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Son Heung-Min to Start in a Two-Striker Formation Against Uzbekistan Again… Aiming for His 59th Goal, the Most by a Korean Player

(Yongin=Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Hong-seok = Son Heung-min (LAFC) started in the match against Uzbekistan, the final game of the four-game international series, and scored his 59th goal, the most in A-match history for a Korean player...

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(Yongin=Yonhap News) Reporter Ahn Hong-seok = Son Heung-min (LAFC) started in the match against Uzbekistan, the final game of the four-game international series, and scored his 59th goal, the most in A-match history for a Korean player...

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The South Korean national football team will play the final match of its four-game international series against Uzbekistan in September and October. Attention is also focused on whether Son Heung-min will break the record for the most goals scored by a South Korean male footballer in international matches. Korea Sports Leisure Co., Ltd. (CEO Kim Dae-wook), the entrusted operator of Sports Toto, a sports promotion lottery ticket issued by the Seo…

Son Heung-min (LAFC) will start in the friendly match against Uzbekistan, held at Mir Stadium in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, at 8 p.m. on the 6th, aiming for sole possession of the top spot for most goals scored by a Korean male player in international matches. Son Heung-min currently has 58 career goals in international matches. This number matches the 58 goals scored by former manager Cha Bum-kun in 136 matches from 1972 to 1986; if he scores …

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Son Heung-min (34, Los Angeles FC) scored in the final match of the four consecutive international friendlies held in Korea, finally surpassing former national team coach Cha Bum-kun (58 goals) to record his 59th goal, the most in A-match history for a Korean player. Coach Moreno, who needed a change of momentum ahead of two away friendly matches in November, deployed Son Heung-min and Oh Se-hoon (27, Shimizu) as a two-man strike force in the fr…

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조선일보 broke the news on Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
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