The AFC Asian Cup in football is starting from today. Asia’s top-24 will be on the field for the record trophy in Qatar. The first match will be played today between Qatar and Lebanon at 9:30 pm.

The AFC Asian Cup is the biggest football tournament in the continent as the top players participate in it. The AFC Champions League features the best clubs in Asia, but does not include all the top players, while many of the players featured in the Asian Cup are part of Europe’s top clubs.

South Korea’s Son Heung-min is the captain of one of England’s top clubs, Tottenham. He is one of the best players of the club. At the same time, Saudi Arabia’s Al-Dawsari is a player in Al-Hilal club along with Neymar.

AFC Asian Cup participation record in graphic

1. Son Heung-min, South Korea: 3-time Asian Player of the Year, captain of Tottenham
South Korea’s Son Heung-min is leading Tottenham Hotspur, one of the top clubs in the English Premier League. Son has scored 12 goals in 20 Premier League matches this season. Son, a former Hamburg and Bayern Munich forward, has also won Asian Player of the Year a record three times. The son has scored 41 goals in 116 matches for his country.

The son got the captaincy of the team in this season of EPL. Before this, Harry Kane was the captain of Tottenham.

South Korea has won the Asian Cup twice. This year the son has a chance to win the trophy for the third time in the country.

2. Salem Al-Dawsari, Saudi Arabia: Argentina got an important role in the 2022 World Cup.
Salem Al-Dawsari is considered the top player of Saudi Arabia. Devsari scored Argentina’s goal against Lionel Messi in the 2022 World Cup. Saudi Arabia is the only team to have defeated Argentina in the 2022 World Cup.

Dawsari is a supporting equipment participant at Al-Hilal club along with Neymar. He keeps his club at the top of the league. Davasri was named the Best Asian Club Footballer of the Year in 2022. Davasari has scored 21 goals in 74 matches for his country.

Dassari’s club Al-Hilal is seven points ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo’s club Al Nassr.

3. Kim Min-jae, South Korea: Napoli to play key role in Italy’s Serie A summer
Last year, Kim was named Asian International Player of the Year for players outside Asia. He helped Italian club Napoli to their first Serie A appearance since 1990. In 1990, Maradona’s unlucky team of 16 goals won the championship for the last time.

The 27-year-old defender is considered one of the best defenders in the world during this period. Kim now competes with Germany’s top club Bayern Munich.

The Serie A trophy with Kim Min-jae. Italy’s Serie A is included in the top-5 leagues of the world.

Kim has played 56 matches for the national team Korea.

4. Takefusa Kubo, Japan: One of the top players of the Spanish league LaLiga
Japan’s Takefusa Kubo is one of the top players of the Spanish league La Liga. FC Barcelona and Real Madrid teams also play in this league. Cubo joined FC Barcelona at the age of 10. Real Madrid signed him after his international debut, but then released him.

Cubo was signed up by Real Madrid in 2022 and given consistent opportunities in several Spanish club tournaments. At only 15 years old, Kubo became the youngest player and then youngest scorer in Japan’s top league match. This season Kubo has 9 goals in 18 matches.

Real Madrid is one of the top clubs in Spain. Kubo’s team is currently at sixth position in LaLiga with 38 points.

Kubo took initiation in Japan at the age of 15.

5. Mehdi Taremi, Iran: Player of Portugal’s top club and Champions League winning team Porto FC
Iran’s Mehdi Taremi finished runner-up to Min-jae as the 2022 Asian International Player of the Year. The 31-year-old striker has scored 43 goals in 76 international matches for the national team. He joined influential top club Porto FC in 2020.

Porto are one of the top clubs in Portugal. In 2004, Porto qualified for the UEFA Champions League under legendary manager José Morhino. Apart from this, the club has also won the Champions League in 1987.

Porto FC won the Portuguese league title 30 times. Porto’s rival club is Sporting CP, where Cristiano Ronaldo comes from.

Taremi made his debut on 11 June 2015 in a friendly against Uzbekistan.