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1. Son Heung-Min: The 24-year old Korean striker plays for English Premier side Tottenham. In May, Heung-Min was an integral part of Tottenham team as the team secured Champions League qualification and barely missed out on EPL championship. Featuring in 4 games for Tottenham in May, Heung-Min netted 2 goals and provided 2 Assists, while featuring at White Hart Lane’s important victory over Manchester United in early May. With passing ratio of %81, he is among the top in passing aspect. Hence, his rating of 7.86 out of 10, was the best rating among Asian players for the month of May.
*Source of Ratings: whoscored.com
Full ranking of top 10 Asian players in Europe in February 2017
- Son Heung-Min (Tottenham/South Korea) 7.86
- Sardar Azmoun (Rostov/Iran) 7.57
- Keisuke Honda (AC Milan/Japan) 7.41
- Yuya Osako (FC Cologne/Japan) 7.4
- Alireza Jahanbakhsh (AZ Alkmaar/Iran) 7.36
- Takashi Inui (Eibar/Japan) 7.15
- Gotoku Sakai (Hamburger SV/Japan) 7.1
- Mike Havenaar (ADO Den Haag/Japan) 7.06
- Ali Adnan (Udinese/Iraq) 7.06
- Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund/Japan) 6.97