Hi,
i don't know much about asian football players, just those, who are playing at worldcups or in Europe...
Who in your opinion is the best asian football player? Are there any legends despite of Bum Kum Cha in asian football?

From what I've seen now, the best player would be the japanese nakamura... but that's just my opinion.

Dat Nguyen. Middle Linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys, who just retired. Had an awesome career.

Hey, y'all play or still play for fun? I do.. Tackle and full contact but no gear. Play on the beach.. These lil 5'11/ 6'0 Asian kids getting stacked and stuff so they strong as hell.. it's fun..

DAT NGUYEN

LOL I think the topic starter wanted to talk about asian soccer players. For me, Hines Ward.

oh... nevermind...
didn't even know, there are asian 'american football' players... lol

by the way, why do you call 'american football' football?

about 90% of the game those guys are holding the egg with their hands...

...weird folk that is, those americans....


but good luck for your game against ghana today!

Nakamura.

Or if we're talking NFL, Timmy Chang!

Are we talking about soccer?
nakata!!!!!

YANG CHEN

best in history would be nakata, played with a very successful roma team in the capello era.

that was a fu-king goal i am still piss offf (in your sig)

how pathetic viet boy,, ur alternate TEAm Japan lose again.. r u ok?

$hit fu-k u and Japan lost cause they suck and not at the level where they need to be inorder to win.

LMAO! I never there was CHINESE PEOPLE playing FOOTBALL! Besides me...

Keep on topic guys. Ignore the idiot.

Cha Bum Keun ("Cha Boom") by far, no contest. Played as a forward/winger in the Bundeliga during its height in the 1980s, he is the only foreign player in the Bundesliga to win two UEFA cups with two separate teams (Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt), scored 98 goals in 300 games, which would stand as the Bundesliga career record for most goals scored by a foreign player until it was broken in 1999, but the league by then was severely weakened and taken over by the likes of the EPL, Serie A, and La Liga. Nicknamed so because of the sheer power with which he drove his shots, Cha Bum Keun also put up a heroic effort in the 1986 World Cup against Italy and eventual winner Argentina in the same group. He has been named the top 10 Bundelisga player of all time, and Asian Player of the Century by numerous sources. Lothar Mattheus once called him the finest striker in the world during the height of Cha's career, and Franz Beckenbauer promised Cha a spot on the starting lineup of the German national team among other benefits if he was willing to take up German nationality, to which he refused.

Cha Bum Keun, best Asian player in history, no contest. Nakata has NOTHING on Cha.

^^^he is known here as Bum Kum Cha. I already mentioned him...



... that's just a myth....

oh.. i forgot iran is part of asia too.. so to me, the asian player nowadays is ALI KARIMI. Great skills...

^ He's definitely top three.

me and my iranian friends alway make fun of him about how he cross over(beat) the forwards then the midfield then the defender then then the goalie take two laps the around the field and then try to shoot.

YANG CHEN!

^^ is it the same yang cheng who played for eintracht frankfurt in '98 - 2002?

Hitedoshi nakata.
Park-Ji-Sung

anybody knows jiayi shao? plays in the bundesliga nxt season..

oh man that name definately rings a bell... he use to be in my leeds united team in championship manager 03/04 game. he's an attacking midfielder correct?

yes i would have said him also. but i can list about 3 in total......
and americans stop ruining this thread with your pussy-rugby-wannabe timeout crappy boring padded push about for m of "football"........

yup... he was quite good in the 2. league here so far, now a 1.league team bought him

I dunno...there are so many players that are unknown at the international level, in France for example there are asian-french who play in club which are way better than some who plays for national teams but since they have the French Nationality out of like 3000 French players you can only pick the 23 best..and to be in the French roster it's a big challenge...that's why they are not on the roster...but ive seen some good technically and physically one

players like that have a choice, asian-french can also play for their country of descendancy.

classic example is perrotta, born in england but has italian roots. also the awesome matt le tissier who could have played for france and italy but chose england and there's also owen hargreaves who was born in canada could've also played for wales and england aswell as canada because his parents were of welsh and english descendant

If only Christian Vieri played for Australia....

Hong Myung-Bo

World Cup 1994

Hong's individual talent was most notably showcased during the 1994 World Cup group stages in the United States. Trailing 2-0 against Spain with only 5 minutes to go, Hong pulled a goal back for Korea, making the score 2-1 and shortly after created the dramatic equaliser for winger Seo to finish off, resulting in a famous come-back.

2 weeks later, Korea found themselves trailing 3-0 at half time against a strong Germany (the defending World Champions at the time) which included the likes of Jürgen Klinsmann, Kohler, Sammer and Matthäus. Despite Hong single-handedly clawing 2 goals back for the Koreans by creating the first goal for striker Hwang Sun Hong to put into the net and then scoring the equaliser himself, the Koreans ran out of luck.

