Asian Footballer of the Year
Asian Footballer of the Year is an annual prize awarded to the best Asian player in a calendar year, organized by Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The award began in 1984 through International Federation of Football History & Statistics with sport magazines and journalists , then it was adopted by the AFC in 1994 with the allocation of annual award.[1][2][3]
Contents
1 Winners
1.1 Before AFC adoption (1984–1994)
1.2 After AFC adoption (1994–present)
1.3 Wins by country
1.4 Wins by club
1.5 Wins by player
2 AFC Asian International Player of the Year
3 AFC Foreign Player of the Year
4 See also
5 References
Winners
Majed Abdullah, won the award in 1984,1985,1986.[4]
Kazuyoshi Miura, won the award in 1993.
Hidetoshi Nakata, won the award in 1997,1998.
Ali Daei, won the award in 1999.
Shinji Ono, won the award in 2002.
Mehdi Mahdavikia, won the award in 2003.
Ali Karimi, won the award in 2004.
Khalfan Ibrahim, won the award in 2006.
Yasser Al-Qahtani, won the award in 2007.
Yasuhito Endō, won the award in 2009.
Lee Keun-Ho, won the award in 2012.
Zheng Zhi, won the award in 2013.
Omar Abdulrahman, won the award in 2016.
Before AFC adoption (1984–1994)
| Year | Rank | Player | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984 | 1st |  Majed Abdullah | Al-Nassr | 66 | |
| 2nd |  Gu Guangming | Guangdong | 40 | ||
| 3rd |  Faisal Al-Dakhil | Qadsia | 30 | ||
1985 | 1st | Majed Abdullah | Al-Nassr | 66 | |
| 2nd | Gu Guangming | Guangdong | 47 | ||
1986 | 1st | Majed Abdullah | Al-Nassr | 68 | |
| 2nd |  Choi Soon-ho | POSCO Atoms | 32 | ||
1987 | No award | ||||
1988 | 1st |  Ahmed Radhi | Al-Rasheed | 26 | |
| 2nd | Kim Joo-sung | Daewoo Royals | 16 | ||
| 3rd | Majed Abdullah | Al-Nassr | 14 | ||
1989 | 1st | Kim Joo-sung | Daewoo Royals | 38 | |
| 2nd | Majed Abdullah | Al-Nassr | 12 | ||
| 3rd | Ahmed Radhi | Al-Rasheed | 6 | ||
1990 | 1st | Kim Joo-sung | Daewoo Royals | 36 | |
| 2nd |  Farshad Pious | Persepolis | 28 | ||
| 3rd |  Adnan Al-Talyani | Al-Shaab | 6 | ||
1991 | 1st | Kim Joo-sung | Daewoo Royals | 31 | |
| 2nd | Chung Yong-hwan | Daewoo Royals | 28 | ||
| 3rd | Samad Marfavi | Esteghlal | 16 | ||
1992 | No award | ||||
1993 | 1st |  Kazuyoshi Miura | Verdy Kawasaki | – | |
| 2nd | Fahad Al-Bishi | Al-Nassr | – | ||
| 3rd | Mehdi Fonounizadeh | Esteghlal | – | ||
After AFC adoption (1994–present)
| Year | Rank | Player | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1994 | 1st | Saeed Owairan | Al-Shabab | – |
1995 | 1st | Masami Ihara | Yokohama Marinos | – |
1996 | 1st | Khodadad Azizi | Bahman | – |
| 2nd | Ali Daei |  Al Sadd | – | |
| 3rd | Ko Jeong-woon | Cheonan Ilhwa Chunma | – | |
1997 | 1st | Hidetoshi Nakata | Shonan Bellmare | – |
| 2nd | Khodadad Azizi |  1. FC Köln | – | |
| 3rd | Karim Bagheri | Arminia Bielefeld | – | |
1998 | 1st | Hidetoshi Nakata |  Perugia | – |
| 2nd | Fan Zhiyi |  Crystal Palace | – | |
| 3rd | Jasem Al Huwaidi | Al-Salmiya | – | |
1999 | 1st | Ali Daei | Hertha BSC | – |
| 2nd |  Hidetoshi Nakata | Perugia | – | |
| 3rd |  Hwang Sun-hong | Cerezo Osaka | – | |
2000 | 1st | Nawaf Al-Temyat | Al-Hilal | – |
| 2nd | Hiroshi Nanami | Júbilo Iwata | – | |
| 3rd | Ryuzo Morioka | Shimizu S-Pulse | – | |
