Before Ronaldo, four Golden Globe winners played in Asia.
The first is the Bulgarian superstar Stoichkov, who played for Riyadh Nasr and the Japanese team Kashiwa Helios; the second is George Weah, who joined the UAE capital team Abu Dhabi Jazira in 2001.
Later, he also retired from the team; the third was Rivaldo, who joined the Uzbekistan team Ben Yudeko in 2008. Although he was old but still brave, he led the team to win the Uzbek League Championship for three consecutive years; the fourth
It is Fabio Cannavaro, who joined the UAE team Dubai Al Ahli in 2010 at the age of 37, retired from the team and transformed into a coach.