Asia’s Rising Stars: Anirudh Thapa
After pleasing and frustrating in equal measures at the Asian Cup, India is once again piercing the continent’s footballing consciousness. With ongoing rumbles concerning [...]
Asia’s Rising Stars
Asia’s Rising Stars: Nguyễn Quang Hải
Words by Tom Danicek With thanks to Vietnam Football and V.League Stats Straight out of the gate, let’s deal with the lingering tinge of scepticism in the room tied to the [...]
Asia’s Rising Stars: Hamad Al-Shamsan
A couple of weeks on from the Asian Cup final, our Asia’s Rising Stars series continues with Martin Lowe’s look at one of the most complete defensive talents to come out [...]
Asia’s Rising Stars: Safaa Hadi
Words by Tom Danicek With thanks to Hassanin Mubarak and IraqFootball.me Back in 2015, in the immediate aftermath of the last Asian Cup, we rolled out a series called [...]
Asia’s Rising Stars: Yoshinori Muto
Words by Tom Danicek Name: Yoshinori Muto Club: FC Tokyo (Japan) Age: 22 Position: Forward When the widely respected journalist Sean Carroll first broke the story about [...]
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