China, India, Pakistan, USA and Indonesian players and the Premier league

Pell said:
For me, China's national football team has suffered from the aspirations of the Super League trying to be a major power and importing big name players like Drogba, Anelka, Tevez, Hulk, Oscar, etc, rather than trying to develop players. In the late 90's and early 00's, China had quite a decent national team, they qualified for their first World Cup in 2002, reached the final of the Asian Cup in 2004, and gave established teams like France and Germany tough games, albeit in friendlies. They defeated France and held Germany and Brazil to draws, in stark contrast to losing 6-0 in a friendly at home to Wales in 2018. At that time China had players playing in the Premier League and Bundesliga (Jihai and Li Tie at Everton, Shao Jiayi at Cottbus) now Wu Lei playing for Espanyol is the only Chinese player playing outside China. The strongest teams in Asia at the moment are Japan, South Korea, Australia and Iran, they all have something in common; they produce players and export them. China doesn't do this. Instead, with the backing of the Chinese government, they've tried to create a rival to the Premier League by signing big name overseas players like the one's I mentioned earlier with big wages, which has also tied down Chinese players. If you're on big money, there is little incentive to go abroad and improve. The Chinese Super League bubble looks like it has burst. Jiangsu Suning have folded, they had some decent Brazilian players who have gone elsewhere now. There is a belief that the football novelty in the government has worn off and the heavy financial backing will ease. Big name signings are expected to reduce. If that's true, it could be a good thing. It might mean more focus on developing young players. In the AFC Champions League all the Chinese teams involved played their youth teams against senior opposition. A sign of the direction Chinese football is taking? That's what they need to do, because China are very weak at the moment.

Its a bit of myth that India doesn't care about football. The areas of India where the Portuguese had a strong influence are very football passionate. The derby between East Bengal and Mohun Bagan used to get crowds of over 100,000. The Indian Super League has helped Indian football a lot and has risen the profile of the game, hence why CFG aquired Mumbai City. It's a fertile market. Indonesian football has been really hurt by corruption and terrible mismanagement. Indonesia were banned by FIFA for over a year because of it. If you want to see a bent match, watch this:

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Interesting post thanks
 
MadchesterCity said:
China, India, Pakistan, USA and Indonesia together make up almost 50% of the worlds population yet of those "3.7 billion current" only 57 of those (49 Americans) have played in premier league since it's inauguration.
Why have so few players from China and India been able to\ chosen to play in the Premier league or at a top level?
I haven't checked the other European leagues but suspect this is similar across the top leagues.
USA aside [10th], are the other nations just not very good at football, I know other sports are more popular, but why barely any top level footballers with such huge populations?

CountryPlayersPopulationFifa ranking
China
7​
1,445,000,000​
71​
India
0​
1,396,000,000​
105​
Pakistan
1​
226,000,000​
198​
United States
49​
333,000,000​
10​
Indonesia
0​
276,000,000​
174​
3,676,000,000​


United States
Jozy Altidore – Hull City, Sunderland – 2009–10, 2013–15
DaMarcus Beasley – Manchester City – 2006–07
Carlos Bocanegra – Fulham – 2003–08
Michael Bradley – Aston Villa – 2010–11
Geoff Cameron – Stoke City – 2012–18
Bobby Convey – Reading – 2006–08
Jay DeMerit – Watford – 2006–07
Clint Dempsey – Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur – 2006–14
Landon Donovan – Everton – 2009–10, 2011–12
Maurice Edu – Stoke City – 2012–13
Benny Feilhaber – Derby County – 2007–08[b BRA]
Ian Feuer – West Ham United, Derby County – 1999–2000, 2001–02
Brad Friedel – Liverpool, Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur – 1997–2000, 2001–14
Lynden Gooch – Sunderland – 2016–17[c IRL U19]
Brad Guzan – Aston Villa, Middlesbrough – 2008–09, 2011–17
Marcus Hahnemann – Reading, Wolverhampton Wanderers – 2006–08, 2009–11
John Harkes – Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United, Nottingham Forest – 1992–93, 1995–96, 1998–99
Stuart Holden – Bolton Wanderers – 2009–11[b SCO]
Tim Howard – Manchester United, Everton – 2003–16
Emerson Hyndman – Bournemouth – 2017–19
Eddie Johnson – Fulham – 2007–08, 2009–11
Jemal Johnson – Blackburn Rovers – 2004–06
Cobi Jones – Coventry City – 1994–95
Jermaine Jones – Blackburn Rovers – 2010–11[b FRG][c GER]
Kasey Keller – Leicester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Fulham – 1996–99, 2001–05, 2007–08
Jovan Kirovski – Birmingham City – 2002–04
Eddie Lewis – Fulham, Derby County – 2001–02, 2007–08
Eric Lichaj – Aston Villa – 2010–13
Matt Miazga – Chelsea – 2015–16[c POL U18]
Brian McBride – Everton, Fulham – 2002–08
Joe-Max Moore – Everton – 1999–2002
Oguchi Onyewu – Newcastle United – 2006–07
Owen Otasowie – Wolverhampton Wanderers – 2020–21
Preki – Everton – 1992–94[b SRB-YUG]
Christian Pulisic – Chelsea – 2019–
Tim Ream – Bolton Wanderers, Fulham – 2011–12, 2018–19, 2020–21
Claudio Reyna – Sunderland, Manchester City – 2001–07
Antonee Robinson – Fulham – 2020–21[b ENG]
Josh Sargent – Norwich City – 2021–
Brek Shea – Stoke City – 2012–14
Johann Smith – Bolton Wanderers – 2006–07
Juergen Sommer – Queens Park Rangers – 1995–96
Jonathan Spector – Manchester United, Charlton Athletic, West Ham United – 2004–11
Zack Steffen – Manchester City – 2020–
Indiana Vassilev – Aston Villa – 2019–20
Roy Wegerle – Blackburn Rovers, Coventry City – 1992–95[b SAF]
Zak Whitbread – Norwich City – 2011–12
Danny Williams – Huddersfield Town – 2017–19[b FRG][c GER U15]
DeAndre Yedlin – Tottenham Hotspur, Sunderland, Newcastle United – 2014–16, 2017–21

China
Tyias Browning – Everton – 2014–16
Dong Fangzhuo – Manchester United – 2006–07
Li Tie – Everton – 2002–04
Li Weifeng – Everton – 2002–03
Sun Jihai – Manchester City – 2002–08
Nico Yennaris – Arsenal – 2011–12
Zheng Zhi – Charlton Athletic – 2006–07

Pakistan
Zesh Rehman – Fulham – 2003–06

Best Chinese Soccer Players | List of Famous Footballers from China (ranker.com)
Wang Xiao- Defender from Shenyang, China
Cheung Chi Doy - Forward and Midfielder from China, Hong Kong
Gao Leilei - Midfielder from Beijing, China
Sun Jihai
Defender from Dalian, China
Sun Jihai is a Chinese former footballer who played in the English Premier League. He is one of the most well-known footballers in China. He was the first East Asian footballer to score in the Premier League when he scored a goal for Manchester City in October 2002,[1] and also the first Chinese footballer to score in the UEFA Cup. Sun was a member of the Chinese national team that qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the country's only appearance at the World Cup.
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If all the sad cunts in these countries didn’t glory support English clubs and had more pride in where they were from and supported their local team that represents them and their city; their clubs would have a greater income, therefore more money to invest in player development.
 
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