Ultimate Football Heroes: Son Heung-min (wing Wizards 8)

By (author) Oldfield, Matt & Tom; By (author) Heroes, Ultimate Football
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From the Playground to the Pitch, meet Son Heung-min - Ultimate Football Hero.
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FROM THE NO.1 FOOTBALL SERIES - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD!

Introducing the WING WIZARDS collection. Perfect for reluctant readers and all fans of the beautiful game.

Name: Son Heung-min
Nationality: South Korean
Hero Rating: 87

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.

Collect them all! Also available in the WING WIZARDS range:
Ronaldo, Saka, Salah, Vinícius Júnior, Beckham, Grealish, Rashford, Mead, Sancho.

Biographical note:
With my brother Tom, I write the Ultimate Football Heroes and Classic Football Heroes series. These fun football books tell the exciting life stories of superstars like Gareth Bale, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, from the playground right through to the pitch. If you''re a football-mad kid aged 7-12, you''ve come to the right place! For more info, visit heroesfootball.com
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Meet Son Heung-min - ultimate football hero!
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Son was nominated for the Ballon d''Or in 2019, nominated for the FIFA World XI in 2019 and 2020 and won the FIFA Puskás award in 2020 for his breathtaking goal against Burnley.
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Son Heung-min helped Tottenham Hotspur reach their first-ever Champions league final in 2019.
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He is the captain of South Korea and the first Asian player in history to score more than fifty goals in the Premier League. He is his country''s highest scorer and represented South Korea at the 2018 Asian Games, where the team won Gold.