{"id":5089,"date":"2022-02-11T08:44:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T07:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topsoccerblog.com\/?p=5089"},"modified":"2022-02-11T08:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T07:46:27","slug":"asian-players-who-played-celtic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topsoccerblog.com\/asian-players-who-played-celtic\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Asian Players Who Played For Celtic"},"content":{"rendered":"
Celtic FC is one of the most well-known and successful clubs in Europe. Due to their history and rich pedigree, the Glasgow-based club has been able to attract diverse talents from across the globe over the years. Celtic have had quite a fair number of Asians on their books. The first Asian players to play for Celtic was Indian attacker Mohammed Salim. He played two friendlies for Celtic in the 1930s. He also became<\/a> the first player from the Indian sub-continent to play for a European club. Since then Celtic have signed a host of Asian players.<\/p>\n However, here are the top 5 Asian players who played for Celtic.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n The versatile former South Korean international joined the Bhoys in 2010 and played two seasons with the Scottish giants. Du-ri featured in 31 Scottish Premier League games during his time at Celtic Park. He scored two league goals. The right-back won the SPL (2011-2012) and Scottish cup (2010-2011) during his time with the Celts.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The talented Japanese midfielder spent four fruitful seasons at Celtic, where his silky and eye for goal made him a firm fan favorite. Nakamura played about 128 SPL matches over the course of his time with the Hoops, managing to find the back of the net 29 times. The expert setpiece taker is considered one of the best foreign players to have played in Scotland<\/a>.<\/p>\n Shunsuke won the league 3 times with Celtic as well as one Scottish cup, and two Scottish League cups. Individually the Japanese midfielder was named Scottish Writers and Scottish Players\u2019 player of the year for the 2006-2007 season. He was voted the same season as the Celtic player of the year undoubtedly making him the most successful Asian player with the Celts.<\/p>\n1. Cha Du-ri<\/strong><\/h3>\n
2. Shunsuke Nakamura<\/strong><\/h3>\n
3. Kyogo Furuhashi<\/strong><\/h3>\n