South Korean soccer star Son Heung-min (Tottenham) exploded with his 51st goal of the A-match (a match between national teams), surpassing Daejeon Hana Citizen coach Hwang Sun-hong to rank second with the most goals scored in history.
Son Heung-min scored a goal to tie Palestine 1-1 in the 16th minute of the 6th Group B match of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup at Amman International Stadium in Amman, Jordan, on the 19th.
Son Heung-min, who targeted the left side, received a pass from Lee Jae-sung (Mainz) after a picturesque connection, took a one-on-one opportunity with the goalkeeper, and stabbed the bottom corner of the goal with a sharp right foot shot.
This is Son Heung-min’s 51st goal in his 131st A-match.
With this score, Son Heung-min surpassed Hwang, who had scored 50 goals, and became the sole second-highest scorer in A matches among all-time male players.
First place is Korean soccer legend Cha Bum-keun, a former national team coach.
According to the Korea Football Association’s record, Cha scored 58 goals in the A-match. Among them, 55 goals are recognized by FIFA.
Son Heung-min’s A-match debut goal, which is making history, came 13 years ago.
On 18 January 2011, he scored his A-match debut goal against India in the group stage of the Qatar Asian Cup.
Son, who scored at the age of 18 years and 194 days in his third A-match, ranked second in all-time in terms of the youngest score ever in an A-match. The top scorer is Ko Jong-soo, who scored at the age of 18 years and 87 days.
Son Heung-min scored 10 goals this year alone, scoring double-digit goals for the first time in a national team uniform.
Among the 51 goals, he scored 32 goals with his right foot, 15 with his left foot and four with his heading. He shook the net six times with free kicks and eight times with penalty kicks. 먹튀검증
Of the 51 goals, 18 came in the first half, 30 came in the second half, and three came in overtime.
The player who helped Son Heung-min’s journey to chase Cha’s record beyond Hwang is Lee Jae-sung, a veteran of the same age.
In addition to scoring on the day, Lee Jae-sung delivered six assists to Son Heung-min.