REII™ Posted April 22, 2019 Posted April 22, 2019 Two fans of Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean striker Son Heung-Min await their hero. (CNN)When Son Heung-Min fired home Tottenham's first ever goal at its shiny, brand new $1.3 billion stadium earlier this month it felt like the next chapter in an extraordinary story. For Son, this season has been one of personal success and recognition from across the sport. His 21 goals for Tottenham Hotspur -- Spurs to their fans -- so far this season, more than he managed in the entire campaign last term, have taken his game to new heights. For a player who previously revealed he was close to leaving English football back in 2016, Son's rise with Spurs has been meteoric. So, too, has been his po[CENSORED]rity. Not just with his teammates and Tottenham's supporters, but also back home in South Korea and across much of Asia where his social media profile has rocketed. Much of that is down to his outstanding performances for Tottenham in the Premier League and Champions League, where he has been one of the club's leading players, scoring twice in the second leg against Manchester City to propel his team to the Champions League semifinals for the first time in its history. According to figures provided to CNN by Nielsen Sports, which carried out an analysis of his social media audience, Son is the most po[CENSORED]r athlete in Asia. The research showed that Son had the highest number of followers across social media with 1.98 million, beating Japanese soccer player Shinji Kagawa in second place. Big game player Son's winning goal in the first leg of Tottenham's Champions League quarterfinal against Manchester City showed once again his ability to show up for the big moments. Having moved away from home as a teenager to join German club Hamburg, Son enjoyed great success in the Bundesliga after making his debut in October 2010, eventually scoring 20 goals in 78 appearances for Hamburg before joining Bayer Leverkusen in June 2013, where he helped the club secure Champions League qualification in both of his two seasons there. His goal return of 29 in 87 games persuaded Tottenham to shell out a reported $28 million for the player in 2015. Son scored the winning goal in his side's 1-0 victory over Manchester City in the quarterfinal first leg.
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