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global acceptance of <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a>, with players from many <a href="/wiki/Race_(classification_of_human_beings)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (classification of human beings)">races</a> and countries participating. While football has moved around the world from its roots in England during the 18th century, the progress of non-European players has sometimes been hindered, with <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racism</a> a continuing problem in many countries. </p><p>People of non-European races have sometimes not been accepted as players in European football. This has changed in recent times,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (April 2016)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> due to societal change as well as campaigning on the part of the race lobby groups. <a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">UEFA</a> and the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> support the <a href="/wiki/Football_Against_Racism_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Against Racism in Europe">Football Against Racism in Europe</a> (FARE) project which aims to stop racism. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Globalization">Globalization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnicity_and_association_football&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Globalization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Globalisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Globalisation">Globalisation</a> has created a sense of <a href="/wiki/Multiculturalism" title="Multiculturalism">homogenised</a> culture in football where players from different ethnic backgrounds have congregated in one particular team. This enables the team to form some kind of "supranational" (Maguire J, 2009)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> entity that in turns loses its local or <a href="/wiki/National_identity" title="National identity">national identity</a> but gains a mixture of strengths that ideally improves the team's performance. A good example of this are the teams associated to the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> based in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. All of these teams are made up of players from different ethnic groups and are considered the best players in the World. <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester United">Manchester United</a> were crowned <a href="/wiki/FIFA_Club_World_Cup" title="FIFA Club World Cup">FIFA Club World Cup</a> Champions in 2008,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which exemplified the importance of ethnic diversity in a team - only three of the players in their championship game were of English background. </p><p>Globalisation has also affected football from a different perspective. John Nauright (2004)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> explains that during the <a href="/wiki/Globalisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Globalisation">globalisation</a> process, local and national identity is celebrated especially during significant sporting events such as the <a href="/wiki/Football_World_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="Football World Cup">Football World Cup</a>. An estimated 715.1 million people from different countries and ultimately ethnic backgrounds watched the Football World Cup in 2006 which makes it the most viewed event in history. This results in businesses looking for opportunities to advertise their brand through <a href="/wiki/Sponsorship" class="mw-redirect" title="Sponsorship">sponsorship</a> and funding which leads to <a href="/wiki/Commercialism" title="Commercialism">commercialism</a> in football. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commercialism">Commercialism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnicity_and_association_football&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Commercialism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1992, <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" title="Rupert Murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a> and <a href="/wiki/British_Sky_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="British Sky Broadcasting">British Sky Broadcasting</a> purchased the rights to televise the English <a href="/wiki/FA_Premier_League" class="mw-redirect" title="FA Premier League">FA Premier League</a> for 304 million <a href="/wiki/English_pound" class="mw-redirect" title="English pound">English pounds</a> which was 600% more than the previous contract.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Feeding off the passionate interest for <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a>, matches were televised all over the world through satellite television which made the league the "crown jewel" of football. Since then aspiring players from different ethnic backgrounds have strived to play in this league to achieve fame, money and satisfaction of reaching a defining peak in football excellence. Sales and revenue through <a href="/wiki/Advertising" title="Advertising">advertising</a> and <a href="/wiki/Technology" title="Technology">technology</a> have been determining factors in the <a href="/wiki/Commercialisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Commercialisation">commercialisation</a> of football which has resulted in the <a href="/wiki/Globalisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Globalisation">globalisation</a> of the sport. The main reason for sport organisations adopting the business model is to ensure their financial <a href="/wiki/Sustainability" title="Sustainability">sustainability</a> for the future. In order to gain a larger market share of audiences, well known football players from different countries who have loyal local fans are recruited. An example of this is <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Football_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Liverpool Football Club">Liverpool Football Club</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> recruiting <a href="/wiki/Fernando_Torres" title="Fernando Torres">Fernando Torres</a> from Spain where he played for a local club and had many supporters. This caused the loyal supporters to change allegiances as a sign of support for their player.