Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min (L) <Photo: Yonhap News>
Tottenham Hotspur forward Son Heung-min has been nominated for the world's top player award for 2019.
This is according to a list of 30 nominees for the Ballon d'Or, which was released by France Football magazine on Monday.
The award ceremony is slated for December 2nd in Paris.
Son scored some key goals to lift Tottenham to their first UEFA Champions League final this year, and he ranked second on the team behind Harry Kane with 12 goals in the Premier League.
Son will be up against UEFA Men's Player of the Year Virgil van Dijk and a pair of five-time Ballon d'Or winners -- Lionel Messi of FC Barcelona and Cristiano Ronaldo of Juventus.■
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