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by roybrocheboy Plays Quiz not verified by Sporcle . Shortly after Cha Bum-kun began his pioneering career in Germany’s Bundesliga, his international teammate Huh Jung-moo played a similarly ground-breaking role for Korean players in Dutch football.

The Asian Football Confederation. Kuala Lumpur: The birthplace of total football, and the country that launched the careers of some of the game’s most influential figures, the Netherlands is a country with a proud footballing tradition.But while a long list of Dutch stars have become household names, the country also has a history of welcoming some of Asia’s outstanding players.From 1980s pioneers like Huh Jung-moo and Fandi Ahmad to the stars of the modern game, the Eredivisie has played host to some of the continent’s best and brightest, making it a league of interest for generations of Asian fans.Our list features several title winners and a league top goal scorer, but which of these icons deserves the title of Asia’s best?Shortly after Cha Bum-kun began his pioneering career in Germany’s Bundesliga, his international teammate Huh Jung-moo played a similarly ground-breaking role for Korean players in Dutch football.An Asian Games gold medallist in 1978, Huh spent three years with a strong PSV Eindhoven side as a defensive midfielder, experiencing UEFA Cup football, as well as memorable clashes with Johan Cruyff.Huh returned to his homeland after four seasons in Eindhoven, going on to achieve fame as a coach in multiple stints in charge of the Korea Republic national team, guiding them to the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010.A gifted midfielder, and the first Japanese player to win a European trophy, it’s difficult to imagine Shinji Ono was only 21 when he joined Bert van Marwijk’s Feyenoord at the beginning of the 2001-02 season.Far from merely participating in Feyenoord’s UEFA Cup triumph that season, he played a key role, scoring crucial goals against Freiburg and Rangers, netting a penalty in the quarter-final shootout against PSV Eindhoven and playing 85 minutes in the euphoric home final against Borussia Dortmund.Those performances helped Ono become AFC Player of the Year in 2002, and he finished with a final tally of 19 league goals and 23 assists in a spell which lives long in the memory of fans in Rotterdam and beyond.Many Asian players have made an impact in European leagues, but Iranian winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh is one of a very select group to have finished a season as the top goal scorer in a top-flight competition.A stellar return of 21 goals in 33 matches in the 2017-18 season included two hat-tricks, and was complemented by 12 assists, but Jahanbakhsh’s brilliant final campaign in the Eredivisie was the culmination of five years of groundwork.A shining light at NEC Nijmegen, and the club’s Player of the Season in their 2014-15 promotion campaign, he went on to star for AZ, finishing with 39 goals and 31 assists in just over 100 Eredivisie appearances.After arriving at Ajax as a teenager, Culina made a handful of appearances in the side which won the 2003-04 title, but it was an 11-goal 2004-05 campaign with FC Twente which made the Australian hot property and paved the way for a move to Guus Hiddink’s PSV.It was there, featuring in a deeper midfield role, that Culina played his part in three consecutive league titles, playing over 130 times in all competitions during an excellent four-year spell in Eindhoven.By the time he returned to Australia in 2009, Culina had seven trophies to show for a Dutch odyssey which lasted nearly a decade and made him one of his country’s top midfield options.Fandi Ahmad’s career in Dutch football wasn’t as long as the other players in our list, but his achievements as the first Singaporean player in a major European league are remembered to this day.Despite the unprecedented nature of his time for FC Groningen, Fandi thrived.
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