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> This has in turn increased the ethnic diversity within the sporting code but also brought to attention the apparent racism associated among the players. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_football_(1880–1960)"><span id="Early_football_.281880.E2.80.931960.29"></span>Early football (1880–1960)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnicity_and_association_football&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early football (1880–1960)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In several countries, <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">black</a> players were often harassed by spectators; stories of players being pelted with racial slurs, chants, and even bananas were quite commonplace, although there had been black players playing in Europe since the early days of football. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Watson_(footballer,_born_1856)" title="Andrew Watson (footballer, born 1856)">Andrew Watson</a>, an amateur player, was <a href="/wiki/International_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="International cap">capped</a> for <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland</a> three times in the early 1880s, and played in the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Cup" title="Scottish Cup">Scottish Cup</a> for <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Park_F.C." title="Queen's Park F.C.">Queen's Park</a>.<a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wharton" title="Arthur Wharton">Arthur Wharton</a>, who played for <a href="/wiki/Preston_North_End_F.C." title="Preston North End F.C.">Preston North End</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C." title="Sheffield United F.C.">Sheffield United</a>, amongst others, is recognised<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (April 2016)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> as the world's first black professional footballer. <a href="/wiki/Jack_Leslie_(English_footballer)" title="Jack Leslie (English footballer)">Jack Leslie</a> was the first black player to be selected for <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a>, but never actually played for his country – which is thought<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag may use weasel words or too-vague attribution. (April 2016)">by whom?</span></a></i>]</sup> to be due to the colour of his skin. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Frank_Soo" title="Frank Soo">Frank Soo</a> was the first (and so far only) ethnic Chinese person to play for England, during the Second World War, though these were not official internationals. Other non-white footballers in Britain in the early and mid-20th century included <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Parris" title="Eddie Parris">Eddie Parris</a>, a black <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Welsh</a> international; <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Salim_(footballer)" title="Mohammed Salim (footballer)">Mohammed Abdul Salim</a>, an <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> playing for <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tewfik_Abdullah" title="Tewfik Abdullah">Tewfik Abdullah</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a> who played for <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaican</a> <a href="/wiki/Lindy_Delapenha" title="Lindy Delapenha">Lindy Delapenha</a>, who won a title with <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth_F.C." title="Portsmouth F.C.">Portsmouth</a> before moving to <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a>; his countryman <a href="/wiki/Gil_Heron" title="Gil Heron">Gil Heron</a>, who played for <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Williams_(comedian)" title="Charlie Williams (comedian)">Charlie Williams</a>, a British black defender for <a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Rovers_F.C." title="Doncaster Rovers F.C.">Doncaster Rovers</a> who later became a successful entertainer. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_football_(1960_onwards)"><span id="Modern_football_.281960_onwards.29"></span>Modern football (1960 onwards)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnicity_and_association_football&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Modern football (1960 onwards)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was not until <a href="/wiki/Viv_Anderson" title="Viv Anderson">Viv Anderson</a> that black footballers started to become accepted into the <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England national football team</a>. Since then, many black players have played for England, and several have served as captain, notably <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ince" title="Paul Ince">Paul Ince</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Barnes_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Barnes (footballer)">John Barnes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sol_Campbell" title="Sol Campbell">Sol Campbell</a>. </p><p>Nowadays in the bigger leagues minority players have become part of football, and are supported. This was seen in the <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France national team</a> which won the <a href="/wiki/1998_FIFA_World_Cup" title="1998 FIFA World Cup">1998 FIFA World Cup</a>: the squad was composed of Frenchmen of various backgrounds, including immigrants from or descendants of several countries/colonies, such as <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a> (<a href="/wiki/David_Trezeguet" title="David Trezeguet">David Trezeguet</a>), <a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Patrick_Vieira" title="Patrick Vieira">Patrick Vieira</a>), <a href="/wiki/French_Guiana" title="French Guiana">French Guiana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lama" title="Bernard Lama">Bernard Lama</a>), <a href="/wiki/Martinique" title="Martinique">Martinique</a> (<a href="/wiki/Thierry_Henry" title="Thierry Henry">Thierry Henry</a>), <a href="/wiki/Guadeloupe" title="Guadeloupe">Guadeloupe</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lilian_Thuram" title="Lilian Thuram">Lilian