Lee Kang-in (22, Mallorca), Jung Woo-yeong (Freiburg), and Yang Hyeon-joon (21, Gangwon FC) are among the young soccer players representing Asia.
Iranian internet broadcasting 토스카지노‘Gol Benzan’ selected 18 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) All-Stars under the age of 23 (only age). Lee Kang-in was introduced first among the four midfielders classified as the best 11.
Jung Woo-young, who will turn 24 on September 20th, is the 4th among the remaining 7 members. Yang Hyun-joon was the 3rd out of 6 additionally selected by the US’
Lee Kang-in is the 2019 International Football Federation (FIFA) U-20 World Cup Golden Ball (MVP) winner. He is recording 9 points and 10 assists in 105 matches in La Liga (1st division) in Spain, which ranks second in the European Football Federation (UEFA) rankings.
Jung Woo-young is a member of ▲2013 Youth Asian Games Gold Medal ▲2014 Youth Olympic Silver Medal ▲2020 AFC U-23 Championship Winner. He is active with 10 points and 4 assists in 83 matches in the German Bundesliga (1st Division), which is ranked 3rd in Europe.
‘Transfermarkt’, a media specializing in the transfer market, evaluates Lee Kang-in as joint 1st and Jung Woo-young as joint 6th in measuring the value of AFC players under the age of 23.
Lee Kang-in was reported to be transferring to Naples (Italy) this month following Atletico Madrid (Spain) last month. Atletico is 15th in the European club rankings, while Napoli is 19th.
Hyunjun Yang shines in the 2022 K League 1 Young Player Award (MVP under 23 years old). It was included 4th in the TOP 10 of the ‘world’s most promising shooting-oriented light wing’ selected by the International Center for Sports Research (CIES).
In July of last year, he started to gain international fame by playing a big role for 30 minutes as a member of the ‘Team K League’ against Tottenham. At the time, Tottenham was the 4th team in the 2021-22 season of the English Premier League (EPL), which ranked No. 1 in Europe.
In October of last year, Yang Hyun-joon became the main character of the Fenerbahce transfer rumor that was reported by local media, including Turkiye’s national broadcaster ‘Canal Yedi’. Turkiye is 12th in the European League Ranking, and Fenerbahce is 58th in the European Club Ranking.
Top 11 Asian Footballers Under 23Goalkeeper: Boimurodov (Uzbekistan)
Defender: Saud Abdulhamid (Saudi Arabia)
Defender: Amin Hazbabi (Iran)
Defender: Hiroki Ito (Japan)
Defender: Yukinari Sugawara (Japan)
Midfielder: Kangin Lee (Republic of Korea)
Midfielder: Kei Nakamura Sat (Japan)
Midfielder: Zidane Iqbal (Iraq)
Midfielder: Kubo Takefusa (Japan)
Striker: Alahiar Sayatmanesh (Iran)
Top 18 Asian football players under 23 years of age* Australia is AFC member
Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh (Iran)
Naoki Kumata (Japan)
Nestory Irankunda (Australia)
Wooyoung Jung (Korea)
Homam Ahmed (Qatar)
Yadegar Rostami (Iran)
Harib Abdullah (United Arab Emirates)
Top 24 Asian football players under the age of 23Umarali Rahmonaliyev (Uzbekistan)
Abosbek Faizulayev (Uzbekistan) Hyunjun Yang
(Korea )
Marco Tilio (Australia) Arif
Ayman Hanafi (Malaysia)
Fukui Daichi (Japan)