East Asian expatriate football players and national team success: Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean players in Europe (2000–2024) by Le Luo, Yangke Tang, Xiaohan Li, Ge Sun, Enkai Guo, Hanbing Xu

“…Abstract This study investigated the influence of Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean football players’ participation in European leagues on their national teams’ FIFA rankings from 2000 to 2024. Utilizing data from 22,972 matches featuring 392 players across 36 European leagues and 12 tournaments or cup competitions, survival and conditional process analyses were conducted to explore the relationships between expatriate player counts, appearances, playing time, and FIFA rankings. …”
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