Kuala Lumpur: Korea Republic’s Lee Kang-in netted on his debut for Atletico Madrid as the midfielder joined Saudi Arabia’s Saud Abdulhamid, Syria's Aiham Ousou and Japan’s Ayumu Yokoyama in scoring their first goals of the season.

Other Asian stars also made first appearances as the English Premier League, French Ligue 1, Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s La Liga kicked off their 2026/27 season, so follow the-AFC.com as we look at what Asia’s finest have been up to in Europe.

England: Herrington, Maeda in EPL debut

Australia international Lucas Herrington made his English Premier League debut in the 64th minute for Hull City as they stunned Manchester United 2-0 on their return to the Premier League after nine years.

Japan forward Daizen Maeda made his first appearance for newly-promoted Ipswich Town as they made a winning start to the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Sunderland. .....

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