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    Who were the best asian players in the last 20 years?!

    After reading the discussion about if Son or Azmoun is better. I was thinking which players were overall the best players in Asia in the last 20 years? Ofc Iranian and also other nations!
    Make a TOP10 list so we can see
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    #2
    My parameters are at least 3 good club seasons in Europe. In no particular order. If we counted international matches I would throw Ali Daei in as well.
    Mehdi Mahdavikia
    Park Ji Sung
    Javad Nekounam
    Hideotoshi Nakata
    Song Heung-Min
    Shinji Kagawa
    Yuto Nagatomo
    Keisuke Honda
    Alireza Jahanbakhsh
    Gotuku Sakai
    Last edited by Nokhodi; 02-08-2018, 11:40 AM.

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      #3
      Khordad Azizi & Ali Daei, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Karim Bagheri, Hashmain, Sardar Azmoun and not to forget Ali Karimi

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        #4
        Ali Al-Habsi (the Omani goalkeeper) has spent most of his career in the Premier League/Championship... definitely deserves to be in the conversation.
        We are currently witnessing a revolution in Iranian football. Team Melli has never been stronger than it is today, and we will only get better.

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          #5
          There is no doubt that three names stand alone

          Ali Karimi, Nakata and Park Ji Sung

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            #6
            Its tough to say because there is a lot up for debate.
            Korea: Son and Ji Sung Park stand out near the top
            Japan: Nakamura, kagawa, honda, nakata, okazaki
            Iran: Mehdi Mahdavikia, Nekounam, Hashemian, Ali karimi, Ali daei (stricly for his international record). Azmoun to be seen. Iran has a knack for making very techinically gifted players, but not as much tactically. EDIT- this doesn't hold true for all, but I feel we would have more players in the top leagues if this were true.
            Oman: Ali Al habsi
            Australia: Arguably had the most skilled players in the early half of the 2000's. Viduka, Kewell, Bosnic, Cahill, Lazaridis, Jedinak
            Saudi Arabia: lmao

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              #7
              Originally posted by Arian182 View Post
              Its tough to say because there is a lot up for debate.
              Korea: Son and Ji Sung Park stand out near the top
              Japan: Nakamura, kagawa, honda, nakata, okazaki
              Iran: Mehdi Mahdavikia, Nekounam, Hashemian, Ali karimi, Ali daei (stricly for his international record). Azmoun to be seen. Iran has a knack for making very techinically gifted players, but not as much tactically. EDIT- this doesn't hold true for all, but I feel we would have more players in the top leagues if this were true.
              Oman: Ali Al habsi
              Australia: Arguably had the most skilled players in the early half of the 2000's. Viduka, Kewell, Bosnic, Cahill, Lazaridis, Jedinak
              Saudi Arabia: lmao
              saudi : thier camels

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                #8
                Originally posted by ehsan singapore View Post
                saudi : thier camels
                Saudis had few good players but not necessarily best Asian players. They had Majed Abdullah, Sami Jaber, Saeed Al Owairan, and Muhamad Aduaya. All were from late 80s or 90s.

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                  #9
                  Goal:
                  -Al Habsi

                  Defense:
                  -Nakazawa
                  -Hosseini

                  Midfield:
                  -Bagheri
                  -Nekounam
                  -Karimi
                  -Mahdavikia
                  -Andranik
                  -Park
                  -Son
                  -Nakamura
                  -Nakata
                  -Cahill

                  Attack:
                  -Daei
                  -Azizi
                  -Ahn
                  -Honda

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                    #10
                    Ali Daei is number 1! I don't think his international goal scoring record will ever be broken. I can't even imagine how many more he would have to his name had he not started his TM career so late.

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                      #11
                      Only Ali Karimi, even when he dont play he is better than the players who are playing

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                        #12
                        Park Ji Sung
                        Hideotoshi Nakata
                        Shinji Kagawa
                        Song Heung-Min
                        Mehdi Mahdavikia
                        Nakamura
                        Javad Nekounam
                        Ali Daei
                        Ali Karimi
                        Keisuke Honda

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                          #13
                          when it comes to talent....Ali Karimi was untouchable....maybe one of the best ever to play the game of soccer......But ill pick Mahdavikia.

