Sabtu, 27 Agustus 2011

Introducing : Five Southeast Asian's best strikers are ready to play in Europe

1. Boaz Solossa (Indonesia)


Boas Theofilius Erwin Solossa or popularly known as Boaz Solossa, born March 16, 1986 in Sorong, West Papua-Indonesia, is an Indonesian footballer who plays as a striker. Boaz who is currently playing in Persipura Jayapura, once dubbed as a wonderkid, when he was taken by Peter Withe and featuring riveting performances in Ho Chi Minh City, while he was performing with the Indonesian National Team at the 2004 Tiger Cup. He is famous for his ability to control the ball, accurate and power of left foot and right foot are good, speed, attacking vision, and the instinct to score goals. In the midst of developing his career, he had suffered a serious injury that made him almost forget about football forever. A broken right leg injury while performing for the Indonesian National Team match against Hong Kong on trial before the Asian Cup 2007. Boaz has won the Indonesia Super League 3 times, other individual achievement are as a Best player of Indonesia Super League 2009-2010, and his name listed as the top score of ISL twice in 2009 and 2011. He has appeared in 21 matches for Indonesia and scored 6 goals. Lately he was linked to some Europeans club such as from Netherlands club, which is rumoured want to sign him.

2. Safee Sali (Malaysia)



Mohd Safee Mohd Sali or commonly called Safee Sali was born in Kajang, Selangor-Malaysia, January 29, 1984 is a Malaysian footballer who plays as a striker. Currently he plays for FC Pelita Jaya, Indonesia. He previously played for Selangor FA, with Selangor, Safee impressed K.Devan by bringing the team reach both the FA Cup and Malaysia Cup final. However, Selangor lost to Kedah FA in both finals with the same score of 3-2. He scored a total of 11 goals in his first season with Selangor. Overall Safee has made 66 goals during the 5-year appearances with Selangor. At the international level, Safee has played 19 times and scored 7 goals for the national team U-23 Malaysia, and played 24 times and scored 10 goals for the senior national team of Malaysia. He also played for Malaysia in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 and bring Malaysia the AFF Cup title for the first time. Rumours said because of his lately achievements, some of Germany clubs reported would to sign him.

3. Teerasil Dangda (Thailand)


Teerasil Dangda was born in July 6, 1988, at Bangkok. He first showed his promising between 2003-2005 when he was studying at Assumption Thonburi College and played for the college. His career was begun in 2005, played for Royal Thai Air Force, made 6 appearances at aged 18. Next year he moved to Raj Pracha, it was at this club that Teerasil's performances developed gradually, scored 9 goals from 18 appearances, thus, drew attention from clubs and it was Muanthong United, second division champions, who won Teerasil's signature. Teerasil's good performances continued and made him one of the brightest youth in Thailand. The name of Teerasil became nationwide when he and fellow international teamates, were given a chance to take a trial at an English Premier League club, Manchester City. But due to lacking work permit, they were sent out on loan at a Swiss' club Grasshopper Zurich. He did not make a single competitive appearance at Manchester City or Grasshopper Zurich. On October 18, 2008, after almost two years of lacking first team football nightmare, the trio were released from City after work permit application failure. Teerasil returned to Thailand and has been enjoying his career with Thai Premire League champions, Muanthong United, and then he won the Thai Premier League twice in 2009 and 2010. Teerasil has been an ever present in the international fold since October 2007, so far he appeared in 36 matches and scored 17 goals.


4. Le Cong Vinh (Vietnam)




Le Cong Vinh born December 10, 1985 is a Vietnamese footballer who plays for Hanoi T&T, born in Nghe An Province, Vinh gained recognition and fame while playing for his hometown club Song Lam Nghe An, from 2004 to 2008. He left SLNA, after a well-documented transfer saga, Vinh turned down The Cong at the last minute to accept a more lucrative offer from Hanoi T&T, it was the highest transfer fee in Vietnamese football at the time. At the beginning of August 2009, Hanoi T&T announced that Vinh would be joining Leixoes Sport Club of Portugal in a three-month loan deal, starting 1 September 2009. The deal was facilitated by Henrique Calisto, who was once Vietnam and Leixoes' manager.  His first-team debut came on 4 October, in a league contest against Uniao de Leiria, making him the first ever Vietnamese footballer to play in a professional European league. On October 18, 2009, Vinh scored his first official goal for Leixoes, in a 2–1 Portuguese Cup win against Casa Pia AC. In January of the following year, he returned to Hanoi T&T. Vinh is widely considered one of the best players in South East Asia. He is known for his exceptionally quick first step, having played in the traditional forward as well as the second striker role. Vinh has played for Vietnam national team since 2004, appeared in 47 matches and scored 31 goals, that is a remarkable achievement for a young player at the time.

5. Philip Younghusband (Philippines)
Philip James Placer Younghusband known as Phil Younghusband born August 4, 1987 is an Filipino footballer who has English descent, plays as a striker for Loyola Agila and the Philippines national team. He was born in Ashford, Middlesex, England and the son of Englishman Philip Younghusband Sr. and Filipina Susan Placer. His brother James Younghusband is also a footballer and a midfielder on the same team. Plays as a striker and turned professional in March 2005, having been at Chelsea since the age of nine. Younghusband was the youth team's top scorer in the 2003–04 season and made his first reserve start in November 2004. In the 2004–05 he was the youth team's top scorer. In the 2005–06 season, Younghusband made 21 appearances for the Chelsea reserve team, including 18 starts, and scored five goals. He also made one appearance as a substitute for the Chelsea youth team. On August 30, 2007, Younghusband signed a contract with Danish top-league club Esbjerg. He returned in the summer of 2008, but his contract with Chelsea ended and he moved to the Philippines. On August 19, 2011, it was reported that Younghusband and his brother would be joining Loyola Agila on three year deals after the national club championship was over. Early in 2005, the Philippine Football Federation was alerted to Younghusband's eligibility by a mysterious gamer who allegedly found out about their lineage via playing Football Manager. He and his older brother, James, were eventually called up to the Southeast Asian nation's football squad, amidst much fanfare. Younghusband participated in the 2005 South East Asian Games, which was held in the Philippines, scoring two goals at the tournament. Younghusband has played for Philippines national team in 23 matches since 2006 and scored 15 goals. An excellent achievement for someone who just adapted to the conditions of football in South East Asia.

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