Bundesliga Special: East Asia is the new hot look in Germany
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Shinji-Kagawa-c33364 is not the only East Asian player who is making a name for himself in the Bundesliga.
Guido Buchwald is a former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Atsuto-Uchida-c6908.
The speedy winger has been a revelation for Schalke since his arrival in 2009-10 and Buchwald hailed the Japanese player by calling him a regular rocket.
Like most of the Japanese players, Atsuto adapted quickly to life in the Bundesliga and is a rare breed of modern day footballer who is solely interested in football. The 21-year-old is a good crosser of the ball and is strong enough to hold his own in man-on-man
situations.
Felix Magath called him the ‘New Rafinha’. The Brazilian defender left for Italian Serie A side Genoa in 2009-10 season and the Japanese has done admirably well to slot in at right-back.
Atsuto is yet another Japanese who has made himself a great star in the making in Germany and it is not surprising at all that German giants Bayern Munich and other top European clubs are monitoring his progress.
The reason for this recent East Asian influx in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 is because the players in countries like Japan and South Korea are being coached well and they have a great knowledge about positional play. Because of this, it becomes very easy for a Japanese player
to adapt to German football as the game pace is almost as high as it is in Korea and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Japan-c2928.
Just like http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Makoto-Hasebe-c23206, Magath thinks that Atsuto will progress very rapidly because he is a good sportsman.
Most of the Asian players are physically durable and their chances of getting injured on a regular basis are very low as in the Far East, coaches spend a lot of time in developing footballers into more durable and tough sportsmen. The strict coaching regime
induces a sense of responsibility and discipline in an average player which is the main reason why every Asian player is extremely focused on the game rather than becoming involved in the media frenzy around him.
Heung-Min Son is another Korean player who has cemented his place in Hamburger Sport-Verein. The young Korean took little time in adapting to German football than his compatriots because he came through the youth ranks at Hamburg before making his debut
for the senior side in 2009-10.
Heung is only 18 years old and is a predator in front of goal. Armin Veh, coach of Hamburg is happy to see the Korean’s progress and has made it clear that he will not allow the prodigy to leave the club before his full potential is realised.
At a time when Asian football was on the rise, North Korea just like its regime was working in obscurity. The rest of the world did not know anything about the national side before the 2010 world cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/South-Africa-c757.
Jong Tae-Se now plays for Bundesliga 2 side http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/VfL-Bochum-c40880 and is a prolific striker for both his club and country. A self-confident and highly motivated player is a rarity these days but the North Korean fills in the mould excellently.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Takahito-Soma-c34512 is currently playing for Energie Cottbus in the Bundesliga 2 and playing in Europe is not a new thing for the 28-year-old. The Japanese national player has a lot of experience when it comes to winning titles after he won the Asian Champions
League with Urawa Red Diamonds in 2006 and has transcended this aspect of his game to his team.
The above-mentioned players are one of the pioneers of ‘New Age Asian Football’ and they will definitely pave the way for more Asian players to come in the Bundesliga and make a name for themselves.
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