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South Korea·Football

Son Heung-min becomes South Korea's all-time leading male goalscorer

Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 06:21 · 1 min read

Son Heung-min scored his 59th international goal, a sixth-minute free kick, in a friendly against Uzbekistan at Yongin Mireu Stadium near Seoul on Tuesday, overtaking Cha Bum-kun (a former striker and South Korean football great) as the country's all-time top male scorer. The 34-year-old had drawn level with Cha a week earlier against Uruguay and is also the most-capped male player, with 151 appearances. Ji So-yun still holds the overall national record, with 76 goals for the women's team.

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Yonhap — Son Heung-min becomes all-time S. Korean men's goals leader ↗︎
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