7 Greatest Asian Footballers of All Time

[@mjc8281]

Cha Bum-kun was quite simply the best footballer I have ever seen play, while at Leverkusen he was in a class of his own and I also had the chance to see Maradona turn out for Naples.

[@EnormeEkoH]

Cause maradona make things seems easy

[@djedd23]

So you’d say Cha should be number 1?

[@mjc8281]

@@djedd23 For me yes, although I can understand why people might want to overlook him as his professional was relatively short being just ten years (its worth noting that he made his international debut six years before his professional one!).

[@tropicalr5]

I studied in Glasgow and last year met an international student from Japan. I asked his name and he quite modestly said "Shunsuke" and I could tell he was worried that I wouldn't understand his name / how to pronounce it. I said "oh, like Shunsuke Nakamura?". He laughed and said yes. Caught up with him later in the year and apparently EVERYBODY he met did the exact same thing, referencing Nakamura. Speaks volumes about the legacy he left on the city.

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

Interesting.

[@bernhardsonn8996]

True

[@Alexmarr14Blogspot]

He scored a free kick in the last minute of the league season to win the title for Celtic. Robbed of a place off this list. (I'm a Dundee United fan before I get accused)

[@CGKBettz3]

Or it’s the fact he’s the only Japanese footballer of note to play in Scotland.

[@tigeryo8943]

@@CGKBettz3 theres ryotaro meshino who played in hearts

[@ankurbagai1056]

Park Ji-Sung was one of the most important players which let 08/08 glory to Manchester United alongside Owen Hargreaves and Paul Scholes.

[@siddhantchiring7599]

Park would have been mourinho's dream player industrious, versatile , good tackling skills despite being a forward ,no celebrity bullshit or social media.

[@skim234]

you summed him up perfectly. he's the teacher's pet for anyone who manages him particularly hiddink and fergie. anyone fergie rates, mourinho will rate as well. he also showed up in big matches.

[@Rebelass74]

He is no Son. Son is on different level

[@kobvv]

@@Rebelass74 he never mentioned son

[@Rebelass74]

@@kobvv I know, I did

[@blabla-rg7ky]

I used to like Park when he'd played for PSV an Man Utd and then, all of a sudden.... never heard of him again. I wonder what has happened....

[@volkte37]

Park Ji-sung always feels underrated. He was world class. Pirlo, Rooney and co do not make comments like they do lightly. Also, Makoto Hasebe should have at least had an honourable mention. A former Japan captain, multi title winner including the bundesliga and Pokal and a mad career beginning as an attacking midfielder and ending up a centre back, at under 6ft too. A brilliant player.

[@fzz6716]

Messi is also under 6.

[@user-ix7sk2pd4q]

True

[@kodama711]

Requested idea: 7 best players who recover from ACL injury.

[@tcdaballer]

R9

[@kodama711]

@@josedavidcorreaperez4242 back to their previous level or as close as their previous level as possible

[@ouroboros111]

Liverpool fan ?

[@kodama711]

@@ouroboros111 nope. but I found it looks pretty interesting.

[@ouroboros111]

@@kodama711 it really is

[@33amaddo]

For me Park Ji Sung is clearly at least top 2 if we are looking at achievements and consistency. What a absolute legend.

[@BHG5408]

Cha Bum Kun deserves to be higher on the list, he was making a name for himself while Korea was still reeling from the effects of war, poverty, and dictatorships. He's regarded as a legend in Germany, all while putting his homeland on the map. Can you imagine what he had to go through in those times, coming from a country no one had heard of and shaking off the immense doubt on his shoulders with skill alone? In my humble opinion, Son and Park are all great, but the obstacles that Cha had to overcome, and the legacy that he left behind, should cement him as Asia's greatest ever player.

[@bcfcfan8847]

I am genuinely amazed Ali Daei didn't get a top 7 berth, 109 goals for Iran, scored plenty of goals in Europe and played for Bayern Munich. Definitely should've been 7 imo

[@glennaldosf]

completely agree with this one! The #1 pick is BS in my opinion as he only made 2 caps for Philippines and played more for Catalonia / Spain. Surely performances for their national team + Asian football must be considered. Tim Cahill should be an honorable mention too.

[@bcfcfan8847]

@@glennaldosf tim is an aussie tbf I believe Son should be 1 ,

[@HITCSevens]

I wouldn't want to besmirch the great name of Ali Daei, who was an honourable mention and came close to featuring, but it's worth pointing out that his record in European football was 25 goals from 146 games.

