Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games

Ahmadreza Abedzadeh (Persian: احمدرضا عابدزاده‎, born 25 May 1966) is an Iranian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for Esteghlal, Sepahan, Persepolis and the Iranian national team. He made 79 appearances for Iran, and played for his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.

V. Sundramoorthy is a former Singapore international footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and is widely touted as one of the country's most skilful and talented footballers ever. He is the current football manager for Laos.

Yun Jong-Su (Korean: 윤정수; hancha: 尹正水; born 3 January 1962) is a former North Korean football player and the current head coach of the North Korea national football team.

Serbegeth "Shebby" Singh (Punjabi: ਸਰਬੇਤਥ ਸਿੰਘ, Sarabētatha sigha; 20 August 1960 – 12 January 2022) was a Malaysian professional footballer who played as a defender. After retiring, he worked as a coach as well as a sports broadcaster in Asia. He was Blackburn Rovers' Global Adviser during the 2012–13 season. During this time, he was accused of 'presiding over the farcical decline of the club'.

Farshad Pious (Persian: فرشاد پیوس‎, born January 12, 1962 in Tehran, Iran) is a retired Iranian football player who was a striker for a number of clubs in Iran, most notably Persepolis, as well as Iran national football team. He is regarded as one of the best players in the history of Iranian football. He helped Persepolis win their only ever Asian Cup Winners' Cup in 1991 and also led them to a runners-up finish the following year. Pious was named the Iranian Football League top scorer on seven occasions. He is also Persepolis' greatest ever scorer with 153 goals in 211 games.

Mohamed Abdullaziz Al-Deayea (Arabic: محمد عبدالعزيز الدعيع‎; born 2 August 1972) is a Saudi Arabian retired football goalkeeper. He played in four FIFA World Cups for the Saudi Arabia national team and earned a total of 178 officially recognized caps, the record for a goalkeeper. He also achieved the first best Goalkeeper of the Century from Asia award ahead of Nasser Hejazi in second and In-Young Choi in third place respectively.

Fahad Al-Harifi Al-Bishi (Arabic: فهد الهريفي البيشي‎) (better known as Fahd Al-Herafy) was born 10 September 1965 in Bisha. He is one of the most famous football players in Saudi Arabia. He retired after the World Club championship.

Wail Sulaiman Al-Habashi (Arabic: وائل سليمان أحمد المحيسن الحبشي‎; born August 24, 1964) was the first player of the Kuwait national football team to score a golden goal. The goal was scored against the UAE in 1994.

Majed Ahmed Abdullah (Arabic: ماجد احمد عبد الله‎; born 11 January 1959) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played for Al-Nassr and the Saudi national team. Abdullah is the all-time leading goalscorer for Saudi Arabia with 72 goals in 117 games. At club level, he is the record goalscorer for Al-Nassr and is the all-time top scorer of the Saudi Professional League. He was often referred to by his nickname "Arabian Jewel".

Kazuyoshi Miura (三浦 知良, Miura Kazuyoshi, born 26 February 1967), often known simply as Kazu (nicknamed "King Kazu"), is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Japan Football League club Suzuka Point Getters on loan from Yokohama FC.