List of Asian footballers in Europe

This is a list of Asian football players who play in Europe. Not included in this list are:
*Players who don't play in first team.
*Players who don't play in 1st or 2nd division league.

flagicon|Spain Spain

La Liga

*flagicon|Iran Javad Nekounam (CA Osasuna)
*flagicon|Iran Masoud Shojaei (CA Osasuna)

flagicon|England England

Premier League

*flagicon|Oman Ali Al Habsi (Bolton Wanderers F.C.)
*flagicon|Iran Andranik Teymourian (Fulham F.C.)
*flagicon|South Korea Seol Ki-Hyeon (Fulham F.C.)
*flagicon|South Korea Park Ji-Sung (Manchester United F.C.)
*flagicon|South Korea Kim Do-Heon (West Bromwich Albion)

Football League Championship

*flagicon|China Zheng Zhi (Charlton Athletic)
*flagicon|China Sun Jihai (Sheffield United)
*flagicon|Pakistan Zeshan Rehman (Blackpool F.C.)
*flagicon|Thailand James Waite (Doncaster Rovers F.C.)

flagicon|Italy Italy

Serie A

*flagicon|Japan Takayuki Morimoto (Calcio Catania)

flagicon|France France

Ligue 1

*flagicon|South Korea Park Chu-Young (AS Monaco)
*flagicon|Japan Daisuke Matsui (AS Saint-Étienne)
*flagicon|Japan Sho Ito (Grenoble Foot 38)

flagicon|Germany Germany

=Bundesliga=

*flagicon|Japan Shinji Ono (VfL Bochum)
*flagicon|Iran Vahid Hashemian (VfL Bochum)
*flagicon|China Shao Jiayi (Energie Cottbus)
*flagicon|Japan Junichi Inamoto (Eintracht Frankfurt)
*flagicon|Iran Mehdi Mahdavikia (Eintracht Frankfurt)
*flagicon|Lebanon Roda Antar (FC Köln)
*flagicon|Lebanon Youssef Mohamad (FC Köln)
*flagicon|Japan Makoto Hasebe (VfL Wolfsburg)
*flagicon|South Korea Lee Young-Pyo (Borussia Dortmund)

=2. Bundesliga=

*flagicon|Iran Amir Shapourzadeh (FSV Frankfurt)
*flagicon|South Korea Cha Du-Ri (TuS Koblenz)
*flagicon|China Xie Hui (SV Wehen Wiesbaden)

flagicon|Portugal Portugal

=Liga=

*flagicon|South Korea Kim Byung-Suk (Vitória F.C.)
*flagicon|China Yu Dabao (SL Benfica)

flagicon|Romania Romania

Liga II

*flagicon|Iraq Salih Jaber (FC Caracal)
*flagicon|Japan Takayuki Seto (CSM Ploieşti)

flagicon|Netherlands Netherlands

Eredivisie

*flagicon|Iran Agil Etemadi (SC Heerenveen)
*flagicon|Indonesia Irfan Bachdim (FC Utrecht)

Eerste Divisie

*flagicon|Japan Keisuke Honda (VVV-Venlo)
*flagicon|Iraq Ciawar Khandan (TOP Oss)

flagicon|Russia Russia

=Premier League=

*flagicon|Turkmenistan Vyacheslav Krendelev (FC Amkar Perm)
*flagicon|Turkmenistan Vladimir Bairamov (FC Khimki)
*flagicon|South Korea Oh Bum-Suk (FC Krylya Sovetov Samara)
*flagicon|North Korea Choe Myong-Ho (FC Krylya Sovetov Samara)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Vladimir Maminov (FC Lokomotiv Moscow)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Aleksei Poliakov (FC Lokomotiv Moscow)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Andrei Fyodorov (FC Rubin Kazan)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Vadim Afonin (FC Rubin Kazan)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Vagiz Galiullin (FC Rubin Kazan)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Davron Mirzaev (FC Rubin Kazan)
*flagicon|Turkmenistan Vakhyt Orazsakhedov (FC Rubin Kazan)
*flagicon|Tajikistan Farkhod Vasiev (FC Saturn Moscow Oblast)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Marat Bikmoev (PFC Spartak Nalchik)
*flagicon|South Korea Kim Dong-Jin (FC Zenit Saint Petersburg)
*flagicon|South Korea Lee Ho (FC Zenit Saint Petersburg)

=First Division=

*flagicon|Uzbekistan Ruslan Agalarov (FC Anzhi Makhachkala)
*flagicon|Turkmenistan Pavel Kharchik (FC Anzhi Makhachkala)
*flagicon|North Korea Hong Yong-Jo (FC Rostov)
*flagicon|South Korea Moon Je-Cheon (FC Sportakademklub Moscow)
*flagicon|South Korea Yoo Hyeong-Jong (FC Sportakademklub Moscow)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Vladimir Radkevich (FC SKA-Energia Khabarovsk)
*flagicon|Tajikistan Rahmatullo Fuzailov (FC Zvezda Irkutsk)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Vladimir Shishelov (FC Zvezda Irkutsk)

flagicon|Scotland Scotland

=Premier League=

*flagicon|Japan Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic F.C.)
*flagicon|Japan Koki Mizuno (Celtic F.C.)

