Div. = League division G = Goals A = Assists WCQ = indicates the number of games that he played in World Cup qualification 3rd round Players in boldface joined current club during the January transfer window. China Code: Age Pos Div. Club/Team Record Start/Sub G A WCQ Dong Fangzhuo 23 FW 1 Manchester United(ENG)/1st 0/0 0 0 - Sun Jihai 30 DF 1 Manchester City(ENG)/9th 7/7 0 0 4/6 Shao Jiayi 28 MF 1 Cottbus(GER)/14th 1/13 0 0 1/6 Yu Hai 21 MF 1 Vitesse(NED)/12th 2/6 0 0 - [B]Shi Jun 25 FW 1 FC Lucerne(SWI)/6th 5/9 1 0 -[/B] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zheng Zhi 27 MF 2 Charlton (ENG)/11th 38/4 7 6 6/6 [B]Xie Hui 33 MF 2 SV Wehen(GER)/8th 0/5 0 0 -[/B] [B]Yu Dabao 20 FW 2 C.D. Aves(POR)/8th 5/4 1 ? -[/B] Iran Code: Age Pos Div. Club/Team Record Start/Sub G A WCQ J. Nekounam 27 MF 1 Osasuna(ESP)/17th 0/2 0 0 4/6 A. Teymourian 25 MF 1 Bolton(ENG)/16th 1/2 0 0 5/6 R. Rezaei 33 DF 1 Livorno(ITA)/20th 1/4 0 0 - V. Hashemian 32 FW 1 Hannover(GER)/8th 1/18 1 2 - M. Mahdavikia 31 MF 1 Frankfurt(GER)/9th 12/8 0 2 1/6 A. Shapourzadeh 25 FW 1 Hansa Rostock(GER)/17th 6/8 0 0 - Japan Code: Age Pos Div. Club/Team Record Start/Sub G A WCQ M. Oguro 28 FW 1 Torino(ITA)/15th 0/4 0 0 - T. Morimoto 19 FW 1 Catania(ITA)/17th 2/12 1 2 - D. Matsui 27 MF 1 Le Mans(FRA)/9th 33/1 5 5 3/6 [B]M. Hasebe 24 MF 1 Wolfsburg(GER)/5th 15/2 1 2 3/6[/B] J. Inamoto 28 MF 1 Frankfurt(GER)/9th 24/2 0 1 - [B]S. Ono 28 MF 1 Bochum(GER)/12th 5/7 0 2 -[/B] [B]K. Honda 21 MF 1 VVV Venlo(NED)/17th 13/1 2 0 -[/B] S. Nakamura 30 MF 1 Celtic(SCO)/1st 25/2 6 8 3/6 [B]K. Mizuno 22 MF 1 Celtic(SCO)/1st 0/0 0 0 -[/B] K. Nakata 28 MF 1 FC Basel(SWI)/1st 18/0 1 3 - T. Miyamoto 31 DF 1 Red Bull Salzburg(AUT)/2nd 10/3 0 0 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- K. Fukuda 30 FW 2 Las Palmas(ESP)/7th 4/11 3 2 - S. Ito 19 FW 2 Grenoble(FRA)/2nd 0/3 0 0 - Korea Republic Code: Age Pos Div. Club/Team Record Start/Sub G A WCQ Park Ji-Sung 27 MF 1 Manchester United(ENG)/1st 8/4 1 1 4/6 Lee Young-Pyo 31 DF 1 Tottenham(ENG)/11th 17/1 0 0 4/6 Lee Dong-Gook 29 FW 1 Middlesbrough(ENG)/13th 5/9 0 0 - Seol Ki-Hyeon 29 FW 1 Fulham(ENG)/17th 4/8 0 1 4/6 Ou Kyoung-Jun 20 FW 1 Metz(FRA)/20th 0/1 0 0 - Lee Chun-Soo 27 FW 1 Feyenoord(NED)/6th 4/8 0 0 - Kim Byung-Suk 22 MF 1 Vitoria Setubal(POR)/6th 2/4 0 0 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [B]Kim Do-Heon 26 MF 2 West Bromwich(ENG)/1st 1/3 1 0 5/6[/B] Cha Du-Ri 27 DF 2 Koblenz(GER)/13th 23/5 1 1 - Lebanon Code: Age Pos Div. Club/Team Record Start/Sub G A WCQ R. Antar 27 MF 2 Koln(GER)/3rd 30/1 7 5 1/6 Y. Mohamad 28 DF 2 Koln(GER)/3rd 31/0 5 2 - Oman Code: Age Pos Div. Club/Team Record Start/Sub G A WCQ A. Habsi 26 GK 1 Bolton(ENG)/16th 10/0 0 0 6/6 Pakistan Code: Age Pos Div. Club/Team Record Start/Sub G A WCQ Zeshan Rehman 24 DF 2 QPR(ENG)/14th 18/3 0 0 - Syria Code: Age Pos Div. Club/Team Record Start/Sub G A WCQ S. Malki 24 FW 1 GBA(BEL) 31/2 16 ? 3/6 L. Chanko 29 MF 1 Hammarby(SWE)/5th 10/1 1 ? 3/6