[@bcfcfan8847]

Yeah I get that completely but I think the 109 goals for Iran would get him in my list by itself, greatest international scorer in history (until Ronaldo catches him)

[@Ben-zg4vg]

he scored most of his goals against laos, turkmenistan, mongolia and other complete farmer nations

[@alexgunn3879]

Day 14: the decline of Scottish football- how teams like Celtic and Aberdeen went from European trophies to struggling to qualify and why the national team has become so poor

[@michaelimray3797]

Good idea, I'd think it would be something to do with the demise of rangers and the domination of Celtic as well as the terrible youth systems in place at some cluns

[@indiangum4691]

Kyogo is here to save

[@elliotthoney1952]

I mean we all want the best 7 Antarctic players of all time, even if it’s just 5 minutes

[@markusninja0218]

Surely number 1 has to be Steve Freeze

[@elliotthoney1952]

@@markusninja0218 not a bad shout, has the consistency and raw talent to be top of the list but has sometimes lacked end product

[@chelseafcfanisy]

Not originally from there, but Santa Claus was a great player too.

[@Jothamvvw]

@@markusninja0218 clearly the words of someone who has never seen Stephen McFreeze play. The lad was an absolute genius on the ball...

[@markusninja0218]

@@Jothamvvw He really was. A true generational talent

[@olayinkaamara385]

HITC Sevens going back to basics, brilliant stuff Alfie 👍

[@lodevermeiren3152]

Please do the 7 best Belgian footballers before their golden generation!

[@doncarloancelotti2256]

They already had a golden generation in the 80s, this isn't the first time Belgium was this good.

[@erikthehalfabee6234]

Cha Bum-kun with his stellar German career and the number 1 were complete surprises to me. Thanks for the video. After reading the wikipedia entry on Paulino Alcantara, i concede that he is eligible. Besides being born there he also moved back temporarily and played there for two years aged 21.

[@drewmalihan]

Good video Alfie, and I am glad of including Alcantara. But I hope you included Ali Daei of Iran as well. He much deserved to be on this seven, but yeah, picking seven is hard. :)

[@hanwenliang9605]

He is in the honourable mention I think.

[@oliver.s2165]

Sorry to say but i can't believe paulino Alcantara is no. 1 🤦‍♂️

@@oliver.s2165 because he has represented 3 nations and his primary preference was catalonia not phillipines. what im flummoxed about is the fact that this idiot names son heung min as the greatest asian footballer of all time when hes won fuck all and rates park ji sung at no.4 when that man has 20 career trophies which includes league wins in england and netherlands and the champions league.

[@sahand_FUT]

the man has scored 109 goals for his country (record for goals for a nation) Played years in BundesLiga scored against milan and chelsea with Herthaberlin played in 99 ucl final for bayern garry Neville described him the scariest attacker he has ever faced and not in this seven? and not even his picture in the video??? a very very very very very stupid list

[@TheMcCats]

Or Adnan from Iraq

[@3dsaulgoodman43]

Mokhtar Dahari is definitely worth mentioning. He was an absolute beast for Malaysia back in the Golden Age of Malaysian football, back in the days where Malays, Chinese, Indians and other races all played together. SuperMokh will always be a legend over here, in a football mad country with an extremely frustrating national team.

[@straightedgechannel584]

Shitty national team

[@3dsaulgoodman43]

@@straightedgechannel584 Very, very, very shitty.

[@jamchavez3330]

Funny the greatest Malaysian athlete of all time wasn't even in the top 10 of footballers in asia haha

[@yungtrashlord]

true, i would argue that soh chin aun was also a good footballer for malaysia and might make the list... yeah but malaysia has not been a great force ever since, despite having players with good potential atm like akhyar rashid, safawi rasid as well as maybe luqman hakim as well as a very decent form prior to the corona bullshit

[@boney__70]

@@straightedgechannel584 ask maradona and pele about mokhtar dahari then

[@killerbean3408]

Son is on another level

[@hr9833]

I hope in the future, we can have a statue of Paulino Alcantara or a stadium named after him in the Philippines

[@shankone]

Sa iloilo, meron na, campo paulino alcantara heritage football stadium,

[@dannlawrencellabore8060]

Plus we have the Copa Paulino Alcantara

[@dennisdipasupil7167]

Herald Ching Yes👍🏽⚽️🇵🇭

[@jomz7152]

Alphonse areola is also Filipino, David alabas mum is also from the same place as alcantara

[@sosososososo4148]

Did he ever played for Philippines?...

