Main Euro-based Asian players list

[greatpersian]

http://www.xtratime.org/forum/showthread.php?t=183585

I listed main Euro-based Asian players playing in the UEFA Top 10 Leagues and minor leagues' big clubs like Basel or CSKA Moscow or Dinamo Kiev.
I counted the players who played not only in 1st division leagues but in 2nd divisions.
I don't count the players who play in youth team, not A team and for another country's NT.
The clubs written in red color are 2nd division teams.
Many Asian players play in Europe. :thumbsup:
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Korea Republic - 10 players

Ho-jin Lee (Santander - Spain) 22 years old
Park (Manchester United - England) 25 years old
Young-Pyo Lee (Tottenham Hotspur - England) 28 years old
Seol (Wolves - England) 27 years old
San Lee (Sheffield United - England) 20 years old
Kang (Metz - France) 20 years old
Cha (Frankfurt - Germany) 25 years old
Ahn (Duisburg - Germany) 30 years old
Kim (Braga - Portugal) 21 years old
Eul Yong Lee (Trabzonspor - Turkey) 30 years old

Winter Transfer Market

From Europe to Europe

Ahn: Metz(France) → Duisburg(Germany)

From youth team to top team

Kang: Metz(France)

From Asia to Europe

Ho-jin Lee - Korean league → Santander(Spain)
Kim - Korean league → Braga(Portugal)

From Europe to Asia
Cho - Sochaux(France) → Korean or Japanese league
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Japan - 12 players

Okubo (Mallorca - Spain) 23 years old
Fukuda (Castellon - Spain) 28 years old
Yanagisawa (Messina - Italy) 28 years old
Nakata (Bolton - England) 29 years old
Inamoto (West Bromwich - England) 26 years old
Matsui (Le Mans - France) 24 years old
Oguro (Grenoble - France) 25 years old
Takahara (Hamburg - Germany) 26 years old
Hirayama (Heracles - Holland) 20 years old
Nakamura (Celtic - Scotland) 27 years old
Nakata (Basel - Switzerland) 26 years old
Suzuki (Red Star - Serbia and Montenegro) 29 years old

Winter Transfer Market

From Europe (and America) to Europe

Fukuda: Mexican league → Castellon(Spain)
Nakata: Marseille(France) → Basel(Switzerland)

From Europe back to Asia

Ono: Feyenoord(Holland) → Japanese league

From Asia to Europe

Oguro: Japanese league → Grenoble(France)
Suzuki: Japanese league → Red Star(Serbia and Montenegro)
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Iran - 7 players

Narji (Sheffield United - England) 22
Rezaei (Messina - Italy) 31
Mahdavikia (Hamburg - Germany) 28
Hashemian (Hannover - Germany) 29
Karimi (Bayern - Germany) 27
Zandi (Kaiserslautern - Germany) 26
Shapourzadeh (Hansa Rostock - Germany) 23

Winter Transfer Market

From Europe to Asia

Navidkia - Bochum(Germany) → Iranian league
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China - 5 players

Li Tie (Everton - England) 28
Sun Jihai (Manchester City - England) 28
Hao Haidong (Sheffield United - England) 35
Jiayi Shao (1860 Munchen - Germany) 25
Dong Fangzhuo (Antwerp - Belgium) 21

Winter Transfer Market

From Europe to Asia

Du Wei - Celtic(Scotland) → Chinese league
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Uzbekistan - 6 players

Zeytulayev (Crotone - Italy) 21
Maminov (Lokomotiv Moscow - Russia) 31
Pashinin (Lokomotiv Moscow - Russia) 31
Polyakov (Lokomotiv Moscow - Russia) 31
Denisov (CSKA Moscow - Russia) 19
Shatskikh (Dinamo Kiev - Ukraine) 27

Winter Transfer Market

From Europe to Europe

Zeytulayev - Reggina(Italy) → Crotone(Italy)
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Lebanon - 2 players

Antar (Freiburg - Germany) 25
Mohhmad (Freiburg - Germany) 25
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UAE - 1 player

Faisal (Chateauroux - France) 23

Winter Transfer Market

From Asia to Europe

Faisal - UAE league → Chateauroux(France)
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Pakistan - 1 player

Rehman (Norwich - England) 21

Winter Transfer Market

From Europe to Europe

Rehman - Fulhum(England) → Norwich(England)
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Syria - 2 players

Khaled Al Jaher (Thrasyvoulos - Greece) 33
Sanharib Sabah (Roeselare - Belgium) 21

[Arashi_Washi]

Iran has more then 7,

Most probably they only published the bigger clubs, But we deffinatly have more then 7

Intresting to see Uzbekistan having 6 Europen based players,

Syrian Federation also said they are trying to invite Belgian based Sabah for the Asian cup qualifiers they said AlJaher is to old to even try to invite,

Anyway thx for the list

[Ata]

tanx

[GoIran]

Thanks. Fantastic data

[GoIran]

We have more players in Belgium or Germany, but I don't think they should be counted if they don't think themself Iranian.