In the year 2023, Cristiano Ronaldo ranks as the player who has scored the most goals at the professional level anywhere in the globe. However, the Portuguese superstar did not receive any recognition in Asia.

According to the information that was just released in Goal, Son Heung Min has recently been presented with the title for the Best Player in Asia in the year 2023. The star player for Tottenham received 22.9% of the votes, which was higher than his fellow countrymen. Cristiano Ronaldo (17.06%) and Kim Min Jae (19.54%) are the two players. This award has been won by Son Heung Min for the ninth time, and it is the seventh time in a row that he has won it.

Ronaldo was unable to win the match in 2023, despite the fact that he played exceptionally well while wearing the Al Nassr shirt. Over the course of the previous calendar year, the Portuguese player scored 54 goals, making him the leading goal scorer in the world at the professional level. While playing for Al Nassr Club in Saudi Arabia, he scored 44 goals. Additionally, he scored 10 goals for the Portuguese national team during the qualifying for the EURO 2024 tournament.

The accomplishments that Son Heung Min accomplished while playing for Tottenham and the English Premier League, on the other hand, are considered by Asian analysts to be significantly more challenging than those that Ronaldo accomplished while playing for Saudi Arabia. While playing in the Premier League during the 2022–2023 season, Son Heung Min only managed to score ten goals.

The Korean star, on the other hand, has been a shining example of leadership in the attack for the North London squad ever since Harry Kane left. During the current Premier League season, Son Heung Min has currently scored 12 goals in a total of 20 matches played. Because of this, he was able to achieve a remarkable breakthrough and succeed in winning the title of Best Player in Asia in the year 2023.

When it comes to the Asian Footballer of the Year award, any player who is either representing a country that is connected with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) or playing for a team that falls under the jurisdiction of the AFC is eligible to apply. There have been a number of “blockbusters” in the Saudi Pro League over the course of the previous year or so, beginning with Cristiano Ronaldo and continuing on with Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante, Sadio Mane, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, and others. They were all unsuccessful in their attempts to “overthrow” Son Heung Min’s dynasty.

Although Son Heung Min was the recipient of the Best Player award in Asia, he was unsuccessful in his bid to obtain the title of Best Korean Male Player in 2023. Kim Min Jae was the victor in this competition. Despite the fact that the Korean squad was victorious in the first game of the 2023 Asian Cup, its skipper was not successful and even received a yellow card for diving.