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How former Bayern recruit Usami is making up for lost time back home
By Cronan Yu last updated
FFTASIA50 After being starved of playing time with German giants Bayern Munich, Cronan Yu reveals how Japan’s Takashi Usami is finding his form on local shores once again...
The FourFourTwo 50 Best Asian Players 2015
By Joe Brewin last updated
FFTASIA50 Presenting the finest footballers from Asia this year...
Okazaki: Moving to Europe meant my lifetime dream had finally come true
By Mark Lovell last updated
FFTASIA50 Shinji Okazaki, the most prolific Japanese striker in Bundesliga history, talks to Mark Lovell about Japan's recent failures and his own successes in Germany...
Homegrown Asian stars are turning heads but how bright the lights of Europe?
By John Duerden last updated
FFTASIA50 With Asian players starting to build global reputations back home, John Duerden wonders if playing in Europe is still the true test of a footballer's mettle...
FourFourTwo's 50 Best Asian Players 2015: 5-1
By Joe Brewin last updated
FFTASIA50 A midfield magician, a record-breaking Bundesliga sharpshooter and the best Asian player of 2015
FourFourTwo's 50 Best Asian Players 2015: 45-41
By Joe Brewin last updated
FFTASIA50 A former Asian footballer of the Year, an Asian Games gold medallist and a player seeking redemption in the Bundesliga.
Why Asia's best and brightest flock to the Bundesliga
By Uli Hesse last updated
FFTASIA50 With a Bundesliga stacked with Asian talent, Uli Hesse tells the story of how Germany became the promised land for Asia's best players...
Songkrasin: “One day I want to go to Barcelona”
By Kazira Hans last updated
FFTASIA50 The Thai starlet tells Kazira Hans about his football upbringing, being compared to Messi and wanting to play in Europe...
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