Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur was named to South Korea’s Asian Cup roster on Thursday, as coach Jurgen Klinsmann tries to break the country’s 64-year continental title drought.
Hwang Hee-chan of Wolves, who scored his 10th Premier League goal of the season against Brentford on Wednesday, was also named to Klinsmann‘s 26-man squad for the competition, which begins off on January 12 in Qatar.
Son will lead a team that features Bayern Munich defender Kim Min-jae and Paris Saint-Germain offensive midfielder Lee Kang-in, both 22.
South Korea has not won the Asian Cup since 1960, and Klinsmann has said nothing except that the championship will suffice this time.
South Korea was assigned to Group E, where it will meet Malaysia, Jordan, and Bahrain in the first round.
In the quarter-finals of the 2019 Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates, they were defeated 1-0 by eventual champions Qatar.
South Korean team:
Goalkeepers: Kim Seung-gyu (Al Shabab/KSA), Jo Hyeon-woo (Ulsan), Song Bum-keun (Shonan Bellmare/JPN)
Midfielders: Park Yong-woo (Al Ain/UAE), Hwang In-beom (Red Star Belgrade/SRB), Hong Hyun-seok (Gent/BEL), Lee Soon-min (Gwangju), Lee Jae-sung (Mainz/GER), Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Son Heung-min (Tottenham/ENG), Jeong Woo-yeong (Stuttgart/GER), Hwang Hee-chan (Wolves/ENG), Moon Seon-min (Jeonbuk), Park Jin-seop (Jeonbuk), Yang Hyun-jun (Celtic/SCO)
Strikers: Cho Gue-sung (Midtjylland/DEN), Oh Hyeon-gyu (Celtic/SCO)
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