Son Heung-min Aims to Climb Tottenham’s Career Scoring Rankings

Local media interview “I can play for a few more years… I will put in more”

Son Heung-min, who scored 143 goals for Tottenham (England), expressed his desire to further increase the club’s career scoring ranking.

In an interview with the British Daily Evening Standard on the 17th (local time), Son Heung-min said, “I think I can still play for a few more years. I will continue to score more goals. I want to go up,” he said.

“It’s been a great honor to have played for this club over the past few years. Of course, I’m not just focused on scoring. I just want to help the team.”

Son Heung-min, who built a monumental tower of his 100th goal in the English professional football Premier League (EPL) in the last 30th round against Brighton, started scoring in the 31st round against Bournemouth.

He scored 101 goals in the league and added 42 goals in various official matches such as the UEFA Champions League (UCL) and the England Football Association (FA) Cup.

In the team’s total scoring ranking, he moved up one notch to joint 6th place (143 goals, 363 games) with Germaine Defoe, a former England national striker.

Son Heung-min said, “It is a great honor to be compared to Defo. Defo is a Tottenham legend and has scored many goals here. I am really proud of Defoe’s scoring record.”

Son Heung-min’s ‘next goal’ is the 159 goals (378 games) of Cliff Jones (5th), a Welsh striker who played an active role in the 1960s.

Tottenham’s all-time top scorer is Son Heung-min’s ‘best friend’ Harry Kane. Kane played 428 official matches and scored 273 goals.

Jimmy Greaves, the top scorer in the 1950s and 1960s, followed with 266 goals (379 games), followed by Bobby Smith (208 goals, 317 games) and Martin Cheevers (174 goals, 367 games) in 3rd and 4th place.

The Tottenham club also congratulated Son Heung-min on his homepage for being tied for 6th in the scoring rankings.

The club said, “Sonny (Son Heung-min’s nickname) stood shoulder to shoulder with Defoe in the scoring rankings,” and “the next target in Sonny’s sight will be Jones, who won twice.”

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