There are about a bazillion Brazilians playing all over Asia, but, in a region with a fairly small amount of foreign player influence, I've also noticed that there are a good quantity of players and coaches from the European Balkan region. There are players from Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Macedonia in various East Asian nations.
Why are there so many players and coaches from the former Yugoslavia playing in Asia? I really don't know, if anybody knows the connection, I'd like to hear it.
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China
Beijing Guoan
北京国安
Macedonia - Stojan Ignatov
Dalian Haichang
大连海昌
Croatia - Vedran Celiščak
Qingdao Jonoon
青岛中能
Serbia - Dragan Stancic
Shandong Luneng
山东鲁能
Serbia - Aleksandar Živković
Changsha Ginde
长沙金德
Serbia - Milan Nikolic
Tianjin Teda
天津泰达
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Darko Matic
Zhejiang Lücheng
浙江绿城
Macedonia - Slavcho Georgievski
Korea
Busan I'Park
부산 아이파크
Croatia - Čačić
Incheon United
인천 유나이티드
Serbia - Dragan Mladenović, Borko Veselinović
Montenegro - Dženan Radončić
Jeonbuk FC
전북 축구클럽
Croatia - Toni
Macedonia - Stevica Ristic
Suwon Bluewings
수원 블루윙즈
Croatia - Mato Neretljak
Japan
Nagoya Grampus
名古屋グランパス
Serbia - Miloš Bajalica
JEF United Ichihara Chiba
ジェフユナイテッド市原・千葉
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Mirko Hrgović
Malaysia
UPB-MyTeam FC
Croatia - Mijo Dadic, Sasa Brazenac
Singapore
Tampines Rovers FC
Serbia - Sead Muratovic
Current and Former Coaches
Vladimir Petrović - China Coach
Radojko Avramovic - Singapore Coach
Bora Milutinović - Former China Coach (right after he coached the Metrostars)
Dragan Stojković - Former Player, Current Coach for Nagoya Grampus
There is also a good article about Ethnic Balkans around the Globe over at Culture of Soccer. That blog is very interesting, check it out if you haven't already.
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