[@LooxJJ]

This is my list: The Greatest 7 Asian Player List of All Time 7. Kim Joo Sung (Korea) - One of the best striker of all time - 14 goals in 76 games representing Korea in the world stage. Probably the most underrated striker of all time and the best play maker in Asia. 6. Ali Daei (Iran) - Iranian star in Bundesliga - one of the best forward who plays as a midfielder. Knows how to make and control the play, especially known for his leadership style during the play. 5. Hong Myung Bo (Korea) - Probably the top on caps, also its rare to have a defender in this list - but this is the man to rely on if you are making a world class team. 4. Park Ji Sung (Korea) - man with the top endurance, he wears down the defense of opponent and makes play happen - though he lacks offensive capabilities. 3. Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) - If you are looking for a player that has everything, endurance, striker ability, play making - look no further than this man. He has everything. 2. Son Heung Min (Korea) - Need I say more...? 1. Cha Boom (Korea) - Now, here is a legend...yes, he made a history in Bundesliga. Germany offered him citizenship in order to put him on their national team (which he gratefully turned it down). When European league was just started to accept players from Asia, it had many skeptics, but Cha changed the perception of Asian athletes in Europe in early 80s. Brought Bayer out of its slump and won the top spot, including UEFA cup - you only hear that stuff on movies but he lived that life.

[@michchannel246]

Nope

[@Psycho-th8vb]

Paulino>>>>>>>all the people you mentioned

[@하이웨이익스프레션]

​@@Psycho-th8vb hahahahaha you don't know anything about football Cha boom is way way better than alcantara 2022 iHFF repoort All time 10 best asia player 1. Cha boom 2. Son heung min 3. Park ji sung 4. Alcantara Understand??

[@하이웨이익스프레션]

​@@michchannel246 Tell me what problem?? why nope?? Everything is true

[@accelerator5234]

​@@하이웨이익스프레션crazy how all you mentioned except Alcantara never won a World cup

[@siddhantchiring7599]

Thank you for mentioning chettri, I hope this provides a light to Indian football which is not even acknowledged by its own people, the road is long but the belief is everything

[@koy4191]

so happy that Paulino Alcantara was mentioned! I feel like he is (though understandably) such an underrated player,thanks for featuring him!

[@varundcruz9830]

Day 1: what if india XI if the eligibility rule were to allow non citizens of indian origin to play for them

[@aki7x]

I don't think anyone good will be willing to join us since the way football is treated badly here

[@zeusat3485]

@@aki7x only because of gov....poi's are not allowed to play for india

[@josephphilip6022]

@@zeusat3485 we cant expect POIs to come if our standards arent great

[@zeusat3485]

@@josephphilip6022 that's the problem in Indian football....the gov does not invest much in football.....

[@zeusat3485]

@@josephphilip6022 there r many rules and regulations for a pio to play for India

[@Halcryder]

Thicc thighs are probably not something I expected to hear out of a HITC Sevens video. Sure, maybe out of HITC Sports, with the kind of rubbish the Irish Guy sprouts at times, but not this channel.

[@georgedalepayne]

Thicc thighs save lives

[@charlieoates2195]

Irish guy is good

[@TheMcCats]

Jeez let the man joke, if he was serious ALL the time this channel would lack personality which makes this channel the only soccer channel I enjoy watching

[@TheMcCats]

Oh no I said soccer.. just exposed myself

[@stephanosmessios6737]

Alfie, I'm begging you, please do a video about the best players throughout history who were never allowed/never had the opportunity to play in some of the best leagues in the world, either because of circumstances out of their control or because of their own faults. One player in particular I really want you to cover is one of the best Greek players of all time: Vasilis Hatzipanagis. Considered to be the 'Greek Maradona' he spent the majority of his career stuck in Greece with Iraklis F.C. despite multiple of Europe's best clubs like Arsenal, Lazio and Porto trying to sign him. The board of the club didn't allow him to leave or even represent Greece on the international stage due to how valuable he was to them. He's such an interesting player and I honestly think you'd love his story mate!

