This is one of several graphics that we published in the Al Shabiba newspaper of Oman during the coverage of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.
Age and abroad experience are critical factors in football. 367 players were registered to play the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, all of them in ages which range from 18 to 35 years old, from which, 84 are playing abroad. In order to help the readers to predict which squads could rule the tournament, we published this piece that shows the age and experience of all 367 players in foreign countries. All of them distributed in four groups of four squads each. Almost all the squads registered 23 players, except for North Korea which has just 22. All squads' players are ordered from youngest to oldest. The darker bars are players on foreign clubs. Age average are shown to see which squads are younger or older than the opponents. The magenta line is the age average for the whole tournament
I created this piece together with Winie Ariany, who created the faces of the youngest and oldest player.
Arabic printed version
English version (before flipping)
Once the graphic is almost complete in English, must be flipped and later each text entity must be flipped again individually:
At the beginning I was tempted to construct a radial piece but later I thought better and came back to the soberness:
Corrections from the proofreaders
