South Korea have produced some great goal scorers on the international stage
South Korea have had some incredible goal scorers throughout the years as they developed into one of Asia's dominant forces at the international stage.
We all know Tottenham superstar Son Heung-min, who is arguably one of the greatest-ever players from Asia.
But what about the legendary Cha Bum-kun, winner of the UEFA Cup with Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen at club level.
Or Hwang Sun-hong, who enjoyed spells in Germany and Japan and featured at multiple World Cups?!
Who are South Korea's greatest goal-getters, though?
Let's take a look!
Getty1Cha Bum-kun | 58 goals
The greatest goalscorer to play for South Korea with 58 international goals, Cha Bum-kun enjoyed a successful stint in the Bundesliga at Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen at club level.
Cha made his debut for the senior national team at the 1972 AFC Asian Cup, with his most memorable performance coming in the 1976 Korea Cup ,when he scored a hat-trick against Malaysia within five minutes to help South Korea salvage a 4-4 draw.
The winger played his last international tournament at the World Cup in 1986.
Advertisement©J.LEAGUE2Hwang Sun-hong | 50 goals
Part of South Korea's three World Cup campaigns in 1990, 1994 and 2002, Hwang Sun-hong scored 50 international goals in 103 games between 1988 and 2002.
He made a name for himself at his first appearance at the AFC Asian Cup in 1988, when he scored his first and second international goals against Japan and Iran respectively.
Hwang was included in South Korea's World Cup squad in 1990 after scoring seven goals in the qualifying campaign, but his performance at the World Cup was somewhat disappointing as his country were knocked out in the group stages.
The 1994 World Cup was Sun-hong's toughest phase as a footballer as he missed a number of opportunities to score in their first two group games, leading to South Korea's early elimination.
Hwang's best performance for South Korea came at the 1994 Asian Games when he scored eight goals in his team's 11-0 win against Nepal.
3Son Heung-min | 37 goals
South Korea's greatest active goal-scorer, Son Heung-min has scored 35 goals for his country to date.
Son made his debut for the national team in 2010 and represented his country at the World Cup in 2014 and 2018 respectively.
He is currently South Korea's joint top scorer at World Cups, tied with Park Ji-Sung and Ahn Jung-hwan on three goals.
The Tottenham Hotspur star helped South Korea win the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games and also represented his team at the AFC Asian Cup in 2011, 2015 and 2019.
4Park Lee-chun | 36 goals
Next up on the list of South Korea's all-time top goal scorers is Park Lee-chun with 36 goals in 89 appearances.
In his time with the national team between 1969 and 1974, Park led South Korea to the final of the 1972 AFC Asian Cup, which they lost.
He was also part of the team that won the Gold medal at the 1970 Asian Games held in Thailand in 1970.
In the semi-finals of the tournament, Park scored the winning goal in extra-time against Japan, before drawing 0-0 with Burma in the final, thus sharing the gold.