[@johnnydykstra729]

Eusebio? Pele? Great idea! Bruno Fernandes also hasn't yet been able to find a league of his quality yet. In fact, I dont know if one exists he is so good! - Definitely not A Man United fan

[@CamembertRun]

Park Ji Sung is a goddamn legend at United... Pirlo probably still wakes up in a cold sweat remembering the shadow Park cast on him. Feel like Park could've been higher tbh (probably some bias there but he really was an amazing player imo)

[@jasonrollins1385]

Yeah totally agree I think that Son should have been 4th as he's an amazing player but has only won awards and has not won trophies like Park did.

[@GloTheActivist300]

He’s not a legend, he’s a icon/great. People need to stop throwing around the world legend so easily.

[@dBOTHERER]

@@jasonrollins1385 trophies is more about teams than the individual. danny welbeck has more trophies than alan shearer haha

[@jasonrollins1385]

@@dBOTHERER that's actually a fair point mate.

[@dBOTHERER]

@ yep, i never said otherwise. i'm saying teams win trophies. its a collective. so who in your opinion is better tom cleverly or matt le tissier. i never even said anything about park lol just that trophies shouldn't be the measure of a players ability

[@tfe1788]

The Top 3 are on another level of talent any could be number 1

[@bestShef7]

Thank you so much Alfie for giving Sunil Chhetri a shout out!

[@mammad1986]

Greatest asian player of last 30 years: (my eye test - not useless goal assist in wikipedia) 1- Son 2- Park 3- Ali Daei 4- Mohamed Al-Deayea 5- Nakata 6- Ali Karimi 7- Server jebarov

[@yashasin4483]

exactly

[@liberoftbl3855]

Al Deayea was great but Majed Abdullah and Yousef Al Thunayan were better than him

[@sosososososo4148]

1. Son HeungMin 2. Park Jisung 3. Kagawa Shinji 4. Hasebe Makoto 5. Honda Daisuke 6. Nakata Hidetoshi 7. Ali Daei I highly rate players being consistent

[@chumolungma228]

Also, because hey, why not ask again: What about a "what if" Southeast Asian XI made up of active players?

[@_youryen]

Alaba, Nainggolan, Cabaye just to name a few

[@ouroboros111]

@@_youryen Cabaye ? How come ?

[@SamC-yt2zs]

@@ouroboros111 his paternal grandmother is vietnamese

[@oliverwilliams9680]

Etheridge

[@_youryen]

@@oliverwilliams9680 Areola would start over Etheridge. The PFF actually tried to convince Areola to play for us when he was in the youth ranks of PSG and he stayed in France. Now he is a World Cup winner

[@lordomiotek]

The video everyone was waiting for...

[@finlaytroughton4180]

7 best teams made up from a single age group

[@WickedPhatter]

Or maybe Best XI of players of a single age group, like Best XI Aged 18-22

[@TheCheesyNachos]

less confusingly, 7 best teams made up from players born from the same year

[@finlaytroughton4180]

@@TheCheesyNachos yes

[@lylesmith2849]

Park ji sung has got to be higher. I think number one, turned up for the big games in the best competitions in the world. What a player.

[@makitayuma6014]

Park was a great squad player, but wasn't a main role, steady starter. His playtime for 8 seasons in Premier League was only 9443 min. Of the total 304 PL matches, he was only 200 in squad, 108 as a starter. More than 1800 min(90*20games or 70*26) is only one season, his first year. The rest are 772, 633, 1726, 970, 1083, 931, 1341. The player mainly as a starter has the season playtime of 1800 min at least. 1330 min(70*19) is the bottom line. One of the best Asian, of course, but not number 1.

[@lylesmith2849]

@@makitayuma6014 yeah I suppose you could say his game time was limited but he was amazing and so overlooked. Also he has THE most honours for an Asian player and for some of them to be premier League titles and a champs league, I dunno It just seems right to give it to him! Be interesting to put all these players in the same league today for sure.

[@rodantemateo2021]

Paulino Alcantara also played for the Philippines in Far Eastern Games ,defeating Japan 15 -2 in the finals

[@xaviere.edwards3519]

Excellent number 1!! This is from a Barça fan, of course, still amazing. Love your history knowledge and vids.

[@jds997]

Can you do 7 best players from oceania. It might just be filled with Aussie’s

[@kenort3690]

Grrrr clearly biased not seen Chris wood, Libby cacace, Ryan Thomas, sapreet Singh?

