Son Heung-min, who plays for Tottenham Hotspur in the English Premier League, is ranked 6th in the global forward rankings selected by EPSN, an American sports media.
ESPN announced the top 10 players and managers by position for the global football world, and Heung-Min Son ranked 6th in the forward category.
ESPN evaluated Heung-Min Son, saying, "Heung-Min Son's athleticism is excellent, and his ability to play defense and create space of his fellow players is at a level that is hard to compare.
He added, "The Korean national team is almost at the level of 'one-man attack' (Son Heung-min's)," he added.
Heung-Min Son's outstanding performance this year was selected as the winning goal against Manchester City in August.
Heung-Min Son ranked 5th in the winger division in 2019 and 7th in the forward division in 2020, and this year, he rose one step to 6th in the forward division.
World-class players such as Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), Mohammed Salah (Liverpool), Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain), etc. seated.
In the striker category, Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) took first place and Elling Haalan (Dortmund) took second place.
The third and fifth places are Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea) and Harry Kane (Tottenham).
Sadio Mane (Liverpool) took first place in the winger division, and Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) took first place in attacking midfield, respectively. N'Golo Kante (Chelsea) as central midfielder and Andy Robertson (Liverpool) as left back It got to number one.
In addition, Hubin Dias (Manchester City) was selected as the center back, Ashraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain) was selected as the best player in the position for the right back, and Jan Oblak (Atlético Madrid) was awarded the honor as the goalkeeper.
When looking at the manager ranking, Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel was chosen first, followed by Pep Guardiola (Manchester City), Roberto Mancini (Italy national team), Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool), and Antonio Conte (Tottenham) in the second to fifth places.
If you look at the distribution of 100 people in the 'Top 10' in 10 categories including 9 player positions and 10 managers, Chelsea and Manchester City had the most with 12 each, followed by Paris Saint-Germain with 9 people.
By league, 41 players in the English Premier League, 21 in Spanish La Liga, and 14 in Italian Serie A.
The German Bundesliga and French Ligue 1 each have 10 players each.
In addition, the players listed in the 'Top 100' had 28 nationalities and 26 clubs.
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