Thuram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Diom%C3%A8de" title="Bernard Diomède">Bernard Diomède</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Marcel_Desailly" title="Marcel Desailly">Marcel Desailly</a>), plus a <a href="/wiki/New_Caledonia" title="New Caledonia">New Caledonian</a> (<a href="/wiki/Christian_Karembeu" title="Christian Karembeu">Christian Karembeu</a>), an ethnic <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kalmyks" title="Kalmyks">Kalmyk</a> (<a href="/wiki/Youri_Djorkaeff" title="Youri Djorkaeff">Youri Djorkaeff</a>), another player of Armenian descent (<a href="/wiki/Alain_Boghossian" title="Alain Boghossian">Alain Boghossian</a>), a <a href="/wiki/Basque_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Basque people">Basque</a> speaker (<a href="/wiki/Bixente_Lizarazu" title="Bixente Lizarazu">Bixente Lizarazu</a>) as well as captain <a href="/wiki/Didier_Deschamps" title="Didier Deschamps">Didier Deschamps</a> from the same region, a <a href="/wiki/Breton_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Breton people">Breton</a> (<a href="/wiki/Stephane_Guivarc%27h" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephane Guivarc'h">Stephane Guivarc'h</a>), <a href="/wiki/Robert_Pires" title="Robert Pires">Robert Pires</a> whose parents hailed from <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, and an ethnic <a href="/wiki/Berber_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Berber people">Berber</a> (<a href="/wiki/Zinedine_Zidane" title="Zinedine Zidane">Zinedine Zidane</a>). This composition was seen as an inheritance of former French colonialism, in a country where the proportion of immigrants still remains a source of tension and conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Incidents in 2004 have also shown this to be the case in some bigger leagues, where there are a visible number of players from a different ethnicity. A notable incident occurred that year when England played Spain in Madrid, and home fans were heard by the world media to be making "<a href="/wiki/Monkey_chants" class="mw-redirect" title="Monkey chants">monkey chants</a>" at some of the black players on the pitch,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> forcing the Spanish football authorities to apologise for their fans.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On November 27, 2005, <a href="/wiki/Marc_Zoro" class="mw-redirect" title="Marc Zoro">Marc Zoro</a>, a player from <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire" class="mw-redirect" title="Côte d'Ivoire">Côte d'Ivoire</a>, was playing for the Italian team <a href="/wiki/F.C._Messina_Peloro" class="mw-redirect" title="F.C. Messina Peloro">Messina</a> when he was racially abused by <a href="/wiki/Internazionale_Milano_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Internazionale Milano F.C.">Inter Milan</a> fans to the extent that he picked up the ball and threatened to leave the field.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This caused the Italian football authorities to propose to start the following week's matches late after an anti-racism display.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This came at the same time that <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> legislators were threatening Europe-wide legal sanctions against national football associations and clubs whose fans were seen to take part in racist actions.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Australia">Australia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnicity_and_association_football&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Australia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ethnic minorities were instrumental in establishing the <a href="/wiki/National_Soccer_League" title="National Soccer League">National Soccer League</a>, which lasted from 1977 to 2004 as Australia's top-flight competition; however, clubs such as <a href="/wiki/South_Melbourne_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="South Melbourne F.C.">South Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Olympic" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney Olympic">Sydney Olympic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sydney_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney United">Sydney United</a>, <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Adelaide City">Adelaide City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Stallions" class="mw-redirect" title="Marconi Stallions">Marconi</a> were met with a policy established by League head David Hill to cut ties with their ethnicity. Names such as "Hellas", "Croatia" and "Juventus" were removed from clubs in an attempt to draw new supporters from outside of these ethnic groups, but falling attendances and financial difficulties caused the NSL to be disbanded. Eighteen months later, the <a href="/wiki/A-League" class="mw-redirect" title="A-League">A-League</a> was launched with the National Club Identity Policy, a rule forbidding clubs from having ethnic ties, and several teams, such as <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Victory" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne Victory">Melbourne Victory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_Coast_Mariners_FC" title="Central Coast Mariners FC">Central Coast Mariners</a>, were newly created. Almost all of the old NSL powerhouses are now dominating their respective state leagues and the National Club Identity Policy was overturned in 2019 on the basis of being discriminatory.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion_in_football">Religion in football</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnicity_and_association_football&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Religion in football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sometimes certain clubs have often been connected with religious denominations, such as both <a href="/wiki/Tottenham_Hotspur_F.C." title="Tottenham Hotspur F.C.">Tottenham Hotspur</a> and <a href="/wiki/AFC_Ajax" title="AFC Ajax">Ajax</a> with <a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/Old_Firm" title="Old Firm">Old Firm</a> <a href="/wiki/Rangers_F.C." title="Rangers F.C.">Rangers F.C.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic F.C.