Son Heung-min has become the first Asian player to score 100 Premier League goals, the latest milestone in a career full of many.

Son hit the century mark with a 10th-minute strike against Brighton & Hove Albion at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Saturday (local time). Son is also the first player to register 100 goals and 50 assists for Spurs.

Tottenham won the match 2-1 to improve to 53 points, good for fifth place and three back of Manchester United.

The right-footed shot from outside the box was Son's seventh of the Premier League season and 11th in all competitions.

Son is the only Asian among 34 players with at least 100 goals in the Premier League.

The 30-year-old attacker began his senior club career in Germany in 2010, spending three seasons with Hamburger SV and another three with Bayer Leverkusen before taking his talent to London.

Son scored four goals in the 2015-2016 season for Tottenham, his first Premier League campaign, and went on to score in double figures in the next six seasons in a row. He scored a career-high 23 goals last season en route to becoming the first Asian to win the Golden Boot as the league's scoring leader.

This season, Son has eight matches left to try to extend his double-digit scoring streak to seven.

The emotional Son dedicated his landmark goal to his late grandfather, who Son said passed away earlier this month.

"This was something that I dreamed for. It is an amazing achievement which I wouldn't have had without my teammates," he told BBC Sport afterward. "Scoring 100 goals in the Premier League is a massive thing. I was really emotional because I have had tough moments in the last few weeks. My granddad passed away, and it was not easy. I want to send that goal to him."

Source: Yonhap News Agency