=First Division=

*flagicon|Iran Pedram Ardalany (Partick Thistle F.C.)

flagicon|Ukraine Ukraine

=Premier League=

*flagicon|Uzbekistan Vitaliy Denisov (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh (FC Dynamo Kyiv)

flagicon|Belgium Belgium

=First Division=

*flagicon|Syria Sanharib Malki (K.F.C. Germinal Beerschot)
*flagicon|Bahrain Jaycee John Akwani (R.E. Mouscron)

=Second Division=

*flagicon|Thailand Teerathep Winothai (Lierse S.K.)

flagicon|Czech Republic Czech Republic

*flagicon|South Korea Bae Hae-Min (FK Viktoria Žižkov)

Flagicon|Turkey Turkey

Turkcell Super League

*flagicon|Lebanon Bilal Aziz (Kayserispor)

Bank Asya 1. Lig

*flagicon|Turkmenistan Azat Muhadov (Mardinspor)

flagicon|Greece Greece

=Second Division=

*flagicon|Japan Kenji Fukuda (Ionikos F.C.)

flagicon|Bulgaria Bulgaria

Bulgarian A Professional Football Group

*flagicon|South Korea Lee Hyung-Sang (PFC Spartak Varna)

flagicon|Switzerland Switzerland

Swiss Super League

*flagicon|Saudi Arabia Hussein Sulaimani (Neuchâtel Xamax)

flagicon|Serbia Serbia

Serbian Superliga

*flagicon|North Korea Park Tae-Gyu (FK Bežanija)

flagicon|Denmark Denmark

Danish 1st Division

*flagicon|Pakistan Hassan Bashir (Køge BK)

flagicon|Austria Austria

Bundesliga

*flagicon|Japan Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (FC Red Bull Salzburg)
*flagicon|China Sun Xiang (FK Austria Vienna)

flagicon|Slovenia Slovenia

*flagicon|Japan Hidetoshi Wakui (ND Gorica)

flagicon|Hungary Hungary

Borsodi Liga

*flagicon|Japan Kazuo Homma (Diósgyőri VTK)

flagicon|Slovakia Slovakia

Corgoň Liga

*flagicon|Uzbekistan Aziz Ibrahimov (ŠK Slovan Bratislava)

flagicon|Cyprus Cyprus

Cypriot First Division

*flagicon|Iran Ferydoon Zandi (Alki Larnaca FC)
*flagicon|Iraq Hawar Mulla Mohammed (Anorthosis Famagusta FC)

flagicon|Sweden Sweden

Allsvenskan

*flagicon|Syria Louay Chanko (Hammarby IF)
*flagicon|Syria George Moussan (Hammarby IF)
*flagicon|Syria Fadi Malke (Hammarby IF)

Superettan

*flagicon|Lebanon Sargon Simonsson (Assyriska Föreningen)
*flagicon|Syria Gabriel Awrohum (Assyriska Föreningen)
*flagicon|Syria Ilyas Merkes (Assyriska Föreningen)
*flagicon|Syria Imad Shhadeh (IF Brommapojkarna)
*flagicon|Syria Christer Youssef (IF Brommapojkarna)
*flagicon|Syria Mani Tourang (IK Sirius)

flagicon|Latvia Latvia

Virsliga

*flagicon|Uzbekistan Andrey Akopyants (FK Daugava Daugavpils)

flagicon|Moldova Moldova

Divizia Naţională

*flagicon|Uzbekistan Ignatius Tyan (FC Politehnica Chişinău)

flagicon|Estonia Estonia

Meistriliiga

*flagicon|Kyrgyzstan Irfan Ametov (JK Sillamäe Kalev)

flagicon|Armenia Armenia

Armenian Premier League

*flagicon|Tajikistan Dilshod Vasiev (FC MIKA)

flagicon|Azerbaijan Azerbaijan

Yuksak Liqa

*flagicon|Turkmenistan Nazar Bayramov (PFC Neftchi)
*flagicon|Turkmenistan Mekan Nasirov (FK Karvan)
*flagicon|Turkmenistan Mamedali Karadanov (FK Karvan)

flagicon|Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Super League

*flagicon|Kyrgyzstan Emil Kenzhesariev (FC Aktobe)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Jafar Irismetov (FC Almaty)
*flagicon|Turkmenistan Arslan Satubaldin (FC Atyrau)
*flagicon|Tajikistan Rustam Usmanov (FC Energetik)
*flagicon|Kyrgyzstan Kirill Keker (FC Esil Bogatyr)
*flagicon|Turkmenistan Didarklysh Urazov (FC Irtysh)
*flagicon|Kyrgyzstan Sergei Ivanov (FC Irtysh)
*flagicon|Kyrgyzstan Vladislav Chernyshov (FC Irtysh)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Zhandos Ametov (FC Kaisar)
*flagicon|Turkmenistan Evgeni Naboychenko (FC Megasport)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Yevgeni Safonov (FC Megasport)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Oleg Sabirov (FC Megasport)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Fevzi Davletov (FC Megasport)
*flagicon|Turkmenistan Gakhrimanberdi Chonkaev (FC Okzhetpes)
*flagicon|Uzbekistan Mukhtar Mukhtarov (FC Ordabasy)
*flagicon|Turkmenistan Guvanchmuhamed Ovekov (FC Zhetysu)
*flagicon|Turkmenistan Alik Khaidarov (FC Zhetysu)
*flagicon|Kyrgyzstan Sergey Kutsov (FC Zhetysu)
*flagicon|Kyrgyzstan Kirill Pryadkin (FC Zhetysu)

flagicon|Andorra Andorra

Primera Divisió

*flagicon|India Rishi Babani Babani (FC Santa Coloma)

ee also

*List of Chinese footballers in Europe
*List of Japanese footballers in European clubs
*List of South Korean footballers in European clubs
*List of Iranian footballers in Europe clubs
*List of Tajikistani footballers in European clubs