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In 2018, Son opened Son Football Academy in his hometown Chuncheon with his father and his brother, at a cost of £11 million, most of it funded by Son himself. In 2019, Son donated around £100,000 to the victims of the Goseong Fire, which left vast devastation in Goseong County, Gangwon, in his native South Korea. In 2020, Son donated £65,000 in aid, to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. Son used the suspension of football during the COVID-19 pandemic to complete South Korean mandatory military service. He was exempted from military service with a gold medal at the Asian Games, but he had to do basic military training regardless of exemption. He completed basic training in the Republic of Korea Marine Corps in Jeju in April–May 2020, finishing in the top five of 157 trainees. As …

Personal life Family Son Heung-min was born to Son Woong-jung and Eun Ja Kil in Chuncheon , South Korea . [100] His father, Son Woong-jung (born June 10, 1962), is a retired professional footballer who played as a forward and later became a coach and manager. [101] Son Woong-jung has remained a key advisor in his son's career, providing guidance on training and performance. [102] Son Heung-min has one older sibling, his brother Son Heung-yun, a former semi-professional footballer who worked as a coach at the family-run Son Football Academy until his suspension in May 2025. [102] The brothers share a close bond, with Son Heung-yun having supported his younger sibling's early development in football. [102] In 2024, Son Woong-jung , Son Heung-yun, and another coach at the Son Football Academy…