{"id":41639,"date":"2021-02-12T17:53:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T01:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=41639"},"modified":"2021-02-12T17:54:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T01:54:32","slug":"who-are-asias-top-uefa-champions-league-performers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2021\/02\/12\/who-are-asias-top-uefa-champions-league-performers\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are Asia’s top UEFA Champions League performers?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UEFA.com – NYON, Which Asian players have the most appearances and goals in Europe’s leading club competition?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most appearances by an Asian player in the European Champion Clubs’ Cup\/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

69:<\/strong> Maksim Shatskikh (UZB \u2013 Dynamo Kyiv)
59:<\/strong> Ji-Sung Park (KOR \u2013 PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United)
50:<\/strong> Heung-Min Son (KOR \u2013 Bayer Leverkusen, Tottenham Hotspur)
37:<\/strong> Vladimir Maminov (UZB \u2013 Lokomotiv Moskva)
33:<\/strong> Shinji Kagawa (JPN \u2013 Borussia Dortmund, Manchester United)
31:<\/strong> Atsuto Uchida (JPN \u2013 Schalke)
24:<\/strong> Oleg Pashinin (UZB \u2013 Lokomotiv Moskva)
23:<\/strong> Yuto Nagotomo (JPN \u2013 Internazionale, Galatasaray, Marseille)
20:<\/strong> Young-Pyo Lee (KOR \u2013 PSV Eindhoven)
19:<\/strong> Shunsuke Nakamura (JPN \u2013 Celtic)
19: Mehrdad Minavandchal (IRN \u2013 Sturm Graz)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most goals by an Asian player in the European Champion Clubs’ Cup\/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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23:<\/strong> Maksim Shatskikh (UZB \u2013 Dynamo Kyiv)
19:<\/strong> Heung-Min Son (KOR \u2013 Bayer Leverkusen, Tottenham Hotspur)
6: Sardar Azmoun (IRN \u2013 Rostov, Zenit)
5:<\/strong> Hee-Chan Hwang (KOR \u2013 Salzburg, Leipzig)
5:<\/strong> Ji-Sung Park (KOR \u2013 PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United)
4: Ali Daei (IRN \u2013 Bayern M\u00fcnchen, Hertha Berlin)
4:<\/strong> Shinji Kagawa (JPN \u2013 Borussia Dortmund, Manchester United)
4:<\/strong> Takumi Minamino (JPN \u2013 Salzburg, Liverpool)
3:<\/strong> Keisuke Honda (JPN \u2013 CSKA Moskva)
3:<\/strong> Vladimir Maminov (UZB \u2013 Lokomotiv Moskva)
3: Mehdi Mahdavikia (IRN \u2013 Hamburg)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most goals by an Asian player in UEFA club competition*<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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25<\/strong>: Heung-Min Son (KOR \u2013 Bayer Leverkusen, Tottenham Hotspur)
23:<\/strong> Maksim Shatskikh (UZB \u2013 Dynamo Kyiv, Arsenal Kyiv)
11: Sardar Azmoun (IRN \u2013 Rubin, Rostov, Zenit)
11:<\/strong> Hee-Chan Hwang (KOR \u2013 Salzburg, Leipzig)
11:<\/strong> Shinji Kagawa (JPN \u2013 Borussia Dortmund, Manchester United)
11:<\/strong> Takumi Minamino (JPN \u2013 Salzburg, Liverpool)
10<\/strong>:<\/strong> Bum-Kun Cha (KOR \u2013 Bayer Leverkusen)
6: Ali Daei (IRN \u2013 Bayern M\u00fcnchen, Hertha Berlin)
6:<\/strong> Yuya Kubo (JAP \u2013 Young Boys, Gent)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nation-by-nation: Most appearances by Asian players in UEFA club competition*<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Iran<\/strong> \u2013 35: Mehdi Mahdavikia (Hamburg)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*<\/strong>\u00a0UEFA club competition means European Champion Clubs’ Cup\/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup\/UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup, UEFA Super Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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