The top 3 also included the Korean legend of the 80s Bum Kun Cha and the Japanese Honda
Popular British edition FourFourTwo compiled a list of the strongest Asian football players throughout history. It was headed by forward Tottenham and the national team South Korea Son Heung-min.
Second place went to another Korean, a legendary player of the 70s and 80s, known to us as Boom Kun Cha (Cha Beom Geun). The Japanese closed the top three Keisuke Honda.
Note that four representatives of South Korea were in the top 6. Apart from the two players mentioned, these are Park Ji-sung And Kim Joo-sung. There are two more Japanese in the top ten rankings – Hidetoshi Nakata And Shinji Kagawa. It is closed by representatives of Iran – Ali Daei And Mehdi Mahdavikya. In fifth place on the list is the legend of 1920s Barcelona Paulino Alcantara (Philippines).
A unique personality occupies 18th position in the ranking – he is a 56-year-old active football player Kazuyoshi Miuracurrently playing for Portuguese Oliveirense (second division) on loan from Yokohama.
Let us remind you that last fall, Valery Lobanovsky entered the top 10 best coaches in the world in history according to FourFourTwo.
- Top 10 best Asian football players in history according to FourFourTwo
1. Son Heung-min (South Korea)
2. Bum Kun Cha (South Korea)
3. Keisuke Honda (Japan)
4. Park Ji-sung (South Korea)
5. Paulino Alcantara (Philippines)
6. Kim Ju Sun (South Korea)
7. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan)
8. Shinji Kagawa (Japan)
9. Ali Daei (Iran)
10. Mehdi Mahdavikya (Iran).
Source: Sportarena
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