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October 30 – South Korea and Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min was topped Asia’s Worldwide Participant of the Yr for the fourth time by the Asian Soccer Confederation at its annual awards ceremony Tuesday.
Son, who additionally received the prize in 2015, 2017 and 2019, takes the trophy from compatriot Kim Min-jae of Bayern Munich.
He received the award regardless of under-performing on the Asian Cup in January the place a star-studded South Korean staff led by Jurgen Klinsmann misplaced 2-0 within the semi-finals to the event’s shock bundle Jordan.
Son was concerned in an altercation involving various South Korean gamers at their resort, throughout which Son dislocated a finger as he reportedly tried to interrupt issues up.
Australia’s Ellie Carpenter, who performs for French membership Lyon, turned the inaugural winner of the ladies’s worldwide award. She edged fellow nominee Yui Hasegawa of Japan to the highest prize, which was launched in recognition of the expansion of girls’s soccer and the success of the continent’s high gamers.
The AFC has a separate prize for gamers primarily based abroad and awarded its important participant of the 12 months awards to Al-Sadd’s Akram Afif of Qatar and Japan’s Kiko Seike.
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