Asian footballers in the EPL

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  1. fatfrank

    fatfrank DYC 1st team Reserves

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    There Aren't many, how many can you think of?
    1. Zheng - Charlton
    2. Dong - United
    3. Park - United
    4. Seol - Reading
    5. Andranik - Bolton
     
  2. dycdan

    dycdan DYC please wait...

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    Sun-Jihai - Man City
    Lee Young-Pyo - Spurs
     
  3. Diamond Dust

    Diamond Dust DYC Sent Off

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    These are all far Eastern Asian players, notice the apparent lack of Muslim based (Pakistani & Indian for example) players?
     
  4. Lennon 18

    Lennon 18 DYC Key Squad player

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    Ben Hamin (Isreal) aint that Asia?
     
  5. HeadCase

    HeadCase Global *********

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    Technically yes but Israel are part of UEFA
     
  6. C.Ronaldo

    C.Ronaldo Key Squad player

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    Yeh but most of them are crap so i dont think the great or medium English players buy them. Unless it is super Ji-Sung Park!
     
  7. incandecio

    incandecio DYC Reading for Europe

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    mido is as well aint he?

    i remember a news report, apparently there is only one pakistani in the premiership but i cant for the life of me think of who it is, cant be first team surely or we d know
     
  8. C.Ronaldo

    C.Ronaldo Key Squad player

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    Mido is Eygption. Which is an African country.
     
  9. incandecio

    incandecio DYC Reading for Europe

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    heh, well there you have it, i thought my dad said he was indian haha
     
  10. Lennon 18

    Lennon 18 DYC Key Squad player

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    <div class="quote_poster">incandecio Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">heh, well there you have it, i thought my dad said he was indian haha</div>

    Nah [​IMG] he is Eygytian... [​IMG]
     

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