</a> of <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a>, who are seen to be <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> respectively. This has led to problems with violence and occasionally death, but often equates to little more than derogatory nicknames.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="'Oriental'_footballers"><span id=".27Oriental.27_footballers"></span>'Oriental' footballers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnicity_and_association_football&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 'Oriental' footballers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Players of Oriental origin have had presence in European football. <a href="/wiki/Frank_Soo" title="Frank Soo">Hong Y 'Frank' Soo</a> played 9 times for England during the Second World War. <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Chung" title="Sammy Chung">Sammy Chung</a> coached Wolverhampton Wanderers to a UEFA Cup Final in 1972, and later as manager helped lead them to promotion from the old 2nd division to the old 1st division. <a href="/wiki/Vikash_Dhorasoo" title="Vikash Dhorasoo">Vikash Dhorasoo</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Indo-Mauritian" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Mauritian">Indo-Mauritian</a> descent, played for the France national team during the <a href="/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2006 FIFA World Cup">2006 FIFA World Cup</a>. South Korean <a href="/wiki/Park_Ji-Sung" class="mw-redirect" title="Park Ji-Sung">Park Ji-Sung</a>, who played for Manchester United, is an example of an Asian footballer who can be a rising star in big clubs in Europe.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Park may be preceded by the Japanese player <a href="/wiki/Hidetoshi_Nakata" title="Hidetoshi Nakata">Hidetoshi Nakata</a>, who played at various European clubs such as Perugia, AS Roma, Parma, Bologna, Fiorentina and lately at Bolton Wanderers. Another Japanese player, <a href="/wiki/Shunsuke_Nakamura" title="Shunsuke Nakamura">Shunsuke Nakamura</a>, overcame criticism of his lack of pace and stamina, and helped seal <a href="/wiki/Celtic_F.C." title="Celtic F.C.">Celtic</a>'s <a href="/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_Scottish_Premier_League" title="2006–07 Scottish Premier League">2006–07 Scottish Premier League</a> title. The most prominent example<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> of an Asian player having a successful career in a big European League in the 20th century was <a href="/wiki/Cha_Bum-Kun" class="mw-redirect" title="Cha Bum-Kun">Cha Bum-Kun</a>, a Korean striker who played for Darmstadt, Frankfurt and Leverkusen in the German league, scoring 98 goals in 308 matches in Germany. He was later given the title <i>Asia's Player of the Century</i> by the <a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Football_History_and_Statistics" class="mw-redirect" title="International Federation of Football History and Statistics">International Federation of Football History and Statistics</a>. Other Korean, Iranian, Chinese and Japanese football players have also gained starting places in their respective clubs in Europe. Some football clubs hire the Asian football stars hoping to increase merchandise sales from the player's respective Asian country. However, in Britain in 2007, there were complaints of a lack of Asian participants in top league football.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnicity_and_association_football&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Racism_in_association_football" title="Racism in association football">Racism in association football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">Racism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_Against_Racism_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Against Racism in Europe">Football Against Racism in Europe</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ethnicity_and_association_football&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110728044849/http://assets.sportanddev.org/downloads/81__sport_and_globalisation.pdf">"Prof Maguire J, 2009, Sport and Globalisation.Port and Development Web-Based Platform, Swiss Academy for Development"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. 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id="Association_football806" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Association football</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chronology</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern code</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_association_football" title="History of association football">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_association_football" title="Timeline of association football">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">First league</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Scotland_v_England_football_match" title="1872 Scotland v England football match">First international</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldest_football_clubs" title="Oldest football clubs">Oldest clubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oldest_football_competitions" class="mw-redirect" title="Oldest football competitions">Oldest competitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_ban_football_games" title="Attempts to ban football games">Attempts to ban the sport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancestors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caid_(sport)" title="Caid (sport)">Caid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuju" title="Cuju">Cuju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Calcio_Fiorentino" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcio Fiorentino">Calcio Fiorentino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_public_school_football_games" title="English public school football games">English school games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Episkyros" title="Episkyros">Episkyros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpastum" title="Harpastum">Harpastum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_soule" title="La soule">La soule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marn_Grook" title="Marn Grook">Marn Grook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_football" title="Medieval football">Medieval</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ba_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Ba game">Ba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camping_(game)" title="Camping (game)">Camping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cnapan" title="Cnapan">Cnapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornish_hurling" title="Cornish hurling">Cornish hurling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_division_football" title="Old division football">Old Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Shrovetide_Football" title="Royal Shrovetide Football">Royal Shrovetide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uppies_and_Downies" title="Uppies and Downies">Uppies and Downies</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="15" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Football_(soccer_ball).