By my count there were 45 players born in an Asian country that were on 40 man active rosters in the 2008 season: Masao Kida - Tokyo, Japan
Akinori Iwamura - Ehime, Japan
Shigetoshi Hasegawa - Kobe, Japan
Kazuhisa Ishii - Chiba, Japan
Dave Roberts - Okinawa, Japan
Akinori Otsuka - Chiba, Japan
Ichiro Suzuki - Kasugai, Japan
Tomo Ohka - Kyoto, Japan
Michael Nakamura - Nara, Japan
Hideki Matsui - Ishikawa, Japan
Stephen Randolph - Okinawa, Japan
Keiichi Yabu - Mie, Japan
Shingo Takatsu - Hiroshima, Japan
Kazuhito Tadano - Tokyo, Japan
Norihiro Nakamura - Osaka, Japan
Tadahito Iguchi - Tokyo, Japan
Kaz Matsui - Osaka, Japan
Takashi Saito - Miyagi, Japan
Hiroki Kuroda - Osaka, Japan
Daisuke Matsuzaka - Tokyo, Japan
Kenji Johjima - Sasebo, Japan
So Taguchi - Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Hideo Nomo - Osaka, Japan
Hideki Okajima - Kyoto, Japan
Kei Igawa - Oarai, Japan
Masahide Kobayashi - Yamanashi, Japan
Kosuke Fukudome - Osaki, Japan
Masumi Kuwata - Osaka, Japan
Kazuo Fukumori - Miyakonojo, Japan
Tom Mastny - East Bontang, Indonesia
Chan Ho Park - Kongju, South Korea
Sun Woo Kim - Inchon, South Korea
Byung-Hyun Kim - Kwangsan-Ku Songjungdong, South Korea
Jung Bong - Seoul, South Korea
Hee-Seop Choi - Chun-Nam, South Korea
Shin-Soo Choo - Pusan, South Korea
Dae-Sung Koo - Daejeon, South Korea
Cha Seung Baek - Busan, South Korea
Tommy Phelps - Seoul, South Korea
Jae Kuk Ryu - Choon Chung Do, South Korea
Chin-Feng Chen - Tainan City, Taiwan
Chin-lung Hu - Tainan City, Taiwan
Hong-Chih Kuo - Tainan City, Taiwan
Chin-hui Tsao - Hua-Lien, Taiwan
Chien-Ming Wang - Tainan, Taiwan
There are no Major League Baseball (MLB) players, past or present, that were chinese-born.
In 2001, Wang Chao signed with the Seattle Mariners, becoming the first player born in the People's Repulblic of China to sign with a MLB club.
In 2007, Liu Kai because the first player born in the People's Republic of China to sign a contract with a MLB club with the prior permission of the China Baseball Association. Along with catcher Zhenwang Zhang, Kai signed with the New York Yankees. Also in 2007, the Seattle Mariners signed catcher Wei Wang and infielder-outfielder Yu Bingjia. All four players were assigned to U.S. minor league teams.
All of the above listed players were later released by their designate MLB clubs.
Ryan Yoshitomo Kurosaki as the first Asian-American to play Baseball in the MLB. Kurosaki pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1975.
Karim Bagheri
Selestin babayahro is the first Nigeria player to in english premier league(chelsea)
Selestin babayahro is the first nigeria player to in english premier league(chelsea)
He was the first British Asian player to play in the Premier League. He is born in England, but represented the Pakistan national team. He now plays league football in Thailand.
There is no Indian footballer who has played in the English premier league
Manchester Cities Michelle Vonk in 1992, was the first Dutchman to score in the English premier league.
Alan Shearer is the only player to score 200 goals in the English Premier League, he finished his career with 260 goals in the league.
Most likely Kanu.
Ken moncow
is it billy dodds
Arsenal
The first Premier League season was 1992/3