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Japanese Takefusa Kubo, Iraqi Ayman Hussein, Vietnamese Nguyen Quang Hai, and Indonesian Asnawi Mangkualam are among the most prominent players of the Group D teams participating in the 18th Asian Nations Championship in Qatar.
Japanese Takefusa Kubo (22 years old)
Kubo, nicknamed “Japan’s Messi” because of his outstanding football skills, is considered one of the most prominent stars that national team coach Hajime Moriyasu will rely on in the upcoming 2023 Asian Cup.
The Spanish right winger of Real Sociedad has a high ability to control the ball thanks to his magical left foot, and his speed in launching attacks in the spaces behind the opponent’s defense poses a threat to most opponents. According to his statistics this season with Sociedad, the talented player scored 6 goals and assisted 4 others out of a total of 23 matches.
Kubo (Real Sociedad’s best player during the 2022-2023 season) began his professional career in Spain with Real Madrid in 2019, then moved on loan to Mallorca, Villarreal, and Getafe, before moving permanently in 2022 to the Basque club for 6.5 million euros.
Kubo made his debut with the “Samurai” in 2019, during a friendly match against El Salvador, and has 3 goals and 6 assists in 29 international matches.
Iraqi Ayman Hussein (27 years old)
Ayman Hussein (top scorer in the Iraqi league in the 2020-2021 season) has good football qualities that make him a reliable player for the Spanish Jesus Casas, coach of the Iraqi national team, in the upcoming Asian Nations Championship in Qatar.
The Iraqi Air Force Club striker is fast, and has accuracy in passing and shooting. He is the current top scorer in the “Al-Rafidain Lions” with 17 goals, one behind Muhannad Ali, the police player (18 goals).
The former player for Sfaxien of Tunisia, Raja of Morocco, Al-Jazira of the Emirates, Umm Salal and Al-Markhiya of Qatar scored 3 goals in the recent Gulf Cup in Basra, contributing to his country winning the title for the fourth time in its history.
Indonesian Asnawi Mangkualam (24 years old)
Asnawi made his debut with the Indonesian national team in March 2017 during a match against Myanmar, and since then he has played 36 international matches and scored one goal.
The South Korean Jeonnam Dragons right back became captain of his country’s national team in 2021, and participated with the team in the joint Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Vietnamese Nguyen Quang Hai (26 years old)
Nguyen is one of the standout stars of Vietnam’s young and impressive team, and the midfielder has good free-kicks and left-footed passing skills.
In the last Asian Nations Cup in the UAE, the Vietnamese player of Cong An Hanoi Club was chosen among the ideal squad in the tournament, which the Qatari team won for the first time in its history.
Hai participated for the first time with the Vietnamese national team in July 2017, and since then he has played 42 matches and has 10 goals to his credit, including a goal in the qualifiers for the Asian Nations Championship in Qatar.
