Asian players have played for Europe's five major leagues for 45 years, starting with the arrival of Japanese star Yasuhiko Okuter in the Bundesliga in 1977 and ending with Son Heung-min scoring 19 goals in a single season in the Premier League. "Sun Dasheng" surpassed the goal record of any previous predecessor.
Previous asian players in the top three single-season scoring records in the five major leagues are: Che Fangen (South Korea), 17 goals, completed in the Bundesliga in 1985-86. Hashmian (Iran), 16 goals, finished in the Bundesliga in 2003–04. Shinji Okazaki (Japan), 15 goals, finished in the Bundesliga in 2013-14.
Hashmian's 16 goals are still the record for a single season goal scored by an Iranian player in the five major leagues, which has been maintained for 18 years. Although iran has also played in the five major leagues since then, even Jahanbachsh, Taremi and others have won the Dutch Golden Boot, the Portuguese Premier League Silver Boot, and Azmon is also dominant in the Russian Super League, but Hashen is also the historical record holder of Iranian players.
Son's goal record in the five major leagues has long surpassed that of che fangen, but don't forget that che fangen still holds the record for an Asian player with 17 goals in a single season in the Bundesliga. Che VanGen also scored in double figures for five consecutive seasons in the Bundesliga, and no one surpassed him. The 98 Bundesliga goals are also the first in the history of an Asian player. Che Fangen still has many historical records that asian descendants cannot break.
In terms of Japanese players, Shinji Okazaki's 15 goals in a single season has not been surpassed so far. In addition, Hidetoshi Nakata holds the Asian player's record of -10 goals in a single season in Serie A, Huang Yisuke holds the Asian player's record of -11 goals in a single season in Ligue 1, Nekonan maintains the record of -8 goals scored by Asian players in a single season in La Liga, and the Bundesliga record is still held by Che Fangen.
Chinese players have scored the most goals in the five major leagues, the most goals scored in a single season is Yang Chen-8 goals, and the total number of goals is also Yang Chen-16 goals. The Bundesliga record is also maintained by Yang Chen, the first person in the history of the Premier League Sun Jihai 3 goals, the La Liga is held by Wu Lei -8 goals, and the Ligue 1 and Serie A have so far been blank and no one has scored. Overall, however, the record of Chinese players is far from that of South Korean, Japanese and Iranian players. Yang Chen's time in the Bundesliga, except for the success of the first season, became more and more mediocre.
Although Wu Lei worked hard enough, he only had a flash of inspiration in his first year in La Liga, and his peak moment when he broke the Barcelona goal was worthy of praise. Judging from the current situation, he is an indispensable foreign aid for the Spaniards, and he may pack his bags and leave at any time.
In the Premier League, Son Heung-min scored a total of 89 goals, 19 goals in a single season, scored in double figures for 6 consecutive seasons, and the number of scoring doubles and hat-tricks, which are all historical records for Asian players. In addition, Son Heung-min also scored 130 goals in the five major leagues, 32 goals ahead of second-place Che Fangen! Hopefully, he will be the first Asian to score 100 goals in the Premier League.