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The screen on the FIFA homepage announcing the news of Son Heung-min’s FIFA Puskas Award. [사진 FIFA 홈페이지 캡쳐]
Son Heung-min (28, Tottenham), who was the first Korean to receive the FIFA Puskas Award, showed South Korea’s pride. He 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). Son Heung-min started dribbling near the half line in the match against Burnley at that time, running about 70 meters, passing six opponents and scoring a goal with a quiet shot. On the 19th, the Tottenham club produced and published a special animation of Son Heung-min’s 70-meter dribble goal.
This is a significant award. The Puskas Award is awarded to the player who scored the best goal of the year. Son Heung-min is the first Korean player to receive this award. It is the second Asian country after Mohammed Paiz Subri (Malaysia) in 2016.
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 national prestige in Shenyang on the best stage in the world, writing a new history of Korean football. He said, “I am very proud. Whenever I see the Puskas Award, I will see the Korean flag, Korea, and I will feel tremendous, great glory and pride at that time.”
Reporter Lee Hyung-seok
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