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Son Heung-min was the first Korean to receive the Puska award.
Son Heung-min (28, Tottenham), who was the first Korean to receive the FIFA Fuskas Award, promised “I will do my best to make Korea more proud.”
Son Heung-min expressed his feelings in a Korean interview video uploaded by Tottenham in the English Premier League on the club’s social media service (SNS) on the 19th, saying: “I am very honored to be able to receive a grand prize called Puskas Award “.
Son Heung-min was selected as the winner of the Puskas Award for the ’70-meter Wonder Goal’ he scored against Burnley last season at the ‘The Best FIFA Football Awards 2020’ held online at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, on the 18th (Korean time). This award was enacted in 2009 after the late Ferenc Fuskas, a Hungarian soccer legend, and he is awarded the best goal scored in a soccer match during the year.
Son Heung-min is the first Korean player to receive this award.
Son Heung-min said: “It is an award that I could not get myself. I think I was able to achieve a good achievement because the football fans, the people in Korea, the Tottenham fans in England and those who support me voted. much”. Saying.
“I have won many awards before, but I think I will be proud to have received the Puskas Award on the world stage on behalf of Korea.” “A person who is always proud to be a person.” He then expressed his wish: “I was given the first grand prize, the Puskas Award, as a Korean, and I hope that Korean footballers can achieve more and more such good achievements from now on.”
Son Heung-min is leading the advancement of national prestige on the best stage in the world, writing a new history of Korean soccer. He said, “I am very proud. As long as the Puskas Award is displayed, the flag of the Republic of Korea will be visible, but at that time, I will feel great, great glory and pride.” .
Reporter Lee Hyung-seok
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