South Africa’s Lars Veldwijk Scores for K League All Stars in Friendly Game Against Tottenham Hotspur

South Africa’s Lars Veldwijk Scores for K League All Stars in Friendly Game Against Tottenham Hotspur

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:06 PM
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  • Former Bafana Bafana striker Lars Veldwijk scored a brillian goal for Team K League against Tottenham Hotspur
  • Lars Veldwijk was the highest-scoring South African in the world last year thanks to his 15 goals in the K League
  • Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane both scored twice each as Tottenham Hotspur beat Team K League 6-3

South Africa’s Lars Veldwijk bagged himself a goal against Tottenham Hotspur.

The former Bafana Bafana star represented Team K League in a friendly game against England’s Spurs outfit.

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South Africa’s Lars Veldwijk scored against Tottenham Hotspur and got to pose with Heung-Min Son. Image: @ESPNnl/ @Lorenz_KO
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Spurs went into the game against the K League’s All-Stars all guns blazing as they gave some of their big stars a chance to shine in South Korea.

Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son both grabbed a brace as Spurs ran out 6-3 winners, Sky Sports reported.

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While a 64 000 strong crowd came out to see one of their own, Son in action, Veldwijk got his moment to shine when he scored just after halftime.

Veldwijk finished smartly from the edge of the box to bring his side level at that stage but Kane gave Spurs the lead just minutes later.

Veldwijk also got to share a snap with hometown hero, Son, to cap off a memorable day for him.

Veldwijk scored 15 goals in the K League last season and was the highest-scoring South African in the world last year. Despite his red hot form, the striker has not been selected by Hugo Broos for Bafana Bafana since 2019, though.

South Africa's Lars Veldwijk selected for the K League side to take on Tottenham Hotspur in an exhibition game

Earlier Sports Brief reported that South Africa’s Lars Veldwijk will get a taste of playing against Premier League opposition this month.

The Suwon FC striker will face off against the likes of Harry Kane and Heung-min Son during a special exhibition match.

As reported by KickOff, Veldwijk was selected as part of a 24-man K League team to take on Tottenham Hotspur on 12 July. K League is the South Korean main league.

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Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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