{"id":2966,"date":"2017-04-20T13:04:17","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T04:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2017-04-20T13:04:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T04:04:17","slug":"7-high-profile-footballers-move-southeast-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2017\/04\/20\/7-high-profile-footballers-move-southeast-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"7 high-profile footballers who could move to Southeast Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Southeast Asia is gaining reputation after former international superstars such as Michael Essien, Carlton Cole or Peter Odemwingie decide to come and play football here. Football Tribe Asia takes a look at potential players whose contracts are running out soon or are already a free agent, and could make a move to Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n

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1. Nigel Reo-Coker<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reo-Coker spent almost a decade at the English top flights following stints with West Ham (2004-2007), Aston Villa (2007-2011) and Bolton Wanderers (2011-2012).<\/p>\n

The centre-midfielder later chose to ply his trade in America with Vancouver Whitecaps (2013-2014), Chivas USA (2014) and Montreal Impact (2015-2016). However, he failed to impress his latest club and his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 21 January 2016.<\/p>\n

On 12 April 2017, Reo-Coker joined La Liga club Granada CF on trial with a view to contract until the end of the 2016\/17 season.<\/p>\n

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2. Emir Spahic<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his 19-year career, Spahic\u00a0has represented teams in his homeland, Croatia, Russia, France, Spain and Germany.<\/p>\n

His most recent clubs were Bayer Leverkusen (2013-2015) and Hamburger SV (2015-2017). Spahic was released by Hamburger on 3 January 2017 and is currently a free agent.<\/p>\n

A full international since 2003, Spahic was the captain of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team from 2004 until the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n

He is the most-capped player in his nation’s history with 90 caps, also scoring six goals.<\/p>\n

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3. Charles N’Zogbia<\/strong><\/p>\n

N’Zogbia is a recognisable name with Premier League followers, having spent over a decade in the English top flight with Newcastle United, Wigan Athletic and Aston Villa.<\/p>\n

A versatile player, he plays primarily as a right or left winger, but can also play as an attacking midfielder.<\/p>\n

He made 118 appearances for Newcastle from 2004 and 2009, before moving to Wigan in 2009. The Frenchman later moved to Aston Villa in 2011, playing 80 games for the club and scoring 4 goals.<\/p>\n

N’Zogbia is without a club following his departure from Villa on\u00a010 June 2016 after his contract expired.<\/p>\n

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4. Dimitar Berbatov<\/strong><\/p>\n

Berbatov has been without a club since leaving Greek outfit PAOK at the end of last season.<\/p>\n

The former Bulgarian international, who scored 94 Premier League goals during spells with United, Spurs and Fulham, insists he still has something to offer.
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5. Kieran Richardson<\/strong><\/p>\n

A natural a winger, Richardson can also deputize as a left-back and a central midfielder in his playing days.<\/p>\n

Richardson began his career as a trainee at West Ham United, going on to have extended spells at Manchester United, Sunderland, Fulham, Aston Villa in the Premier League. He has been capped eight times for England, scoring twice.<\/p>\n

On 12 April 2017, Richardson joined fellow Englishman Nigel Reo-Coker at La Liga club Granada CF on trial after an invitation from Tony Adams.<\/p>\n

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6. Wilson Palacios<\/strong><\/p>\n

Defensive midfielder Palacios made his name in the Honduran Liga Nacional\u00a0after winning five league titles with Olimpia.<\/p>\n

He later moved to England and played in the Premier League for\u00a0Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic, Tottenham and Stoke City. Palacios struggled to make an impact in his four seasons at Stoke and left the club in 2015.<\/p>\n

He subsequently had a spell in the North American Soccer League with Miami, but is currently a free agent.<\/p>\n

Palacios has been a regular player for Honduras since 2003, helping them qualify for the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup. He was capped by his country 97 times, scoring 3 goals.<\/p>\n

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7. Marouane Chamakh<\/strong><\/p>\n

A\u00a0prototypical target man, Chamakh made a name for himself with French outfit Bordeaux during his 8 years with the club. He scin56 goals after 230 appearances for the club, winning Ligue 1 in 2009.<\/p>\n

Chamakh failed to impress at Arsenal after moving to London on a free transfer in 2010, although\u00a0he did become the first and only player in UEFA Champions League history to score in six consecutive matches,\u00a0 either side of his switch to London.<\/p>\n

He later moved on to Crystal Palace (2013-2016) and Cardiff City (2016). Chamakh was released by Cardiff in December 2016, having made two appearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Southeast Asia is gaining reputation after former international superstars such as Michael Essien, Carlton Cole or Peter Odemwingie decide to come and play football here. Football Tribe Asia takes a look at potential players whose contracts are running out soon or are already a free agent, and could make a move to Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":2996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[695,628,204,694,696],"class_list":["post-2966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-southeast-asia","tag-charles-nzogbia","tag-dimitar-berbatov","tag-featured","tag-nigel-reo-coker","tag-wilson-palacios"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}