Captain of the South Korean National Team and Tottenham Hotspur winger Son Heung-min has signed with CAA Base, a division of ESA member CAA Sports, for representation in all areas.
Considered one of the best Asian players in football history, Son Heung-min has been named AFC Asian International Player of the Year the past three consecutive years, and, in 2019, he became the first Asian player ever nominated for football’s most prestigious individual award, the Ballon d’Or.
Since joining Tottenham Hotspur in 2015, Son Heung-min has quickly become a fan favourite. He scored three goals in the quarter finals against Manchester City on Tottenham’s run to its first-ever Champions League finals appearance. Son Heung-min is one of the stars of the Amazon series ALL OR NOTHING: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR, starting the 2020 season in unbelievable form, leading the scoring charts with eight goals in just six games.
A huge star across Southeast Asia, Son Heung-min famously led the Korean National Team to a 2018 Asian Games gold medal win. Fluent in Korean, English, and German, Son Heung-min has worked with an array of brands including adidas, Gillette, Samsung, and Cartier.
In 2019, CAA Sports further solidified its global leadership position in international football through its acquisition of Base Soccer Agency. CAA Base is a full-service football agency, representing and dealing with more than 300 international football players, coaches, and world-leading managers, both on and off the pitch, including Dele Alli, Raphaël Varane, James Maddison, Kyle Walker, Fred, Danny Rose, Davinson Sanchez, Ashley Young, and Carlo Ancelotti, and is also a leading agency in women’s football, representing four players on England’s World Cup squad, including Fran Kirby and Georgia Stanway.
Continuing its longstanding partnership with Polaris Sports, CAA Sports jointly represents the marketing rights for many world class football players and coaches, including José Mourinho, Cristiano Ronaldo, James Rodriguez, Bernardo Silva, Joao Felix, and Renato Sanches.
CAA Sports also represents such global sports talent as Nico Rosberg, Daniel Ricciardo, Shohei Ohtani, Dwyane Wade, and Zion Williamson.
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ABOUT CAA SPORTS
The five-time recipient of the award for “Best in Talent Representation and Management,” presented by the Sports Business Journal, CAA Sports represents more than 2,000 of the world’s best athletes in such sports as baseball, football, hockey, basketball, soccer, Olympics and action sports, in addition to coaches, on-air broadcasters, and sports personalities. Beyond traditional athlete representation, CAA Sports provides unique opportunities for clients off the field, in areas including licensing, endorsements, speaking, philanthropy, books, and video games. CAA Sports also works in the areas of broadcast rights, corporate marketing initiatives, and sports properties for sales/sponsorships, and received the award for “Best in Corporate Consulting” at the 2018 Sports Business Awards, and “Best in Property Consulting, Sales, and Client Service” in 2014, 2016, and 2019.
CAA Sports is a division of leading entertainment and sports agency Creative Artists Agency (CAA). CAA represents many of the most successful professionals working in film, television, music, theatre, video games, sports, and digital content, and provides a range of strategic marketing and consulting services to corporate clients. Founded in 1975, CAA has offices in Los Angeles, New York, Nashville, London, and Beijing, among other locations globally. CAA’s clients include actors, actresses, writers, directors, producers, musicians, athletes, and other influential artists and executives. CAA works closely with production companies, technology companies, and corporate brands, providing services that include marketing through entertainment, strategic counsel, financing, communications strategy, and philanthropy consulting. For more information about CAA Sports, visit www.caa.com.
CONTACTS:
Beth McClinton, CAA, beth.mcclinton@caa.com
Alex Newell, CAA Sports, alex.newell@caa.com
