With the development of Asian football, more and more Asian players now play in the five major leagues in Europe. Who are the top 5 best Asian players? Show your opinions by voting them!
1. Son Heung-min (Korea)
Son plays as a winger or a forward for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and captains the South Korea national team. He has scored 113 goals for Hamburger, Leverkusen and Tottenham. He is the most expensive Asian footballer.
2. Shinji Okazaki (Japan)
Shinji Okazaki plays for Leicester City and the Japan national team as a forward or attacking midfielder. Internationally, he is currently the top active Japan national team goalscorer and third all-time in team history with 50 goals. He won the Premier League with Leicester in 2016.
3. Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Iran)
Alireza Jahanbakhsh plays as a winger and attacking midfielder for Premier League side Brighton and the Iranian national team. In the 2017–18 Eredivisie season, Jahanbakhsh scored 21 league goals and became the first Asian player to become top scorer in a major European league.
4. Etheridge (Philippines)
Etheridge plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Cardiff City and the Philippines national team. He has made 190 appearances for 7 England clubs.
5. Maya Yoshida (Japan)
Maya Yoshida plays as a centre back for Premier League club Southampton and the Japan national team. Yoshida is also the captain of the Japanese national football team. He has appeared 176 times for Southampton.
6. Makoto Hasebe (Japan)
Makoto Hasebe plays for Eintracht Frankfurt. He played for Japan national football team for which he served as captain.
7. Yuya Osako (Japan)
Yuya Osako plays for Werder Bremen as a forward. He has appeared 135 times in Bundesliga and scored 23 goals.
8. Takuma Asano (Japan)
Takuma Asano plays as a forward for Hannover 96 of the Bundesliga, on loan from Premier League club Arsenal, and for the Japan national team.
9. Yoshinori Muto (Japan)
Yoshinori Muto plays for English club Newcastle United and the Japan national team as a forward. He has scored 23 goals for Bundesliga side Mainz and 1 goal for Newcasle United.
10. Shinji Kagawa (Japan)
Shinji Kagawa plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Besiktas, on loan from German club Borussia Dortmund. Kagawa holds the records for most appearances and goals by a Japanese player in UEFA club competitions. He is known for his "vision, technique, movement and deft passing".
11. Wu Lei (China)
Wu Lei plays for RCD Espanyol in La Liga. He has scored 1 goal in just 5 appearances since he came to Espanyol. Wu also holds the record for being the youngest player to have appeared in a Chinese professional league match aged 14 years and 287 days.