[@tk-nz4ct]

@@kenort3690 none of them would get in over Kewell, Cahill, Schwarzer, Ryan, mooy, viduka or Lucas Neill and more

[@djsilversun]

@@kenort3690 sarpeet Singh is playing in Germany’s third division, hardly one of the 7 greatest Oceania players of all time

[@boney__70]

@@tk-nz4ct australia including in Asian

[@MrBlazemaster525]

@@boney__70 Australia isn't Asian lmao

[@MrSamorayunited]

In 1:09 you have a photo of Essam El hadary. The former Egyptian goal keeper. Not Asian. I like the content. Keep up the good work.

[@chumolungma228]

I'm aware that Alcantara being in a video about Asian players feels like a stretch but you gotta let us have someone, anyone, iconic, my dudes. Not that I don't appreciate the Philippines squads of today, of course. It's just that we're kinda like the Southeast Asian Tottenham - good players, great potential, big results, zero competitive trophies to show for it. EDIT: Christ, the amount of salt triggered by me being optimistic about my own damn national team. Don't give me that "just telling the truth" shit when I was clearly being lighthearted and joking about it. Chill the fuck out and let me enjoy my country's CURRENT FIFA ranking (124, but still third best in SEA) in peace. It's not 2007 anymore, we are no longer the region's whipping boys and you all gotta accept that.

[@diegobautista7511]

Philippines is terrible at football there’s no sugar coating

[@KarimisFan]

You’re not even Spurs of Southeast Asia. More like the Accrington Stanley of Southeast Asia

[@seabird1328]

nope, not even the tottenham of sea

[@dominicanderson2995]

WTF thailand,vietnam,malaysia, and indonesia always been a top dogs in SEA

[@glennaldosf]

@@diegobautista7511 it's a basketball country. I was there in 1994 when the World Cup was on. In Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc. people were going crazy over the World Cup going on but in Philippines, no one cared - wasn't on TV, sometimes not even in the newspaper. It might be changing a bit now but it's not a big footballing nation. Basketball is very much king there.

[@brucehur2051]

SON IS NEW KING OF ENGLAND!! 1st goal right foot 2nd goal left foot 3rd goal right foot 4th goal left foot This isn't even his final form. Wait till he becomes Heung Max Son!

[@sheamcguinness4908]

Got middle Hidetoshi nakata in my Fifa team an absolute icon for me

[@jackevans7473]

Top 7 best premier league comebacks (in light of spurs 3-3 West Ham at the weekend)

[@tyronehodges8695]

Sorry Davison but send him to the gulag vs joe rodon winner gets palce in Tottenham defence

[@andrewmartinez925.]

It’d just be full of United come backs

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

@@andrewmartinez925. Would the 5-3 win over Spurs in 2001 be there?

[@sajidwaseem6685]

Palace versus Liverpool 3-3 13/14 season when Suarez shed his shark tears at the end because of slippy g's flip up against chelsea

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

@@sajidwaseem6685 Fuck you.

[@mathewgeorge9757]

Thanks for mentioning Chhetri ❤️

[@Dripxxl-i4k]

Man Ali daei was Worlds Top scorer with 110 Goals until Cristiano Ronaldo broke his record in 2021 You guys have problem with Iranain players. Even in google it says Ali daei best player of Asia all time

[@Jason-hp3zw]

The way you say Cha Bum-Kun is painful

[@kwamea.n1723]

the way he says Hidetoshi too is awful

[@phi1s0n]

Very well researched video!

[@gts1300]

Quite sad Kazuyoshi Miura didn't make the cut, whom many consider to be one of the best Japanese players ever along with Nakata and Nakamura. Still, nice video.

[@mistayuto]

Still playing professionally in Japan's top flight too at 53 years old!

[@___________________.]

Day 3: Final East German 1st league teams, where are they now?

[@liberoftbl3855]

I'm a fan of your videos from Saudi Arabia

[@thomaskendell8146]

Fuck Saudi

[@liberoftbl3855]

@@thomaskendell8146 lol Brits these days

[@liberoftbl3855]

@@thomaskendell8146 I'm glad I'm not a Brit like you lol

[@phoen1x_cs]

@@thomaskendell8146 what the actual fuck is wrong with you?

[@Sasha-yi5gd]

THANK YOU ALFIE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE FOR AWHILE

[@zachtaylor2032]

7 greatest Australian football players

[@420fedoras]

is cahill number 1? schwarzer maybe?

[@barrybutterbean720]

@@420fedoras kewell, viduka would also be up there

[@andrewarmstrong7254]

The spirit of Johnny Warren likes this.