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                            #14
                            Taking into account both quality performance in clubs and national team level. My top 10 list [selecting for various countries to be fair, in no particular order] would be as follow:

                            1. Mehdi Mahdavikia (Iran)
                            2. Ali Daei (Iran)
                            3. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan)
                            4. Tim Cahill (Australia)
                            5. Harry Kewell (Australia)
                            6. Ali Al Habsi (Oman)
                            7. Park Ji-Sung (Korea)
                            8. Javad Nekounam (Iran)
                            9. Keisuke Honda (Japan)
                            10. Mark Schwarzer (Australia)

                            Others I really wished to put on the list of top 10 but couldn't:
                            Iran: Vahid Hashemian, Jalal Hosseini, Ali Karimi, Khodadad Azizi, Sardar Azmoun, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh
                            Uzbekistan: Mirjalol Qosimov, Odil Ahmedov, Maksim Shatskikh, Server Djeparov
                            Japan: Shunsuke Nakamura, Shinji Okazaki, Naohiro Takahara, Eiji Kawashima, Yasuhito Endō, Shinji Ono
                            Australia: John Aloisi
                            Iraq: Emad Ridha Mohammed, Younis Mahmoud, Hawar Mulla Mohammed, Nashat Akram
                            Korea: Lee Dong-gook, Hong Myung-bo, Lee Woon-Jae, Ahn Jung-hwan

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                              #15
                              All time top 5 European league winners (I included only players with at least one appearance)

                              Iran
                              Ali Daei
                              1998/99 Bundesliga (Bayern) - 23 games (12 starts) / 6 goals / 0 assists

                              Vahid Hashemian
                              2004/05 Bundesliga (Bayern) - 9 games (3 starts) / 0 goals / 0 assists

                              Ali Karimi
                              2005/06 Bundesliga (Bayern) - 20 games (11 starts) / 2 goals / 3 assists

                              Ashkan Dejagah
                              2008/09 Budesliga (Wolfsburg) - 27 games (13 starts) / 3 goals / 3 assists

                              Australia
                              Robbie Slater
                              1994/95 Premier League (Blackburn) - 18 games (12 starts) / 0 goals / 0 assists

                              Mark Bosnich
                              1999/00 Premier League (Manchester U) - 21 games (21 starts) / 0 goals / 0 assists

                              Mitchell Langerak
                              2010/11 Bundesliga (Dortmund) - 1 game (1 start) / 0 goals / 0 assists
                              2011/12 Bundesliga (Dortmund) - 2 games (2 starts) / 0 goals / 0 assists

                              Japan
                              Yasuhiko Okudera
                              1977/78 Bundesliga (Koln) - 20 games (16 starts) / 4 goals / 0 assists

                              Hidetoshi Nakata
                              2000/01 Serie A (Roma) - 15 games (5 starts) / 2 goals / 1 assist

                              Makoto Hasebe
                              2008/09 Bundesliga (Wolfsburg) - 25 games (18 starts) / 0 goals / 3 assists

                              Shinji Kagawa
                              2010/11 Bundesliga (Dortmund) - 18 games (17 starts) / 8 goals / 1 assist
                              2011/12 Bundesliga (Dortmund) - 31 games (27 starts) / 13 goals / 12 assists
                              2012/13 Premier League (Manchester U) - 20 games (17 starts) / 6 goals / 4 assists

                              Shinji Okazaki
                              2015/16 Premier League (Leicester) - 34 games (30 starts) / 5 goals / 2 assists

                              South Korea
                              Park Ji-Sung
                              2006/07 Premier League (Manchester U) - 16 games (8 starts) / 5 goals / 3 assists
                              2007/08 Premier League (Manchester U) - 13 games (8 starts) / 1 goal / 3 assist
                              2008/09 Premier League (Manchester U) - 25 games (21 starts) / 2 goals / 3 assists

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