[QUOTEPakistan Code: Age Pos Div. Club/Team Record Start/Sub G A WCQ Zeshan Rehman 24 DF 2 QPR(ENG)/14th 18/3 0 0 - /QUOTE] I Didn't knew that Pakistani boy is in the English League.... surprising ...
true; this is stupid, you put Pakistan but not Australia? Australia is more asian than Pakistan and India combined
Theres too many mate... list looks kind of sad without Aus though. McDonald probably scored more goals last season than the rest of the players in that list put together.
What about 2 Korean UEFA Champions with FC Zenit(Russia)? Anyway, good job left-footed If I have time, today I am going to post Uzbekistanian foreigners who are plaing in Europe.
well, at least Kim Dong Jin played enough to get a UEFA Champions medal whereas Lee Ho didnt get one. yes, lets hope Kim Dong Jin recovers from his injury woes and Lee Ho steps up his game.
Lee Ho is a useless sack of crap that's been sitting on the pine for 2 seasons. Kim Dong Jin had a very good season, and only injury has kept him out recently. He's started for Zenit in recent games and seems to be back in the starting lineup.
Dong Jin was not playing, because he was injured. I think he is the best left winger in the Asia at the moment.
mmm.....syrian and lebanese players are doing better than iranians. 16 goals in belgium shouldn't be underestimated.
Over 100 world-wide, with most in all the EU leagues & all divisions. Why use "Asian" if he/she doesn't mean "AFC"? Pretty piss-poor of the thread starter to leave out Australian players, really. He/she should be ashamed of himself/herself for displaying such racist xenophobia on BS.
i liked the post. I think an aussie poster should create an aussie list for us and put it here. to be honest, except for the big names, i don't really know where the aussies play.
The marquee players get up around $750,000 a year, although i think Sydney FC paid Dwight Yorke $800,000. Someone who follows Sydney FC would be able to give you more info than that. Besides the marquee player they only get around a couple of hundred for the top guys i think so it is not surprising that they go overseas if the oppotunity arises. A-League is just about to start its 4th year and the crowds have gone from a little under 10,000 a game average to about 16-17,000 a game so it is growing, but has plenty of competition from Aussie Rules, Rugby Union and Rugby League in winter along with Cricket and Baseball in summer.
That would be per week i think, my maths is not great. But doesn't include 3rd party payments and bonuses which can potentially boost it up alot more.
when do you guys think countries like saudi arabia and guam will start producing players who are capable of playing in europe like countries like iran and china have? my educated guess says 25-30 years from now. i think its better for asian football for these countries to join the top asian teams in sending players to europe.