2001 | 1st | Fan Zhiyi |  Dundee | – |
| 2nd | Abdullah Al-Shehan | Al-Shabab | – | |
| 3rd | Li Tie | Liaoning Fushun Tegang | – | |
2002 | 1st | Shinji Ono |  Feyenoord | – |
| 2nd | Junichi Inamoto | Fulham | – | |
| 3rd | Ahn Jung-hwan | Perugia | – | |
2003 | 1st | Mehdi Mahdavikia | Hamburger SV | – |
| 2nd |  Therdsak Chaiman | BEC Tero Sasana | – | |
| 3rd |  Maxim Shatskikh |  Dynamo Kyiv | – | |
2004 | 1st | Ali Karimi | Al-Ahli | – |
| 2nd |  A'ala Hubail | Al-Ahli | – | |
| 3rd | Shunsuke Nakamura |  Reggina | – | |
2005 | 1st | Hamad Al-Montashari | Al-Ittihad | – |
| 2nd | Maxim Shatskikh | Dynamo Kyiv | – | |
| 3rd | Sami Al-Jaber | Al-Hilal | – | |
2006 | 1st | Khalfan Ibrahim | Al Sadd | – |
| 2nd | Bader Al-Mutawa | Qadsia | – | |
| 3rd | Mohammad Al-Shalhoub | Al-Hilal | – | |
2007 | 1st | Yasser Al-Qahtani | Al-Hilal | – |
| 2nd |  Younis Mahmoud | Al-Gharafa | – | |
| 3rd | Nashat Akram | Al-Ain | – | |
2008 | 1st | Server Djeparov | Bunyodkor | – |
| 2nd | Ismail Matar | Al-Wahda | – | |
| 3rd | Sebastián Soria | Qatar SC | – | |
2009 | 1st | Yasuhito Endō | Gamba Osaka | 120 |
| 2nd | Sayed Mohamed Adnan | Al-Khor | 100 | |
| 3rd | Kengo Nakamura | Kawasaki Frontale | 100 | |
2010 | 1st |  Saša Ognenovski | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 102 |
| 2nd | Farhad Majidi | Esteghlal | 90 | |
| 3rd | Bader Al-Mutawa | Qadsia | 87 | |
2011 | 1st | Server Djeparov | Al-Shabab | 100 |
| 2nd | Hadi Aghily | Al-Arabi | 95 | |
| 3rd | Keisuke Honda |  CSKA Moscow | 87 | |
2012 | 1st |  Lee Keun-ho | Ulsan Hyundai | 102 |
| 2nd | Ali Karimi | Persepolis | 94 | |
| 3rd | Zheng Zhi | Guangzhou Evergrande | 86 | |
2013 | 1st | Zheng Zhi | Guangzhou Evergrande | 93 |
| 2nd | Javad Nekounam | Esteghlal | 91 | |
| 3rd | Ha Dae-sung | FC Seoul | 75 | |
2014 | 1st | Nasser Al-Shamrani | Al-Hilal | – |
| 2nd | Ismail Ahmed | Al-Ain | – | |
| 3rd | Khalfan Ibrahim | Al Sadd | – | |
2015 | 1st | Ahmed Khalil | Al-Ahli | – |
| 2nd | Zheng Zhi | Guangzhou Evergrande | – | |
| 3rd | Omar Abdulrahman | Al-Ain | – | |
2016 | 1st | Omar Abdulrahman | Al-Ain | – |
| 2nd |  Hammadi Ahmed | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | – | |
| 3rd | Wu Lei | Shanghai SIPG | – | |
2017 | 1st |  Omar Kharbin | Al-Hilal | – |
| 2nd | Omar Abdulrahman | Al-Ain | – | |
| 3rd | Wu Lei | Shanghai SIPG | – | |
2018 | 1st | Abdelkarim Hassan | Al Sadd | – |
| 2nd | Yuma Suzuki | Kashima Antlers | – | |
| 3rd | Kento Misao | Kashima Antlers | – | |
Wins by country
| Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Third places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Japan | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Iran | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| South Korea | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| China PR | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Qatar | 2 | – | 2 |
| Iraq | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Australia | 1 | – | – |
| Syria | 1 | – | – |
| Bahrain | – | 2 | – |
| Kuwait | – | 1 | 3 |
| Thailand | – | 1 | – |
Wins by club
| Club | Winners | Runners-up | Third places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Hilal | 4 | – | 2 |
| Al-Nassr | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Daewoo Royals | 3 | 2 | – |