[@CinderfallGaming]

@@420fedoras depends are we talking best Australian or best Socceroo? Cahill is the best Socceroo ever without question but honestly I’d say Viduka is the best Australian....

[@molo8360]

@@420fedoras Kewell in his prime at Leeds was on a different level to Cahill.

[@patinho5589]

Park was actually an Attacking Midfielder, with creativity, finesse and finishing ability too.

[@isaacfung622]

Day 50: 2012-2013 and 2019-2020 Bayern Munich Combined XI

[@bluest.9320]

I’m sorry but 2019-20 Bayern is very weak compared to the 12-13 team

[@glowingbox4692]

@@bluest.9320 I think its probably the 12-13 team + lewandowski, if this opinion is complete rubbish its because I dont remember the entire squad of 2013

[@baybay4906]

@@glowingbox4692 lahm would be in the team as well

[@baybay4906]

@@glowingbox4692 same with Robben and Ribery

[@baybay4906]

@@glowingbox4692 sorry to break it to you but you are not a football fan if you don’t know that lahm Robben and Ribery would make that list

[@ananddongaonkar7910]

I did not expect such starting of video 😤

[@joetoner2486]

I have a video suggestion ... since it is most common that players retire at a club, why not do top 7 players who retired at the international level?

[@jds997]

Do you mean there last game was at international Level?

[@joetoner2486]

@@jds997 yeah

[@franohmsford7548]

Shinji Ono surely deserves at least an honorable mention and Alcantara shouldn't be in there as even though I agree that there's a huge recency bias in rating footballers comparing someone from the 1910s and 20s to players today is crazy! La Liga wasn't even founded until 1929 and Barcelona never finished lower than 4th in the Campionat de Catalunya so it clearly wasn't particulary competitive!

[@rude145]

❤️🇮🇳Sunil Chhetri🇮🇳❤️

[@ujwalk6256]

Malayali

[@charukaatapattu1781]

He is nowhere near

[@chawkichalladia1812]

no nakamura, no ali dae from iran, not even honourable mention of youness mahmoud. damn.

[@LookAtDeez]

@@baselb99 Abou Trika is Egyptian, which is an African country not Asian.

[@chawkichalladia1812]

@@baselb99 that was embarrassing xD

[@robertzoldi1339]

Lot of great players cant mention all of them

[@chawkichalladia1812]

@@robertzoldi1339 nakamura is a legend in Japan, ali dae is the record holder for most international goals that Ronaldo trying to beat. those two should've never missed out.

[@hanwenliang9605]

I mean Sun Jihai only gets a picture mention while even chetri gets a honourable mention.

[@मृदुलशर्मा]

next video fullbacks with alternate wing position and foot. e.g.:- Right back with left foot.

[@jukiFC]

Hi Alfie, you should make a video about FC Nordsjaelland, as their way of managing a Football club is original and very interesting

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

Is it?

[@jukiFC]

@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 very, they are only using players from their academy and Right to Dream’s one in Ghana. Also all of their players are taking part in some humanitarian projects such as common goal. Tifo football talked about them years ago, but I think that there’s many more things to say now !

[@lucioledizerot196]

6:34 "Within Sir Alex Ferguson's arsenal" got me confused for a second

[@oscarhaines3541]

In no particular order : Cha bum kun. Park ji sung hidetoshi nakata. Shinji Okazaki. Shinji kagawa. Son hueng min Ali daei. Honourable mentions: Honda kengo nakamura shinji ono shunsuke nakamura and Sunil chettri (forwhat he’s done for football in india)

[@stingray11214]

I am surprised that Okudera, who terrorized the Bundesliga as a member of FC Koln back in the 70's, was not even mentioned. He opened the door for many Asian players.

[@SeyrenaKatsuragi]

Just sad that Shinji could never get back to the level he had in Dortmund during his first stay. Still as a BVB Fan my favorit player of recent times.

[@makitayuma6014]

as he was a very limited player... couldn't become versatile.... He was effective only in coordination oriented football, especially in gegen-pressing during his first period in Germany. Tactical support and colleagues (close) presence helped him play well in Dortmund. He was so perplexed with duel type and cross football in England. It's common there that nobody came close to him (at good distance) to help. He lacks individual solution in his play throughout his career.

[@kieranmcdonagh1459]

I think Miyachi will be on this list one day, he’s a great young talent similar to lingard.

