Who is the best Asian footballer of all time?

Number32 said:
Well, people seems to forget Turkey is also part of Asia :lol:

It's not that hard.
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Can we please stop instigating land wars in here. Aren't they still trying to get into the EU.

Oranges038 said:
That Japanese lad Kawaguchi. Played a few times for Portsmouth nearly 20 years ago. Had over 100 caps for Japan.
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That's one.

Oh wait. There was that one that Milan(?) tried to sign around that time as well. Can't remember his name.
 
hungrywing said:
Can we please stop instigating land wars in here. Aren't they still trying to get into the EU.



That's one.

Oh wait. There was that one that Milan(?) tried to sign around that time as well. Can't remember his name.
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Could have been the South Korean guy that played at the 02 world cup.

On the Turkey thing, I think technically it straddles Europe and Asia so for any Turkish players, wouldn't it really have to be decided on whether they are from the part in Europe or Asia?
 
Best east asian eleven imo

Kawaguchi

Sun Jihai/Hong Myung-bo/Fan Zhiyi/Nagatomo or Lee Young-pyo

Nakata/Park

Honda/Kagawa/Son

Cha
 
Suprised nobody mentioned Ali Daei.

But there have been and is lot of quality from Asia. Nakamura, Kagawa, Park, Son, Honda, Nakata, Mahdavikia just to mention some.
 
I thought Park Chu Young would be a superstar before he moved to Europe
 
peacefulwarlord said:
Best east asian eleven imo

Kawaguchi

Sun Jihai/Hong Myung-bo/Fan Zhiyi/Nagatomo or Lee Young-pyo

Nakata/Park

Honda/Kagawa/Son

Cha
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I'd throw Endo in midfield next to Nakata and switch Park with Honda to get this front 6:

---- Nakata - Endo ----
Park - Kagawa - Son
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Impact sub: Honda

That's actually fecking class if all players are in their prime.
 
Oranges038 said:
Could have been the South Korean guy that played at the 02 world cup.

On the Turkey thing, I think technically it straddles Europe and Asia so for any Turkish players, wouldn't it really have to be decided on whether they are from the part in Europe or Asia?
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Yes, the below poster got him.

peacefulwarlord said:
Best east asian eleven imo

Kawaguchi

Sun Jihai/Hong Myung-bo/Fan Zhiyi/Nagatomo or Lee Young-pyo

Nakata/Park

Honda/Kagawa/Son

Cha
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That team'd be fun to watch in Europe.
 
thepolice123 said:
Son has the highest top level performance. Consistent in the PL and won games single-handedly for Spurs in the CL. He would go down as the best Asian footballer if he played for Bayern or Liverpool. He would easily fit their style and I think he is on the same level as Mane and a better player than Coman.

Nakata was very influential in ushering future generations of Asians into Europe but I don't think he was that great a player. He was highly marketed by the Japanese and immensely popular. The hype surrounding him was also boosted by Japan being the host country for WC2002. I remember in the early 00s he was frequently brought up in conversations alongside the likes of Zidane, Figo, Beckham. He was nowhere near that level. He was a bit part player that was sold for record fee. Personally, I think Roma completely fleeced Parma in that deal.
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I agree with you on Nakata. He was a good passing 8 with a strong shot, but seemed to become very slow quite quickly and was very inconsistent defensively for that position. After a good first season and a half at Perugia, i don't remember him ever coming close to replicating that form.

I watched him closely when he came to Roma as i was following Alenichev at the time who went to Perugia as part of the swap, a player i rated highly so was curious to see what Nakata offered that was better. Capello wanted a sturdier, more box to box central midfield player than Alenichev ( tiki-taki'ish supporting playmaker that didn't defend well) for his system and Nakata went straight into the team in mid-season, but didn't cope well at all with the demands of Capello.

he was quickly moved on (though probably still a cult legend for his vital goal against Juventus at a key moment during their league winning season) and played bad most of the time at Parma too, though to be fair they weren't a stable club by that time. I remember lots of questions about his fitness and dedication by this point.

I know he was a big star in Japan at the time, but overall i found him a quite sluggish player that needed protection and space, classy but not very effective. He didn't seem as mobile, or good on the ball as the later Japanese creative players mentioned earlier like Kagawa, Honda, Endo etc and those later teams played a more sophisticated style that could have been quite formidable with better forwards available.
 
Ilkay Gündogan if we extend to ethnic Asians.
 
Lay said:
I thought Park Chu Young would be a superstar before he moved to Europe
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The Arsenal transfer was quite an odd one, he was coming off the back of a decent season at Monaco (though they were relegated), and yet hardly played a single game for them.
 
He’d be nowhere near the top of the list, but Ki Sung-yueng was a talented player. Despite getting over a 100 caps for South Korea, I feel that he never really showed his full potential in the premier league. Partly because he was often played in a more defensive role than he was suited to , to accommodate Sigurdsson. He was good technically though and could pass the ball well.
 
Cascarino said:
He’d be nowhere near the top of the list, but Ki Sung-yueng was a talented player. Despite getting over a 100 caps for South Korea, I feel that he never really showed his full potential in the premier league. Partly because he was often played in a more defensive role than he was suited to , to accommodate Sigurdsson. He was good technically though and could pass the ball well.
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I thought he looked good whenever I saw him play, I wasn’t sure if he could make the jump to a bigger club but he was talented
 
Lay said:
I thought he looked good whenever I saw him play, I wasn’t sure if he could make the jump to a bigger club but he was talented
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I think he's in the "Hasebe category"(minus the leadership skills, obviously). Very solid and easy to fit into your team.
 
It's Son, IMO. He's one of the best players in the world or at least in his position. Not sure that's ever been the case with an Asian player before?

Nakamura was a far better player than he is given credit for though in the sense that he's mostly remembered for being a free kick specialist but his actual all around technical ability was utterly sublime.
 
OleBoiii said:
I'd throw Endo in midfield next to Nakata and switch Park with Honda to get this front 6:

---- Nakata - Endo ----
Park - Kagawa - Son
------------- Cha -----------

Impact sub: Honda

That's actually fecking class if all players are in their prime.
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Brilliant player. I wish he'd played in Europe.
 
Who is the best player to ever come out of China ? I read about a guy named Sun Jihai who played for Palace, City and Sheffield United.
 
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