Eminently likeable, prodigiously skilled and a clutch performer in the big moments, Son Heung-min is football's modern-day movie star.
Unfortunately for the Socceroos, South Korea's smiling assassin - and Ange Postecoglou's captain at Tottenham - stands between them and an Asian Cup semi-final.
'I rang Ange and asked if he can take him back,' Socceroos coach Graham Arnold joked ahead of the clash.
South Korea's captain, who scored in the 2015 Asian Cup final loss to Australia, is smart, explosive, elusive and a brilliant finisher.
He hasn't hit his straps this tournament yet either, which makes the quarter-final at the Al Janoub Stadium in Doha on Friday evening (2.