[@chanucho7742]

누군지는 몰라도 피리 좀 부나보네ㅋㅋ

[@gradykillian4288]

Best player at every MLS club or championship club Another decent idea would be explaining why the mls can’t become a powerhouse league, and because of that it is seen as a retirement league, due to the league’s strict rules about player salaries and transfers fees and GA money. If you’re reading this and don’t know what I’m talking about, try playing an mls save for a few years on FM, and it’ll be quite confusing.

[@zytr3x]

Son is GOING to win the Balon'dor He is so damn good

[@AlbioreGamera]

Man, no Yasuhiko Okudera, Sami Al-Jaber, Mehdi Mahdavikia or Kunishige Kamamoto are even mentioned...

[@homersimpson6585]

Ali Mabkhout would’ve been a great shout although not known. He is the player that’s carrying the UAE national team. He’s capped 83 times and scored 63. He carried the UAE national team in the AFC Asian Cup in 2015 and 2019

[@hafizh__iskandar]

Bayern's 2018 DFB Pokal Final XI: Where Are They Now? Sven Ulreich (Hamburger) Joshua Kimmich (Bayern) Niklas Sule (Bayern) Mats Hummels (Dortmund) David Alaba (Bayern) James Rodriguez (Everton) Javi Martinez (Bayern) Thiago (Liverpool) Thomas Muller (Bayern) Robert Lewandowski (Bayern) Frank Ribery (Fiorentina) Bench: Manuel Neuer (Bayern) Rafinha (Olympiakos) Juan Bernat (PSG) Sebastian Rudy (Hoffenheim) Corentin Tolisso (Bayern) Kingsley Coman (Bayern) Sandro Wagner (Retired)

[@thegreatcalvinio]

Some say when Pirlo was named manager of Juventus, Park was already on his coaching staff...

[@KingYahshua]

Shunsuke Nakamura deserved a spot on the list for sure. One of the greatest free kickers of all time.

[@Chelseafan007]

Kin sha sa!!!! 😂

[@KingYahshua]

@@Chelseafan007 ah yes, a man of tastes I see

[@mimichaten]

Yasuhiko Okudera is the best Japanese along with Nakata. He played 9 seasons in Bundlesliga, the same period as Cha, the strongest league in Europe from mid 70s to mid 80s, Nakata, who retired at 29, is the best Japanese because he played as a midfield player(OMF/CMF) in the most difficult European leagues of the time, Serie A(there is non EU player limits too) and Premier League. Within these top leagues, his UEFA appearances were 6 seasons out of the total 8 in Europe. Like Nakata, Okudera played in the strongest league, Bundesliga from 77-85, which had been ranked 1st in UEFA for a decade!!! There was also non EC player limits in Germany back then. Although he was LSB, his 9 seasons 234 games almost all as a starter are incredible. He won both the league and the cup in his first year. The standings of his team were 1,6, 5, 5, 2, 5, 2, 2 with 6 seasons UEFA appearances. Kagawa has the most Japanese UEFA appearances, 9 seasons, but 7 were from 3rd ranked league. It's a shame that he survived only 2 seasons in Premier League, one of the two best leagues in Europe. I also wish that Park had got more playtime in Manchester. He played only 133 games 8102 min in 7 seasons because of his utility roles.

[@paulsheehan2998]

Son is fucking awesome and the reason Kane is so successful. Without Son Kane would look good but not great.

[@ThaLedg]

Shinji Ono: "aight imma head out" *takes 2002 uefa cup with him*

[@Ese96Agoaye]

In the women’s game, Japan won the World Cup in 2011, and the Under 17s tournament in 2014, and North Korea won in 2008 and 2016, and South Korea won in 2010.

[@BLKPlutoh]

7 greatest women’s footballers of all time 🙏🏾

[@RoyMcAvoy]

Thank you so much for including my club's and nation's legend, Mokhtar Dahari in your honourable mention list.

[@aquibaquil4882]

How about doing a eleven about the best Asian players I am asking for this since Most of the players in this seven are attackers

[@notsteve2440]

Watching hitc 7 at 7 and 7 hours after upload

[@blackblood7662]

You should do top 11 current Asian players who are still young and have huge potential to make it big in Europe

[@Rassalcon]

11:29 don't think for a second that went unnoticed.

[@melissas940]

Do concacaf top 7 best players, to keep it going!