| Al-Shabab | 2 | 1 | – |
| Al Sadd | 2 | – | 1 |
| Al-Ahli | 2 | – | – |
| Al-Ain | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Perugia | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Guangzhou Evergrande | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Al Rasheed | 1 | – | 1 |
| Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma | 1 | – | 1 |
| Verdy Kawasaki | 1 | – | – |
| Yokohama Marinos | 1 | – | – |
| Shonan Bellmare | 1 | – | – |
| Hertha BSC | 1 | – | – |
| Dundee | 1 | – | – |
| Feyenoord | 1 | – | – |
| Hamburger SV | 1 | – | – |
| Al-Ittihad | 1 | – | – |
| Bunyodkor | 1 | – | – |
| Gamba Osaka | 1 | – | – |
| Ulsan Hyundai | 1 | – | – |
Wins by player
| Player | Winners | Runners-up | Third places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Majed Abdullah | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Kim Joo-sung | 3 | 1 | – |
| Hidetoshi Nakata | 2 | 1 | – |
| Server Djeparov | 2 | – | – |
| Zheng Zhi | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Omar Abdulrahman | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Khodadad Azizi | 1 | 1 | – |
| Ali Daei | 1 | 1 | – |
| Fan Zhiyi | 1 | 1 | – |
| Ali Karimi | 1 | 1 | – |
| Ahmed Radhi | 1 | – | 1 |
| Khalfan Ibrahim | 1 | – | 1 |
| Kazuyoshi Miura | 1 | – | – |
| Saeed Owairan | 1 | – | – |
| Masami Ihara | 1 | – | – |
| Nawaf Al-Temyat | 1 | – | – |
| Shinji Ono | 1 | – | – |
| Mehdi Mahdavikia | 1 | – | – |
| Hamad Al-Montashari | 1 | – | – |
| Yasser Al-Qahtani | 1 | – | – |
| Yasuhito Endō | 1 | – | – |
| Saša Ognenovski | 1 | – | – |
| Lee Keun-ho | 1 | – | – |
| Nasser Al-Shamrani | 1 | – | – |
| Ahmed Khalil | 1 | – | – |
| Omar Kharbin | 1 | – | – |
| Abdelkarim Hassan | 1 | – | – |
AFC Asian International Player of the Year
| Year | Rank | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
2012 | 1st | Shinji Kagawa | Manchester United |
| 2nd | Yuto Nagatomo | Internazionale | |
| 3rd | Mark Schwarzer | Fulham | |
2013 | 1st | Yuto Nagatomo | Internazionale |
| 2nd | Keisuke Honda | CSKA Moscow | |
| 3rd | Son Heung-min | Bayer Leverkusen | |
2014 | 1st | Mile Jedinak | Crystal Palace |
| 2nd | Tim Cahill |  New York Red Bulls | |
| 3rd | Ki Sung-yueng | Swansea City | |
2015 | 1st | Son Heung-min | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2nd | Ki Sung-yueng | Swansea City | |
| 3rd | Massimo Luongo | Queens Park Rangers | |
2016 | 1st | Shinji Okazaki | Leicester City |
| 2nd | Son Heung-min | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| 3rd | Shinji Kagawa | Borussia Dortmund | |
2017 | 1st | Son Heung-min | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2nd | Aaron Mooy | Huddersfield Town | |
| 3rd | Shinji Kagawa | Borussia Dortmund | |
2018 | 1st | Makoto Hasebe | Eintracht Frankfurt |
AFC Foreign Player of the Year
| Year | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
2012 |  Rogerinho | Kuwait SC |
2013 | Muriqui | Guangzhou Evergrande |
2014 |  Asamoah Gyan | Al-Ain |
2015 | Ricardo Goulart | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao |
See also
- Best Footballer in Asia
- Asian Young Footballer of the Year
- AFC Annual Awards
- AFC
References
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