The United Colours of West Ham

[James P]

Maybe I'm going mental but didn't we have a Japanese player at the club around 2000 time? Did he never play for the first team? Or did he never exist?

[ironsjh]

Maybe I'm going mental but didn't we have a Japanese player at the club around 2000 time? Did he never play for the first team? Or did he never exist?

I've just had a look on wiki to double check, doesn't appear to exist

The closest I could find to a Japanese player, was a fella we had on trial. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... riker.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[LeonRivers]

Can't believe Chris Coyne was missed. Superb spot there.

We had a couple of Koreans in the early 2000s, possibly just on trial. Not sure if they both signed, but we kept San Lee for a while. He never played in a match for us though.

[DaveWHU1964]

Maybe I'm going mental but didn't we have a Japanese player at the club around 2000 time? Did he never play for the first team? Or did he never exist?

Don't remember that but years earlier (I'd guess the late '80s but wouldn't be surprised to be 5 years out either way) went to WHL to see us get stuffed in a friendly. I'm sure we had a Japanese trialist playing for us that night. It must have been a bit of a rush job as he didn't even have a number on his shirt. He played, as a sub I think.

[il_martello_di_genovesi]

Maybe I'm going mental but didn't we have a Japanese player at the club around 2000 time? Did he never play for the first team? Or did he never exist?

We had San Lee from South Korea. Not quite Japan. Only one I can think of.

[Boooogers!]

We had a couple of Koreans in the early 2000s, possibly just on trial. Not sure if they both signed, but we kept San Lee for a while. He never played in a match for us though.

Also the father of current Academy product, Olly Lee

Family club.

[paulthebubble]

On page 2 (?), it was mentioned Greece is not represented.

Stan Lazaridis and Dylan Tombides

They both were eligible to play for Greece. I believe Lazaridis father was born in Greece and played in the Greek league. The 'dis, 'des' usually signifies that the family comes from Northern Greece-Makedonia or Thraki.

[RichieRiv]

Van Der Elst's signing seemed, (to a 13 year old Sweeney), almost exotic. I was sure we were going to see some continental flair lighting up the Boleyn. Sadly, whilst he done fairly OK, my mind had over hyped him. Back then, a foreign player was someone from Ireland, and we did not even have an Irishman..

He lived on my road and drive a pea green mk2 Granada. It was in the days that the local dealerships - Laidlaw - sponser players cars.

[LeonRivers]

Victor Moses is our second Nigerian.

[Jedi Al Khalaas]

Is Belic the first Serbian to sign for West Ham?

[LeonRivers]

Is Belic the first Serbian to sign for West Ham?

No, unless you mean permanantly.
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[LeonRivers]

Nikica Jelavić is our 5th Croatian.

[Sweeney Bod]

Maybe I'm going mental but didn't we have a Japanese player at the club around 2000 time? Did he never play for the first team? Or did he never exist?

If you believe the rumours, Pardew's Jap's eye made a few appearances at the club between 2003-06.

[Billy_Boy]

We had San Lee from South Korea. Not quite Japan. Only one I can think of.

Twat was offside.

[LeonRivers]

Emmanuel Emenike is our third Nigerian, and our first not called Victor.

[Rocket]

What about Manny Omoyinmi?

[LeonRivers]

What about Manny Omoyinmi?

He was a Nigerian-born Englishman.

[Heysel76]

What about Manny Omoyinmi?

Don't mention Manny, now he'll have to start again!

[bitter-iron-ny]

I believe that with Sofiane Feghouli and Gokhan Tore we can now add two additional countries to the list?

[rare as rockinghorse shat]

Omer Riza

Technically, cos he signed for us. Technically cos he appeared for Turkey B