forced to act fast to make a contract with Son Heung-min. He has the opportunity to play with other top players such as Marcell Jansen, Eijero Elia, and best of all, Ruud van Nistelrooy. Just as Son Heung-min was preparing to make his big Bundesliga breakthrough, however, he picked up a bad injury. But despite his initial disappointment, Son Heung-Min didnt let it get him for long. After missing Hamburg's first eight matches, he battled back to his full fitness.

He didn't stay at Hamburg for long because he wanted to find a bigger, stronger club that could make him a better player. Bayer Leverkusen and Dortmund both want Son to join their club. Son chose Bayer Leverkusen because their offer was better than the other. Son has four very successful years at Bayer Leverkusen, but Son always seeks changes. After four years. Son has decided to leave the club and seek another club to join.

This time he chose to join an English club in the Premier League. He decided to join Tottenham because of the play and the style of the club. However there were tough times too. He suffered a serious injury during a match, this injury took him 11 months to recover back from it. This really was a huge setback to Son because he didn't get to play a single match in a year. This makes Son think if Tottenham really suits him the most ? After a long discussion with his parents, he made up his mind and told the Spurs manager that he wants to go back to Germany. However, the Tottenham manager didn't want to let the 22 million signing leave just yet.

After that, Son transformed into a totally different person. He starts to score goals after goals. This had made Tottenham gone back to the Top four positions with Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City. Son was also selected as the Premier League Player of the Month for September. Slowly, he had become one of the main people who had been in this club.

Overall, I think this book is really interesting. It tells me a lot of background from that player and what they have achieved in their lifetime.