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Football_%28soccer_ball%29.svg/70px-Football_%28soccer_ball%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Football_%28soccer_ball%29.svg/105px-Football_%28soccer_ball%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Football_%28soccer_ball%29.svg/140px-Football_%28soccer_ball%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="544" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rules</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Laws_of_the_Game_(association_football)" title="Laws of the Game (association football)">Current</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Away_goals_rule" title="Away goals rule">Away goals rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ball_(association_football)" title="Ball (association football)">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ball_in_and_out_of_play" title="Ball in and out of play">Ball in/out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corner_kick" title="Corner kick">Corner kick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football#Duration_and_tie-breaking_methods" title="Association football">Duration of the match</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">Equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_pitch" title="Football pitch">Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fouls_and_misconduct_(association_football)" title="Fouls and misconduct (association football)">Fouls and misconduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_kick" title="Free kick">Free kick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goal_kick" title="Goal kick">Goal kick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goal_difference" title="Goal difference">Goal difference</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Offside_(association_football)" title="Offside (association football)">Offside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">Penalty kick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">Penalty shoot-out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football#Players,_equipment,_and_officials" title="Association football">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Referee_(association_football)" title="Referee (association football)">Referee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assistant_referee_(association_football)" title="Assistant referee (association football)">Assistants</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scoring_in_association_football" title="Scoring in association football">Scoring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_start_and_restart_of_play" class="mw-redirect" title="The start and restart of play">Start and restart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throw-in" title="Throw-in">Throw-in</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Rules" title="Sheffield Rules">Sheffield rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_rules" title="Cambridge rules">Cambridge rules</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Board</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Football_Association_Board" title="International Football Association Board">IFAB</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ball_(association_football)" title="Ball (association football)">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_boot" title="Football boot">Boots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kit_(association_football)" title="Kit (association football)">Kit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Away_colours" title="Away colours">Away colours</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_jersey" title="Third jersey">Third jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Throwback_uniform" title="Throwback uniform">Throwback uniform</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Variants of <br />the game</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amputee_football" title="Amputee football">Amputee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beach_soccer" title="Beach soccer">Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/College_association_football" class="mw-redirect" title="College association football">College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crab_soccer" title="Crab soccer">Crab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Five-a-side_football" title="Five-a-side football">Five-a-side</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Futsal" title="Futsal">Futsal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indoor_soccer" title="Indoor soccer">Indoor</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freestyle_football" title="Freestyle football">Freestyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keepie_uppie" title="Keepie uppie">Keepie uppie</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hacky_sack" title="Hacky sack">Footbag</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paralympic_association_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Paralympic association football">Paralympic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Powerchair_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Powerchair Football">Powerchair</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorkyball" title="Jorkyball">Jorkyball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roller_soccer" title="Roller