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| A warm-up match between the national soccer team and Paraguay at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 14th. Before the game, a ceremony was held to commemorate Son Heung-min's most appearances in A matches (137 games). Son Heung-min is congratulated by Cha Bum-keun. Sangam = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.10.14/ |
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| A warm-up match between the national soccer team and Paraguay at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 14th. Before the game, a ceremony was held to commemorate Son Heung-min's most appearances in A matches (137 games). Son Heung-min is congratulated by Cha Bum-keun. Sangam = Reporter's book@spotschosun.com/2025.10.14/ |
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| A match warm-up match between the national soccer team and Brazil held at Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 10th. Son Heung-min. Sang-am = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.10.10/ |
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Son Heung-min was handed the weight of Korean soccer legend by former coach Cha Bum-keun.
Son Heung-min held an event to commemorate the most appearances of the South Korean national soccer A team ahead of the October A-match friendly match against Paraguay at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 14th.
Son Heung-min made his A-match debut in a friendly match against Syria at the Baniyas Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on December 24, 2010, taking the ground instead of Kim Bo-kyung at the start of the second half. It was the first step in the Korean soccer legend. For 15 years, Son did not rest. In the meantime, he has played three World Cups and four Asian Cups. Even if he played in a single game, he did not hesitate to come to the national team and wear the national flag. He did not hesitate to push ahead with a round-trip flight time of 30 hours from Europe to Korea and a travel distance of 20,000 kilometers. European players, including Park Ji-sung and Ki Sung-yueng, had to leave the national team early due to injuries due to difficult schedules, but Son Heung-min's steel stamina did not stop in the national team.
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| The A-match warm-up match between the Korean national soccer team and Brazil was held at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Sangam-dong, Seoul on the afternoon of the 10th. The national soccer team lost to Brazil 0-5. Son Heung-min of the national team greets his fans after the game. Sangam = Song Jeong-heon Reporter's songs@sportschosun.com/2025.10.10/ |
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Son Heung-min has set a new record for the most appearances in A matches for South Korean men with his last appearance against Brazil. He also started against Paraguay, recording a record 138 games. All roads in the national team are now going to be history.
Coach Hong, who was the record holder for the most A matches in the Korean national team before Son Heung-min, also said of Son Heung-min's record at the press conference on the 9th, `Son Heung-min always traveled long distances. It's a very difficult task. You have to come and perform well while maintaining good condition. The time difference is different. He also praised me saying, "I have the same number of games, but there is a difference."
Son Heung-min created a meaningful moment between generations at the commemorative event of 'Legend Old & New - From Cha, To. Son's 'Korean Football Legend' Cha Bum-keun received a uniform with 137 games on it. Chung Mong-kyu, president of the Korea Football Association, also congratulated Son on his milestone by delivering a commemorative muffler to Son. As for Son Heung-min, he celebrated the milestone and had another weight of being a legend of Korean soccer.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