-from WikiPedia

Wow. He was that good? Thanks for the info!

shao jia yi




as anyone heard of rong zhi xing? hes supposedly the best player in china ever/asia. he was from the 1960s, even pele admired him.

isn't he with sheffield united? or am i thinking of another shao

he was from the 60s, de de de

whos from the 60's and why are you copying carlos mencia

cause that $hit is freaking , de de de

Cha Bum Keun by far is who asian footballers measure themselves against. Lee Dong Guk would be awesome if he ever stopped being hurt. Of course no topic is complete without mentioning Ahn Jung-Hwan. Never excelled at the club level but he shined when it counted during the World Cup. It's a shame that he is retiring soon.

i actually saw him play when he had a very short stint at the la galaxy.

shao jia yi played a very good 1st half against Hamburg in the bundesliga last weekend. But was switched in the 2nd.. maybe due to fatigue. But he really got some nice skills. Had some nice goal-scenes.
Made one goal out of an offside position, so it didn't count.... He is one to remember...

Seol Ki-Hyeon owned my team this weekend.

MSV Duisburg suspended the contract with Ahn Jung Hwan as of now.
Since the 2. league club MSV didn't want to keep him, and Ahn didn't want to stay there, it is good for both sides..

for such a good talent, that guy bounces around to different clubs too much. maybe he should just return to the k-league. atleast there he will get first team play

Try Filipino Paulinho Alcantara (1896-1954), FC Barcelona's all-time leading goalscorer (357 goals in 357 matches).

He was also the first Asian footballer to play for a European club.

He debuted for Barca at the age of 15 years, 4 months and 18 days against Catalá SC in the Championat de Catalunya. FC Barcelona won 9-0. Alcántara scored a hat-trick - the first three goals of the match.

I think probably in the premiership has tobe Ji sung Park for Man U he was instrumental for PSV and still puts in really good performances for Man U , Nakata used to be really good back in his Serria days but is not what he used to be.

I like that Seol Ki hoon for Reading he looks a classy player and makes like 90% of their attacks.

Agreed. He's been exceptional for them so far. Really good signing.
Nakamura is still the quality Asian player in world football. Come on the Bhoys!

my how things have change since then

Myung-Bo Hong. One of the best defender in the history of football. Can't still forget the goal he made against Klinsman and Germany in 1994 World Cup in Dallas.

^ Agreed i remember he was inspirational captain for south Korea and remember that game in the world cup '94 against spain when they came back from 2-0 down. The thing is with Asian teams is they can play when they have the confidence, they can run over other most teams with their energry and enthusiasm. When they attacked spain and germany they looked awesome but they didint do it from the start only when they saw that they were just as good as them it was too late in both games 15 more ninutes they would of won both games.

He was a great player and had a really great shot.

Mokhtar Dahari (13 November 1953 – 11 July 1991) was a legendary Malaysian football player from Setapak, Selangor. He was one of the best players in Asia in the 1970s.


Born in Setapak, Mokhtar showed interest in playing football at an early age. He played for his school and later for his home state, Selangor FA. He was only nineteen years old when he first played for the Malaysia national football team in an international game. Mokhtar helped Selangor FA win the Malaysia Cup 10 times and scored 177 goals altogether. In international games, he helped the Malaysia national football team score a total of 125 goals in 167 caps. He was the best striker in Malaysia. His first game for Malaysia national football team was against Sri Lanka national football team in 1972.


The Merdeka Stadium was his second home. Roars of "Supermokh" was all over the crowds including the young generation who tried to imitate his move.


Along with goalkeeper R Arumugam, defenders Santokh Singh and Soh Chin Aun, midfielders Reduan Abadullah and Shukor Salleh and Mokhtar's partner upfront Isa Bakar, Mokhtar Dahari's Selangor FA and Malaysia national football team were powerful forces in the '70s.


In 1975, he represented the Malaysia national football team against English giants Arsenal F.C.. Malaysia won the game 2–0, with Mokhtar scoring both goals. After the game, Mokhtar was rumoured to have been offered a chance to play for the Gunners. He also famously scored a goal in a 1–1 draw against England national football team's B team in 1978, dribbling past half of the opposing team coached by Bobby Robson. Paul Mariner was on the scoresheet for England that day.


He won his 100th cap for Malaysia national football team when he played in a Merdeka Football Tournament match against Japan national football team in 1976. This number 10 of Selangor FA also had a friendly game against another number 10, Diego Maradona's Boca Juniors in January 1982. The match ended with a 2-1 result; won by Argentina.


Mokhtar Dahari retired in May 1986 after winning the Malaysia Cup for Selangor FA and himself the man of the match. He also gave his number 10 jersey to Raja Muda Selangor. He came out of retirement in January 1987 to play one more season for Selangor FA.


In January 1988, he joined Kwong Yik Bank and won the Selangor League that year.


Mokhtar died at age 37 of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at Subang Jaya Medical Centre (SJMC) at 8:25 am on 11 July 1991. His body was laid to rest at Bukit Permai, Taman Keramat Permai Muslim cemetery.