Favourite Premier League players from each continent (past or present)
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We have been lucky enough to see some great talent since the PL was formed in 1992 (and Sky invented football) :rolleyes::D. Anyway I thought it would be fun to list your favourite players from every continent to have played in the Premier League. Anyway heres mine
Europe- Christiano Ronaldo.
South America- tough call between Carlos Tevez, and Suarez . Will go for Tevez
Asia - Hidetoshi Nakata
Central America - Paulo Wanchope
Middle East - Ali Al Habsi
North America - Clint Dempsey
Africa - Didier Drogba.
Europe- Christiano Ronaldo.
South America- tough call between Carlos Tevez, and Suarez . Will go for Tevez
Asia - Hidetoshi Nakata
Central America - Paulo Wanchope
Middle East - Ali Al Habsi
North America - Clint Dempsey
Africa - Didier Drogba.
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South America - Tino Asprilla/Hernan Crespo
Asia - Harry Kewell (Australia are now part of the AFC
Central America - Dwight Yorke
Middle East - don't have one
North America - John Harkes
Africa - Jay-Jay Okocha
South America- Suarez
Asia/Oceania - Kewell/Viduka (in their Leeds primes)
Central America - Yorke
Middle East - Benayoun
North America - Dempsey/McBride
Africa - Drogba
South America - Ysrael Zuniga
Asia - John Aloisi
Central America - Ivan Guerrero
Middle East -
North America - Roy Wegerle
Africa - Moustapha Hadji
South America - Luis Suarez
Asia - Park Ji-Sung ( I think will be superceded by Shinji Kagawa )
Oceania - Tim Cahill ( I would keep separate from Asia )
Central America - Dwight Yorke
Middle East - Yossi Benayoun
North America - Clint Dempsey
Africa - Didier Drogba
South America - Juan Veron
Asia - Kagawa
Oceania - Chris Wood (is this just basically just which New Zealand player is the best ever now??)
Central America - Hernandez (aka Chico)
Middle East - Ronny Rosenthal
North America - Tomasz Radzinski
Africa - George Weah
Wiki is ever helpful if you need some help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_Premier_League_players
Europe - Paul Scholes (Ronaldo very close though)
South America - Diego Forlan
Asia - Park Ji-Sung
Oceania - Tim Cahill
Central America - Javier Hernandez
Middle East - Mido
North America - Tim Howard
Africa - Jay-Jay Okocha
Err, no, Australia is very much part of Oceania, a very distinct region from Asia.
Australia hasn't moved you know. For me, it's quite irrelevant that they play in the Asian conference.
Well I was just wondering if we are including Australia in the Asian category, (as a few people have done previous to my selections), what that leaves in terms of the Oceania category, that was all.
If you feel that it would be better for the Aussies to be in the Oceania category for this, then that is fine as well, as they are a mixed bunch.
South America - Denis Stracqualursi (lol, I support Everton AND Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata!)
Asia - none yet, but Kagawa looks like he could be great in years to come.
Oceania - Tim Cahill of course
Central America - Wanchope was very inconsistent, but fun to watch.
Middle East - none really tbh.
North America - Tim Howard of course
Africa -Victor Anichebe
South America - Juninho (Rafael is probably on par with him as my favorite, expect he'll surpass him soon, but man I loved Juninho back in the Boro days)
Asia - Shinji Kagawa (It would be Kinkgladze if we counted Georgia here)
Central America - Javier Hernandez
Middle East - Hakan Sukur (Kinkgladze if we're counting Georgia here. Basturk not far behind too)
North America - Brad Friedel
Africa - Mustapha Hadji
South America - Luis Suarez
North America - Brad Friedel
Oceania - Harry Kewell
Africa - Yaya Toure
Asia - Lee Chung-Yong
Work rate, important goals, discipline, work ethic, his trophy haul is also quite impressive. There has been better, more talented Asian players, but those qualities played a part in my picking of him for favourite Asian player.