soccer">Roller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_goalie" title="Rush goalie">Rush goalie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven-a-side_football" title="Seven-a-side football">Seven-a-side</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sevens_(variation_of_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sevens (variation of football)">Sevens</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swamp_football" title="Swamp football">Swamp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Street_football_(association_football)" title="Street football (association football)">Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three-sided_football" title="Three-sided football">Three-sided</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3v3_Soccer" title="3v3 Soccer">3v3 Soccer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walking_football" title="Walking football">Walking</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Association_football_positions" title="Association football positions">Positions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)">Goalkeeper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)">Defender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">Midfielder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)">Forward</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Strategy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)" title="Formation (association football)">Formation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_tactics" class="mw-redirect" title="Association football tactics">Tactics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Skills</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bicycle_kick" title="Bicycle kick">Bicycle kick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curl_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Curl (football)">Curl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nutmeg_(football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nutmeg (football)">Nutmeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabona" title="Rabona">Rabona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Step_over" title="Step over">Step over</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Glossary_of_association_football_terms" title="Glossary of association football terms">Terminology</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-football" title="Anti-football">Anti-football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catenaccio" title="Catenaccio">Catenaccio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiki-taka" title="Tiki-taka">Tiki-taka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Total_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Total football">Total football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zona_mista" title="Zona mista">Zona mista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Equaliser_(sports)" title="Equaliser (sports)">Equaliser</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Memorabilia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Association_football_card" title="Association football card">Trading cards</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Supporters%27_group" title="Supporters' group">Organised supporters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barra_brava" title="Barra brava">Barra brava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curva_(stadia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Curva (stadia)">Curva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_hooliganism" title="Football hooliganism">Hooliganism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torcida_organizada" title="Torcida organizada">Torcida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ultras" title="Ultras">Ultras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_chant" title="Football chant">Chant</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Comparisons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_association_football_and_rugby_union" title="Comparison of association football and rugby union">Rugby union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_association_football" title="Geography of association football">Main associations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Confederation_of_African_Football" title="Confederation of African Football">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asian_Football_Confederation" title="Asian Football Confederation">Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA" title="UEFA">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONCACAF" title="CONCACAF">North & Central America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceania_Football_Confederation" title="Oceania Football Confederation">Oceania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CONMEBOL" title="CONMEBOL">South America</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Olympic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Football at the Summer Olympics">Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_Youth_Olympic_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Football at the Youth Olympic Games">Youth Olympics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Men's</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_association_football_competitions" title="List of association football competitions">Competitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_association_football_families" title="List of association football families">Families</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_men%27s_association_football_players" title="Lists of men's association football players">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_footballers_with_500_or_more_goals" title="List of footballers with 500 or more goals">Top scorers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_association_football_clubs" title="Lists of association football clubs">Clubs</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_by_competitive_honours_won" title="List of football clubs by competitive honours won">most successful clubs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_national_association_football_teams" title="List of men's national association football teams">National 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