Son Heung-min vs Park Ji-sung, the eternal challenge of Korean soccer has finally been solved. 67% of them chose SON to escape without a spectator

Aug 07, 2025

Son Heung-min vs Park Ji-sung, the eternal challenge of Korean soccer has finally been solved. 67% of them chose SON to escape without a spectator
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Has the comparative debate between Son Heung-min and Park Ji-sung become meaningless now.

Madfootball, a soccer content media, compared Son Heung-min and Park Ji-sung on the 5th (Korea time) and compared the two players' total performances. Who was the greater player?'

In conclusion, it was Son Heung-min's victory. In the two-day vote of 36,000 people, 67% chose Son Heung-min and 33% chose Park Ji-sung. At least when overseas soccer fans look at Son Heung-min and Park Ji-sung, Son Heung-min was evaluated as a greater player.




In fact, the debate over who is greater between Son Heung-min and Park Ji-sung was even more intense when Son Heung-min did not have a trophy. Park Ji-sung won four English Premier League (EPL) titles, three League Cup titles, and one European Champions League title as a member of Manchester United when it was the world's strongest team. Park Ji-sung also won four times at PSV Eindhoven. It was also a key pillar of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup semifinal miracle.
Son Heung-min vs Park Ji-sung, the eternal challenge of Korean soccer has finally been solved. 67% of them chose SON to escape without a spectator
On the other hand, Son Heung-min was a player who did not have a trophy until June 2025. Unlike Park Ji-sung, Son Heung-min had a great personal award history. He has written too many achievements in Asian history that no one could have imagined, including Asia's first EPL top scorer, team of the year, four EPL players of the month, and 11th place in the Ballon d'Or. Son Heung-min is ranked in the top 10 in the EPL history of scoring and helping.

When comparing Park Ji-sung in the `Trophy' with Son Heung-min in the `Individual Prize" debate, the Son Park debate was tight. But now, he has no choice but to lean toward Son Heung-min. This is because the Europa League (UEL) trophy was held in Son Heung-min's arms. It is evaluated that even the narrative was perfect. This is because the world's best striker has resisted many temptations to win Tottenham and stayed and won the trophy for the first time in 10 years. Son Heung-min, as a captain, kept his promise to get Tottenham out of the military due to injuries during the season.
Son Heung-min vs Park Ji-sung, the eternal challenge of Korean soccer has finally been solved. 67% of them chose SON to escape without a spectator
British media The Athletic also explained how great Son Heung-min has become to write an article dedicated to Son Heung-min under the title `Son Heung-min is Tottenham, and Tottenham is Son Heung-min.' Son Heung-min's victory is inevitably more valuable because he won the UEL title at Tottenham, which has not won many great trophies like Park Ji-sung.

Son Heung-min's rating may rise further in the match against Son. As Son Heung-min said when he left Tottenham, his career did not end. There is the World Cup, and the Asian Cup is waiting. It is not easy to ignore his performance in the U.S. Depending on what kind of narrative Son Heung-min will write in the future, Son Park-dae may no longer be a hot topic.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.