BOOK REVIEW - TRAILBLAZING CURRIE OPENED DOORS TO ASIA FOR ZICO, RONALDO
The name Derek Currie may not ring a bell instantly among Singapore football fans.
However, it was the trailblazing move of him with two other fellow Scots to Hong Kong in 1970 that eventually opened the doors to see many European footballers plying their trades in Asia.
Who would imagine luminaries like Zico playing in Japan and Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, etc. descended on Saudi Arabia after Currie, Jackie Trainer and Walter Gerrard landed in Hong Kong to begin their extraordinary journey?
That extraordinary journey was captured in Currie's autobiography - "When 'Jesus' Came to Hong Kong: The Remarkable Story of the First European Football Star in Asia"
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The name Derek Currie may not ring a bell instantly among Singapore football fans.
However, it was the trailblazing move of him with two other fellow Scots to Hong Kong in 1970 that eventually opened the doors to see many European footballers plying their trades in Asia.
Who would imagine luminaries like Zico playing in Japan and Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, etc. descended on Saudi Arabia after Currie, Jackie Trainer and Walter Gerrard landed in Hong Kong to begin their extraordinary journey?
That extraordinary journey was captured in Currie's autobiography - "When 'Jesus' Came to Hong Kong: The Remarkable Story of the First European Football Star in Asia"
👀 To access to the link to the review of the above-mentioned book, please click here ➡️ https://www.bolasepako.com/2023/09/book-review-trailblazing-currie-opened-asia-doors-for-ronaldo.html
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