5 Best Asian Footballers from across the Top Leagues in Europe

#2 Shinji Kagawa

The Borussia Dortmund man is one of the most recognisable Asians in world football.

Shinji Kagawa(!) is a tremendously talented attacking midfielder who has been on the top of the world game for some time now. In Europe since the start of the decade, the Japanese is the most experienced Asian on this list.

First catching the eye in the yellow for the German side, Kagawa had a great start to life in Europe with the Giants of the Bundesliga. The creative midfielder has a keen eye for goal scoring 60 times for Dortmund and making another 54 in his time with the club.

The most followed club in Asia is Manchester United, and the fans got their wish when the Japanese moved to England to play for the giants of English football and got off to a blistering start in the Premier League. His form tailed off later on though, eventually seeing him move back to the Signal Iduna Park.

Shinji Kagawa: Of the 143 players to score 5+ goals in Europe's top 5 leagues in 2016, @S_Kagawa0317 has the best conversion rate (45.5%)

— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) May 19, 2016

The Asian legend has a career total 121 goals in 394 matches. Sensational returns for a midfielder, putting him at #2 on our list.