[@Deltanwachukwu]

Yes please do that

[@muhammadhakimin3153]

There is a story that Malaysia's Mokhtar Dahari once kicked the ball so hard, it broke the goalkeeper's fingers. (glad to heard his honorable mention :D)

[@kuke6132]

Do 7 most underrated players

[@teletubbypo318]

Do a video on 7 greatest players of all time

[@StaIIion]

Kubo will soon be on this list mark my words. Hopefully I’ll be right in 5 years

[@destruktoristaken]

And maybe kangin lee

[@jaekoh1514]

I will bet my house that won't happen. Sorry mate.

[@StaIIion]

@@jaekoh1514 aight bet I’ll come back in 5 years

[@rockzs74r]

I know this is biased because I am Indonesia but I think Soetjipto Soentoro deserve a mention. He is Indonesia highest ever goal scorer with 57 goals despite only played till he is 29 and he only made his international debut at 25.

[@Gijoe-wf5qe]

Sunil chhetri 😘😘🇮🇳

[@iiturtles7915]

Do a top 7 greatest Japanese players of all time!

[@makitayuma6014]

The records of Japanese internationals who plays or played in top 4 European Leagues with an average UEFA ranking of the league they played in. average league rank uefa apperances league records Okudera 1.22 7/9 9seasons 234games 19467min Bundesliga retired Nakata 1.875 6/8 8seasons 203games 14534min SerieA/PremierLeague retired at 29yo Kagawa　2.67　 9/9　　 9seasons 186games 12848min Bundesliga/PremierLeague Uchida　 3.20 5/5 5seasons 104games 8824min　 Bundesliga Okazaki　2.89 　 3/9 　 9seasons 242games 14304min Bundesliga/PremierLeague Hasebe 3.46 4/13　 13seaons 311games 24434min Bundesliga Nagatomo 3.86　 5/8 　 8seasons 186games 14311min SerieA Inui 1.75 2/8 8seasons 213games 14874min Bundesliga/Laliga Yoshida 2.25 1/8 8seasons 168games 13571min PremierLeague/SerieA Nakamura 2.00 0/4 4 seasons 93 games 5844 min SerieA/LaLiga Honda 　　4.00 　　 0/3.5 　3.5seaons 81games 5295min SerieA

[@jaekoh1514]

Why?

[@jeffrey5976]

Some others I'd mention: Javad Nekounam, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Yasuhito Endo, Makoto Hasebe, Shinji Ono.

[@jonathanhernandez9545]

Do a video like this for each continent please!!!

[@alexxoxx3105]

4 out of the 7 being Korean💪💪

[@depekthegreat359]

In this and other worlds,I am a 10th liker of this video and you are extremely so right,good friend Alfie!!!:-D

[@liberoftbl3855]

Majed Abdullah Pride of Saudi Arabia💙💙💙🇸🇦

[@thomaskendell8146]

Scum country

[@liberoftbl3855]

@@thomaskendell8146 Your country is a scum

[@야옹이다옹-j8l]

Why there’s no Cha Bum-kum?

[@hyunwoolee565]

for reference, chinese/korean names are syllabic so for instance cha bum kun should be pronounced as 3 separate syllables/words

[@andredaking2037]

I think everyone can agree its Son

[@idocaspi6613]

I think Benayoun or Berkovic should have been in this top 7

[@Hhammer]

Agreed. Both were absolutely amazing. I’d also say Ronny Rosenthal

[@geekmaster640]

אולי זהבי אם הוא יצליח באיינדוהבן

[@idocaspi6613]

@Club Pingu yeah, we are asians but we can't play there because of the Arab nations around us

[@thomaskendell8146]

Fuck Israel

[@Hhammer]

@Club Pingu israel is an Asian country. So the same as Australia plays in Asian games, israel plays in European games

[@denilsonpuc1462]

you should do 7 greatest oceania players of all time

[@tsg_23]

6:35 "Sir Alex Ferguson's Arsenal" What happened there Alfie?

[@MjolnirMarks]

arsenal, not Arsenal.

[@orennsystem5076]

J H its Arsenal because the word Arsenal is a name

[@MjolnirMarks]

@@orennsystem5076 - It’s the common noun, not the football club 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@grozniky581]

Aflie meant arsenal which means group of weapons and Park Ji Sung was a weapon for Sir Alex

[@orennsystem5076]

J H why didnt you say that before then, the way you said that was very unspecific 🤦🏻

[@zac4149]

7 most surprising 1 season wonders