Football

Serious About Football

Asian countries have long ago learned that to be competitive quickly, one way to do it is to import talent from outside of Asia.

Football is no different, however China, South Korea and Japan have also learned that their players need experience playing regularly in the more competitive European leagues. Below is a list of players currently active in Europe.
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21 year-old soccer prodigy 董方卓 (Dong Fangzhuo) scored 18 goals in 28 games for Antwerp in the Belgian First Division. He is now with Manchester United.

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But before today, Asian clubs have only ever imported coaches from Europe. Currently, more than 20 European players play in The United States or Canada. They are imports intended to raise the level of play across the league. One importan, David Beckham at 33 was brought in to sell tickets as much as anything. Beckham is struggling to persuade England to put him on the squad for his 100th national team appearance in a friendly game against France later this month. Beckham currently plays for DC United.


Chinese Footballers In Europe

Name	Team	Country	Division
Dong Fangzhuo	Manchester United FC	England	1st
Sun Jihai	Manchester City FC	England	1st
Zheng Zhi	Charlton Athletic	England	2nd
Li Tie	Sheffield United FC	England	2nd
Shao Jiayi	Energie Cottbus	Germany	1st
Xie Hui	SV Wehen Wiesbaden	Germany	2nd
Yu Dabao	C.D. Aves	Portugal	2nd
Yu Hai	Vitesse	Netherlands	1st
Shi Jun	FC Lucerne	Switzerland	1st
Wang Chu	FC Metz U17	France	1st
Zhang Chiming	FC Porto	Portugal	1st
Zhan Xu	Herta BSC U23	Germany	1st
Wang Juncai	F91 Dudelange	Luxembourg	1st
Wang Gang	Benfica U19	Portugal	1st
Zhang Shichang	Belenenses U21	Portugal	1st
Guo Xiangwen	SC Bettembourg	Luxembourg	3rd

Source: Wikipedia

South Korean Footballers in Europe

Name	Team	Country	Division
Lee Dong-Gook	Middlesbrough F.C.	England	1st
Lee Young-Pyo	Tottenham Hotspur F.C.	England	1st
Park Ji-Sung	Manchester United F.C.	England	1st
Seol Ki-Hyeon	Fulham F.C.	England	1st
Kim Do-Heon	West Bromwich Albion F.C.	England	2nd
Ou Kyoung-Jun	FC Metz	France	1st
Cha Du-Ri	TuS Koblenz	Germany	2nd
Kim Byung-Suk	Vitória F.C.	Portugal	1st
Lee Hyung-Sang	S.C. Beira-Mar	Portugal	2nd
Lee Chun-Soo	Feyenoord Rotterdam	Netherlands	1st
Oh Bum-Suk	FC Krylia Sovetov Samara	Russia	1st
Kim Dong-Jin	FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	Russia	1st
Lee Ho	FC Zenit Saint Petersburg	Russia	1st

Japanese Footballers in Europe

Name	Team	Country	Div
Kenji Fukuda	Las Palmas	Spain	2nd
Masashi Oguro	Torino	Italy	1st
Takayuki Morimoto	Catania	Italy	1st
Daisuke Matsui	Le Mans	France	1st
Sho Ito	Grenoble	France	2nd
Junichi Inamoto	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany	1st
Makoto Hasebe	Wolfsburg	Germany	1st
Shinji Ono	Bochum	Germany	1st
Naoya Kikuchi	Carl Zeiss Jena	Germany	2nd
Keisuke Honda	VVV-Venlo	Netherlands	1st
Shunsuke Nakamura	Celtic	Scotland	1st
Koki Mizuno	Celtic	Scotland	1st
Koji Nakata	FC Basel	Switzerland	1st
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	Red Bull Salzburg	Austria	1st

Source: Wikipedia


Will Reinaldo Turn Korean Football on its Head?
Dispite the Brazilian soccer player 'Reinaldo' has left Queensland Roar to join Korean K-League franchise Busan on a two-year deal. Aside from Reinaldo, their appear to be no other players of international caliber from outside Asia playing in Asian countries.

Reinaldo, scored 15 goals in 47 A-League appearances for the Roar.

"I have loved my time at Queensland Roar and although I am sad to leave, this opportunity is a good one for me," he said.

So, the real question is, will Reinaldo do for South Korean K-league Football what David Beckham is supposed to be doing for the L.A. Galaxy and U.S. soccer? Or is the young soccer player just going to cash in while he is still young enough to play well?

认真足球

亚洲国家早就据悉，为得到快速提升竞争力，这样做的一个方法就是要引进人才，从亚洲以外的地区。

足球是没有什么不同，但是中国，韩国和日本还了解到，他们的球员需要经验，发挥定期在竞争性更强的欧洲联赛踢球。下面是一份名单的球员，目前活跃于欧洲。
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21岁的足球神童董方卓（董方卓）拿下18个球，在28场比赛安特卫普在比利时的第一部。他现在是曼联。 ---------
不 过，在今天之前，亚洲俱乐部都只有引进教练到欧洲。目前， 20多个欧洲球员发挥，在美国或加拿大。他们进口的，旨在提高比赛水平全国联赛。其中一个重要的是，贝克汉姆在33个被带在出售门票高达什么。贝克汉姆正 竭力说服英格兰向他介绍了国家队，他的第一百次国家队露面是在友好的比赛中法国在本月晚些时候。贝克汉姆目前效力于美国哥伦比亚特区。

尽管巴西足球运动员'雷纳尔多'已经离开昆士兰咆哮加入韩国K联赛的专营权，釜山就一份为期两年的合同。除了雷纳尔多，他们似乎没有其他球员的国际口径，从亚洲以外的发挥，在亚洲国家。

雷纳尔多， 15分，目标在47联赛亮相，为的轰鸣声。

"我爱我的时候，在昆士兰州的轰鸣声，虽然我感到非常难过，休假期间，这个机会是一个很好的一对我而言， "他说。

所以，真正的问题是，将雷纳尔多为韩国K联赛的足球是什么，贝克汉姆应该是这样做，为洛杉矶银河队和美国足球？或者是年轻的足球运动员，只是为了套现，而他还年轻，足以发挥好？